Anagram

In a clue with an anagram, a word or words are reordered to make a new word or words.

Indicators

Clues with anagrams will always have an indicator word to let you know there will be an anagram. Common indicators include:

  • new
  • broken
  • mad
  • crazy
  • wild
  • scrambled
  • mixed
  • shaken
  • rearranged
  • confused
  • odd
  • unusual
  • off
  • dancing
  • rocky
  • stirred

Examples

One unusual role in "The Matrix" (3)

  • The definition is role in "The Matrix"
  • unusual indicates that One is an anagram

neoone

neo

Altering odd three-sided figure (8)

  • The definition is three-sided figure
  • odd indicates that Altering is an anagram

alteringtriangle

triangle