niobium wrote:

Anagrams that are related--meaning-wise.

Here's a couple to start off with:

canoe
ocean

both related to the sea.

elbow
bowel

both body parts.

Now, there is a furry threshold of relatedness we are working with here. Points go to:

a) length of word
b) semantic similarity between words
c) number of distinct anagrams

Still a furry guideline but there you have it.

niobium wrote:

evil
vile

niobium wrote:

algorithmic
logarithmic

both mathematical.

I suspect the prefix re- and suffix -er will have some good combinations, repay, payer etc..

hmvh wrote:

elvis
lives

PureAzura wrote:

If you're in the UK or have otherwise experienced Royal Mail:

postage
gestapo

Another one to look out for is semantically related words formed by the same key presses on a phone (e.g. pint and shot).

Sub.Frequency wrote:

poem
mope

both are emo

la-voie-du-sabre wrote:

clint eastwood
old west action

T0MMY_B0Y wrote:

Quality!

Berate
Rebate

(Related depending on the scenario anyway!)

T0MMY_B0Y wrote:

Hello niobium by the way!

niobium wrote:

Hey T0MMY :) Yeah I agree, hmvh's one is the best so far.

steady-j wrote:

causal
casual

both can be a type of relationship, the first statistical or scientific, the second a lot more fun!

Workshy wrote:

Ted Heath (former UK prime minister)
The Death (he is dead)

politics/death, you decide.

niobium wrote:

More points go to:

d) creativity in the use of the anagrams (as hmvh showed)
e) scrambledness of the anagrams (algorithmic and logarithmic are long words but relatively unscrambled)

Distortion. wrote:

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