> Once your brain is attuned to anagrams, you start seeing them everywhere. I had a moment like this when I was obsessed with Scrabble — studying and playing 2

> Once your brain is attuned to anagrams, you start seeing them everywhere. I had a moment like this when I was obsessed with Scrabble — studying and playing 20+ hours a week. I saw a guy at work with Demetrius on his nametag. Instantly I saw that “with another U you could make ‘deuteriums.’” It was the weirdest feeling because I had no idea where that realization came from. I lost probably 4 years in my 20s to Scrabble and then quit cold turkey. I’m about 40 now and I’m pretty good at Wordle and the other NYT word games but that’s about it.