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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Not quite anagrams #177157 05/28/2008 12:01 PM Joined: May 2008 Posts: 1 Bolman Deal stranger Bolman Deal stranger Joined: May 2008 Posts: 1 Greetings-- Did a search on this, but could not find quite the right search terms to use. Is there a term (and even better, a program on the Internet) for finding all the possible words that may be formed from a certain string of letters? For example, if I want to discover all the possible English words that can be made out of the string "BOLMANDEAL" (DEAL, LAME MAN, MANE, MEAN, etc). Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Not quite anagrams Bolman Deal #177161 05/28/2008 2:29 PM Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 876 western NY twosleepy old hand twosleepy old hand Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 876 western NY Okay, I found this game on the internet, but the word you get is random. If you play it and submit your words, it will list yours plus all the rest it has for that word. As far as I know, you can't make your own: http://www.wordplays.com/p/wiw In any case, you can play it! It's not easy, though... :0) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Not quite anagrams twosleepy #177169 05/29/2008 6:10 AM Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,295 Netherlands, the Hague BranShea Carpal Tunnel BranShea Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,295 Netherlands, the Hague Really difficult. Gave it a try but gave up. (-_- ) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Bad men? Lola! BranShea #177227 06/06/2008 11:57 AM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,819 Spam Factory Alex Williams Pooh-Bah Alex Williams Pooh-Bah Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,819 Spam Factory Wordsmith.org's very own Internet Anagram Server can do exactly what you describe. You must click on advanced to get the advanced options, and from there select the option "Show candidate word list only." The option to specify a minimum or maximum number of letters is very helpful. BOLMANDEAL yields a long string of results , and some amusing anagrams as well. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Not quite anagrams twosleepy #177667 06/22/2008 12:33 PM Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 631 Hydra addict Hydra addict Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 631  Originally Posted By: twosleepy Okay, I found this game on the internet, but the word you get is random. If you play it and submit your words, it will list yours plus all the rest it has for that word. As far as I know, you can't make your own: http://www.wordplays.com/p/wiw In any case, you can play it! It's not easy, though... :0) There's something well fishy going on here. Some of the high scorers are entering words at a uniform rate of two per second, well over half of which are highly obscure. Obviously, people are copying words from the "Additional Answers" page, and back-buttoning back to the game. (I tried it, it works). Either that or a group of rouge Super Computers have been completing amongst themselves to be the Top Dog. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Not quite anagrams Hydra #177669 06/22/2008 1:48 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass >a group of rouge Super Computers do they really have to be *red -- couldn't they be Big Blue? -ron o. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Not quite anagrams tsuwm #177670 06/22/2008 2:09 PM Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 631 Hydra addict Hydra addict Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 631 Rouge computers completing amongst themselves. I made myself laugh with that one. But hey, Option Red is a supercomputer. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Not quite anagrams Hydra #177967 07/04/2008 11:07 PM Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,971 Likes: 3 Land of the Flat Water LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,971 Likes: 3 Land of the Flat Water Is that uniac? or univac? or the one used in the movie "Wargames"? ----please, draw me a sheep---- Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Not quite anagrams LukeJavan8 #177969 07/04/2008 11:15 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass no, it is the The ASCI Option Red Supercomputer <<link -joe (I think you meant Eniac) friday Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... 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