Anagram Match Quiz | Anagrams

Anagram Match Trivia Quiz

Your goal is to bring together trios of words that can be created from the same set of letters. For example the clues "Appropriate" (apt) and "Pet" (pat) would match with "Faucet" (tap) since all of the answers can be made from the same letters (pta).

A matching quiz by seekernym. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Curtains; Disperse

Answer: Pardoned

Curtains is a clue for "drapes".

Disperse is a clue for "spread".

Pardoned is a clue for "spared".

Other anagrams of the letters are "rasped" (rubbed with something rough), "parsed" (analyzed grammatically), "padres" (chaplains or clergymen), and "spader" (someone or something that digs up with a spade).

2. Keen; East Indian cereal grass

Answer: Concur

Keen is a clue for "eager".

East Indian cereal grass is a clue for "ragee"

Concur is a clue for "agree".

Another possible anagram is "eagre", which is a tidal flood.

3. Kingly; Ale

Answer: Big

Kingly is a clue for "regal".

Ale is a clue for "lager".

Big is a clue for "large".

Other possible anagrams are "glare" (an angry stare), and "argle" (an archaic verb which means to present reasons for or against).

4. Thoughts; Helpers

Answer: Apart

Thoughts is a clue for "ideas".

Helpers is a clue for "aides".

Apart is a clue for "aside".

There are no other possible anagrams.

5. Finger_____; Escargot

Answer: Murdered

Finger_____ is a clue for "nails".

Escargot is a clue for "snail".

Murdered is a clue for "slain".

Another possible anagram is "anils", which is a West Indian shrub and source of blue dye.

6. Pole; Halt

Answer: Pans

Pole is a clue for "post".

Halt is a clue for "stop".

Pans is a clue for "pots".

Other possible anagrams are "opts" (chooses), "spot" (dot), and "tops" (peaks).

7. Martyr; Silken

Answer: Blotch

Martyr is a clue for "saint".

Silken is a clue for "satin".

Blotch is a clue for "stain".

Other possible anagrams are "antis" (opposed to), and "tains" (a thin plate).

8. Frighten; Land

Answer: Appreciates

Frighten is a clue for "scare".

Land is a clue for "acres".

Appreciates is a clue for "cares".

Other anagrams are "carse" (fertile land along a river), "escar" (narrow ridge of sand and gravel), "races" (contests of speed), and "serac" (ice that's broken from a glacier).

9. Saved; Decreases

Answer: Protected

Saved is a clue for "rescued".

Decreased is a clue for "reduces".

Protected is a clue for "secured".

Other possible anagrams are "recused" (disqualified oneself), and "seducer" (one who leads astray).

10. Firmest; Filaments

Answer: Wrecked

Firmest is a clue for "hardest".

Filaments is a clue for "threads".

Wrecked is a clue for "trashed".

Additional possible anagrams are "dearths" (insufficiency, scarceness), "hardset" (inflexible), and "hatreds" (intense dislikes).

Source: Author seekernym

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Questions		Choices
1. Curtains; Disperse		Appreciates
2. Keen; East Indian cereal grass		Pardoned
3. Kingly; Ale		Wrecked
4. Thoughts; Helpers		Concur
5. Finger_____; Escargot		Big
6. Pole; Halt		Apart
7. Martyr; Silken		Murdered
8. Frighten; Land		Protected
9. Saved; Decreases		Blotch
10. Firmest; Filaments		Pans