Evaluate

Basic Examples

Test whether “trace” is an anagram of “crate”:
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AnagramQ
["trace","crate"]
In[]:=
True
Out[]=
Test whether “the Morse code” is an anagram of “Here come dots”:
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AnagramQ
["the Morse code","Here come dots"]
In[]:=
True
Out[]=

Scope

AnagramQ accepts more than two arguments and will check if all of them are anagrams of one another:
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AnagramQ
["trace","crate","caret"]
In[]:=
True
Out[]=

Options

Use the option
IgnoreCase
to ignore the case of the letters:
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AnagramQ
["Elvis","lives",IgnoreCaseFalse]
In[]:=
False
Out[]=
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AnagramQ
["Madam Curie","radium came",IgnoreCaseTrue]
In[]:=
True
Out[]=
Use the option
IgnoreDiacritics
to ignore diacritics:
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AnagramQ
["diamanté","animated",IgnoreDiacriticsTrue]
In[]:=
True
Out[]=
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AnagramQ
["diamanté","animated",IgnoreDiacriticsFalse]
In[]:=
False
Out[]=
Use the option “IgnoreSpaces” to decide whether or not to ignore spaces:
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AnagramQ
["schoolmaster","the classroom","IgnoreSpaces"True]
In[]:=
True
Out[]=
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AnagramQ
["schoolmaster","the classroom","IgnoreSpaces"False]
In[]:=
False
Out[]=

Applications

Look for anagrams of a word using the built-in dictionary:
SelectDictionaryLookup[],
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AnagramQ
[#,"sander",IgnoreCaseFalse]&
In[]:=
{snared}
Out[]=
Test whether two sentences are anagrams of one another:
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AnagramQ
["eleven plus two","twelve plus one"]
In[]:=
True
Out[]=

Possible Issues

Two equal strings are not considered anagrams:
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AnagramQ
["hello","hello"]
In[]:=
False
Out[]=
Two empty strings are also not considered anagrams of one another:
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AnagramQ
["",""]
In[]:=
False
Out[]=
AnagramQ
returns
True
if a single argument is supplied:
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AnagramQ
["Just a single argument"]
In[]:=
True
Out[]=
AnagramQ
returns
True
if no arguments are supplied:
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AnagramQ
[]
In[]:=
True
Out[]=
Depending on
$Language
the option
IgnoreDiacritics
can affect the outcome:
Block{$Language="Swedish"},​​
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AnagramQ
["malmö","amolm",IgnoreDiacriticsTrue]​​
In[]:=
False
Out[]=
Block{$Language="English"},​​
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AnagramQ
["malmö","amolm",IgnoreDiacriticsTrue]​​
In[]:=

Neat Examples

Find anagrams with 6 or more words with at least 5 letters:
Confirm that all the groups of words are anagrams: