Reaganagrams

Authors

Mike Morton
A. Ross Eckler

Abstract

Anagramming presidential names - rearranging their letters into other words, hopefully bearing some relation to the individual - has been a word pastime for many generations; the February 1977 issue of Word Ways summarizes the best (that is, the most apropos) anagrams for all the presidents from Washington through Carter. However, it is likely that no US president has a more readily anagrammable name than RONALD WILSON REAGAN - eighteen letters well-distributed between seven vowels and eleven consonants, with W the only unusual letter. A large number of his predecessors are saddled with the rare letters J, Z, V or X; among those who are not, GEORGE WASHINGTON has three Gs, and THOMAS WOODROW WILSON, three Ws.

Recommended Citation

Morton, Mike and Eckler, A. Ross (1984) "Reaganagrams," Word Ways: Vol. 17 : Iss. 2 , Article 13.
Retrieved from: https://digitalcommons.butler.edu/wordways/vol17/iss2/13