dash@fluke.UUCP (Mike Dash) (05/02/84)
what 4-letter word has 4 anagrams (5 total, counting the original word itself)? what 5-letter word has 6 anagrams (7 total)? all words are english, and none are proper nouns. -- mike dash (at john fluke mfg; phone 206: 356-5051 or fluke!dash@uw-vlsi or ...decvax!microsof!fluke!dash) answers, rot13: gur svefg jbeq naq vgf nantenzf vf gbcf fgbc cbgf fcbg naq cbfg naq gur frpbaq jbeq vf cnerf fcner crnef fcrne erncf encrf naq cnefr.
esr@iheds.UUCP (E. Rieback) (05/04/84)
Tsk, tsk! Actually, there is an additional anagram for tops that you failed to include - opts. E. Rieback
ntt@dciem.UUCP (Mark Brader) (05/07/84)
Even with the additional solution given by E. Rieback (and not marked spoiler!), see footnote*, that 6-way anagram is not unique. Another one is (rot13): rnfg rngf rgnf fngr frng grnf I wouldn't be surprised if there was a 7-way 4-letter anagram out there; it only took me a minute to think of that one. Mark Brader *Rieback's extension to the original solution (rot13): bcgf cbfg cbgf fcbg fgbc gbcf