Anagrams (game)

Reputed to have originated as a Victorian word game, Anagrams has appeared in many versions since then.

An early modern version is Charles Hammett's Word Making and Taking, released in 1877.

Prodijeux has been marketing a variant, WordXchange, since 2000, and Portobello Games produced a version, Snatch-It, in 2001.

Players then take turns flipping over tiles until somebody notices a word of three or more letters.

In some editions of the game, such as the Milton Bradley[6] and Selchow & Righter versions, only the player whose turn it is may form words.

On a player's turn, after revealing a tile, they have a ten-second window during which only they can call a word.

Some versions of the game name the winner as the person who, after the round of turns has finished, first acquires eight words.

A very similar rule found in The Embossing Company set simply says the "first player to complete ten words, wins."

A game of Anagrams is played in the Alfred Hitchcock 1941 thriller film Suspicion.

A game of Anagrams is played in Ira Levin's debut novel, A Kiss Before Dying.