WHAT IS A LEXIGRAM?

Lexigramming is the art and science of discovering descriptive phrases that are hidden
within a word, name, or phrase.

(after, or while acquiring the words found, by whatever method employed. These methods will be illustrated and clarified later)

Consider the following examples.
How much do the lexigrams relate to the original name or phrase?

ABRAHAM LINCOLN

contains the phrase

BORN IN CABIN.

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NAPOLEONE DI BUONAPARTE THE FIRST

Contains the phrase

HE IS BANISHED TO THE ITALIAN ISLE OF ELBA.

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GOLDILOCKS AND THE THREE BEARS

Contains the phrases

SOON, THE BEARS HAD HOT OAT CEREAL READIED TO EAT. THE SHE-BEAR GOT THE TEA KETTLE, CARRIED IT TO THE TABLE AND SAT IT ON THE BENCH. LITTLE BEAR TASTED THE CEREAL. “THIS IS TOO HOT!” THE SHE-BEAR AND THE BIG BEAR TASTED THEIR OATS, TOO, AND AGREED, “IT’S TOO HOT. LET’S GO TAKE A SHORT HIKE TO LET IT COOL.” THE SHE-BEAR SAID, “IT’S GOOD TO HIKE ON THE HILLS NEAR THE LAKE!” THEREON, ALL THREE BEARS STOOD AND RAN TO THE HILLS.

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Click here for a complete Lexigram of the above Lexigram excerpts:

Sixteenth President, Abraham Lincoln

"Goldilocks & the Three Bears"

Napoleone di Buonaparte The First
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Simply put, a lexigram is a word or phrase made from words found within another word or phrase.

One begins with a source word (or phrase), ascertains other words that can be made by rearranging its letters; on a word to word basis, creating new words, and then composing a new phrase out of that list of words. The new phrase is the lexigram.

If one simply rearranges the total letters from the source, it is first an Anagram, because the letters in total are simply being rearranged.

A true anagram is always a simple form of a lexigram.

When anagramming, ALL the letters MUST be used by simply rearranging them to form words. There must not be any leftover letters from what is being anagrammed. That is a true anagram.

A lexigram is not always an anagram however. Only by being first a true anagram can it be both an anagram and a lexigram.

The best lexigrams bear a semantic relationship with the original phrase. For example, a lexigram of NORTH is the phrase NOT HOT. Notice that each letter in the lexigram can be made from letters in the original word, and the resulting phrase describes the original word.

The phrase NOT HOT is not an Anagram because it has two copies of the letter “T” which cannot be used in an Anagram because the source word “NORTH” has only one letter “T”

However when each letter is viewed individually, thereby creating a list of words, one can get for example, Lexigram wise:

NOT HOT THORN ROT HORN TO NTH OR.

When only anagramming NORTH, one can find only THORN and OR NTH, as in:

”to the nth degree”

when Anagramming instead of Lexigramming the word NORTH.

Anagramming is the rearranging of the letters from the source word, phrase, date, or name etcetera, using ALL the letters available.

An Anagram is also always a simple Lexigram. None left over.

However a Lexigram is not always an Anagram.

NOT HOT is a Lexigram of NORTH , not an Anagram.

The prime difference between a Lexigram and an Anagram is this:

An Anagram is created by simply rearranging ALL the letters from the source to create a new phrase, and must use all the letters available within the source.

A Lexigram is created by looking at ALL the letters from the source, and finding new words based not on the source as a whole, but instead on each INDIVIDUAL LETTER to spell out each new word to be used in the resulting Lexigram.

One can find NOT HOT from the word NORTH, but can not find THOTH because the word NORTH has only one letter “T” and one letter “H”.

THORN is an Anagram of NORTH, and as Anagrams are also simple Lexigrams, it is also a simple Lexigram.

However even though THORN is not a contextual or thematic Anagram or Lexigram, it is still both an true anagram and a simple lexigram.

The words NORTH and THORN have nothing in common, whereas NORTH and NOT HOT do.

Each word in the lexigram must be comprised of letters found in the original phrase. Unlike anagrams, a lexigram can reuse letters because it evaluates each letter to create/find words on a word to word basis. This means that a lexigram can be longer or shorter than the original.

The process of finding words within a source-phrase is not at all difficult. (alternate quick methods for those who want to jump right into lexigramming instead of going on word hunts, will be covered later)

THE BASIC RULES FOR LEXIGRAMMING AND ANAGRAMMING

1. Use any and all letters from the source to create/find words when Lexigramming.

Add none, remove none.

2. When Anagramming, use all the letters from the source by rearranging only to find/create words, with no letters left over.

Add none, remove none.

3. Do not add or remove any letters from the name or phrase etcetera before starting to Lexigram or Anagram it. If you do remove any letters, be they consonants or vowels, your resulting Lexigram or Anagram will not be based on the Name etcetera you chose to divinate.

There are several styles of lexigramming, however, each with its own unique process used in this selection process. Those will be described later.

To start out, we’ll use the Pure Lexigram style here.

With this technique, there are no permutations, it is a “straight shot” approach to lexigramming: if you have the letters, use them. Do not add or remove any.

Once you have a list of words, they can be arranged into a phrase that relates back to the original phrase.

(Alternate ways of how to find or acquire your words will be discussed later)

As an example; let’s demonstrate with the word NORTH. Using that as our source, we now need to determine which words are ‘hidden’ within it. Look at the letters in this word: N-O-R-T-H. What other words can you make from those letters? Can you find OR, HOT, NOR, NOT, THOR? What other words can you find in NORTH?

To compose a lexigram, string these words together to make a new phrase. One possibility is HOT OR NOT.

The source phrase can be any string of characters – a name, a date, a title, phrase, etcetera. The only requirement is that the phrase be composed of letters. You can lexigram any phrase, such as “Bobby Smith”, “August Third”, or “Nabisco Crackers”. Any numbers in the phrase must be spelled out using the word (“August 3^rd” is incorrect, one must use “August Third”).

When Anagramming one is confined to being allowed to only rearranging the source, and

When Anagramming;

ONE MUST USE ALL THE LETTERS FOUND IN THE SOURCE BEING ANAGRAMMED!

Some actually have the misconception that anagrams are word lists of words found within the source being Anagrammed.

The words found from the phrase, name, word, etcetera;

Are the Lexigram Words.

These words use any and all letters on an individual "WORDS" basis.

Anagramming requires one to use all the letters in total, and by simply rearranging those letters to form new words without any letters left over.

to be continued...