anamonic
English edit
Etymology edit
Blend of anagram + mnemonic; coined by Scrabble player Bob Lipton.
Noun edit
anamonic (plural anamonics)
- A mnemonic used for recalling lists of words, particularly in Scrabble, consisting of a "stem" of base letters and an accompanying phrase, each of whose letters can combine with the stem to form an anagram of a word.
- 2004, Andrew Fisher, David Webb, The Art of Scrabble:
- For example, the DAMOSEL stem only appears in the second of the two Internet lists mentioned above. The given anamonic is PRIZED GALS.