Wednesday Words & Woes: Anagrams

Did you ever play anagrams when you were a kid? You know, rearranging letters in a word to make another one? They were lots of fun -- for some of us, anyway -- and they did teach an important lesson: read what you've written. Words can be tricky.

I think some of us writers are still playing that game, but not intending to.

A few headlines caught my eye this past week:

"It's All Quiet Interesting"

"Are You Tried of Working Too Hard?"

"Untied We Stand"

Along with the homophones that I write about most Tuesdays

(Tuesday Tricksters), anagrams are another monster in the 
closet just waiting to jump out and play the "gotcha" game! And spellcheck won't help; the words are spelled correctly.

So, just for fun, can you figure out what other word(s) can be made from the following?

• unbred
• framing
• layover
• kitchen
• rentals
• rescued

Stumped on any of them?

• unbred = burned, burden
• framing = farming
• layover = overlay
• kitchen = thicken
• rentals = antlers
• rescued = reduces, secured, seducer

The moral of the story? Always read and think before you hit "publish"!

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