18 Anagrams in Harry Potter you probably did not notice

When Tom Marvolo Riddle, in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets flicked his want and rearranged the letters of his name to form “I AM LORD VOLDEMORT,” most of us sat down to tally the letters. This, however, was not the only name in Harry Potter with hidden meanings in its anagram.

By India Today Web Desk: When Tom Riddle, in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, flicked his wand and rearranged the letters of his name to form “I AM LORD VOLDEMORT,” most of us sat down to tally the letters. This, however, is not the only name in Harry Potter with hidden meanings in its anagram.

Anagrams play a huge role in JK Rowling’s widely acclaimed book series. They are present not only in names of characters but also in certain important quotes and other information in the books. Potterheads all over the world had analysed and cracked several of these anagrams to reveal possible conclusions of the series even before the final book ‘Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows’ was published.

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What are Anagrams?

Anagrams are a kind of wordplay, where the letters in a word or a phrase can be rearranged to form a new word or phrase. The original word or phrase is referred to as the subject of the anagram. Skilled anagrammatists can produce anagrams which comment on that particular subject.

Given below are 18 anagrams from Harry Potter character names that you might have missed:

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Published On:

May 13, 2016