The program or server carries out an exhaustive search of a database of words, to produce a list containing every possible combination of words or phrases from the input word or phrase using a jumble algorithm. Some programs (such as Lexpert) restrict to one-word answers. Many anagram servers (for example, The Words Oracle) can control the search results, by excluding or including certain words, limiting the number or length of words in each anagram, or limiting the number of results. Anagram solvers are often banned from online anagram games. The disadvantage of computer anagram solvers, especially when applied to multi-word anagrams, is their poor understanding of the meaning of the words they are manipulating. They usually cannot filter out meaningful or appropriate anagrams from large numbers of nonsensical word combinations. Some servers attempt to improve on this using statistical techniques that try to combine only words that appear together often. This approach provides only limited success since it fails to recognize ironic and humorous combinations.
The program or server carries out an exhaustive search of a database of words to produce a list containing every possible combination of words or phrases from the input word or phrase using a jumble algorithm Some programs (such as Lexpert) restrict to one-word answers Many anagram servers (for example The Words Oracle) can control the search results by excluding or including certain words limiting the number or length of words in each anagram or limiting the number of results Anagram solvers are often banned from online anagram games The disadvantage of computer anagram solvers especially when applied to multi-word anagrams is their poor understanding of the meaning of the words they are manipulating They usually cannot filter out meaningful or appropriate anagrams from large numbers of nonsensical word combinations Some servers attempt to improve on this using statistical techniques that try to combine only words that appear together often This approach provides only limited success since it fails to recognize ironic and humorous combinations