Acronym vs. Anagram

A word formed by combining the initial letters of a multipart name, such as NATO from North Atlantic Treaty Organization or by combining the initial letters or parts of a series of words, such as radar from radio detecting and ranging.

A word or phrase formed by reordering the letters of another word or phrase, such as satin to stain.

Usage Problem An initialism.

Anagrams (used with a sing. verb) A game in which players form words from a group of randomly picked letters.

(linguistics) An abbreviation formed by the initial letters of other words, sometimes exclusively such abbreviations when pronounced as a word (as "laser") rather than as individual letters (initialisms such as "TNT").

(of words) A word or phrase that is created by rearranging the letters of another word or phrase.

(linguistics) An abbreviation formed by the beginning letters or syllables of other words (as "Benelux").

To form anagrams.

To form into an acronym.

Literally, the letters of a word read backwards, but in its usual wider sense, the change of one word or phrase into another by the transposition of its letters. Thus Galenus becomes angelus; William Noy (attorney-general to Charles I., and a laborious man) may be turned into I moyl in law.

A word formed from the initial letters of a multi-word name

To anagrammatize.

A word or phrase spelled by rearranging the letters of another word or phrase

Read letters out of order to discover a hidden meaning