My cohort Lenny DiFranza, who plowed through my recent selection of ballpark anagrams, suggested that I concoct a similar list for Hall of Famers. I've tried to call that bluff and then some, and I've come with a set of scrambled names which should present a much greater challenge than the ballparks did.
The trick is that I haven't used the popular names that the Hall of Famers are known by. I've used their real first names (and, in a couple of cases, actual last names), not their nicknames. So don't look for Arky Vaughan, whose first name was Floyd. Actually, don't look for Floyd either, because I couldn't come up with a decent anagram for Floyd Vaughan (if you can, I'd like to hear about it). Don't look for Nolan Ryan, whose first name is Lynn, making for another (for me) impossible anagram.
Here they are, 50 Hall of Famers as you've never seen them before. (HINT: There's a huge hint in the list itself.)
1. HUGER ROGET
2. UNDO YON GENT
3. C.C. MINGLED RIDICULOUSLY
4. AN ADONIS RAN
5. MINIMUM WIG CALLS
6. WILL I WIN GAME?
7. WEE LODGER GLAD
8. ORCHARD CON GONE
9. EVERT OR BORG
10. DARN ROYAL THOR
11. COMBINED ARROW
12. LICHEN SCHOLARS
13. CLEAN RED HERBS
14. ANY JADE
15. IRRELEVANT ALM LAW
16. HALVES CANCER
17. SNARL THE RATCHET
18. CARRIED G.E.
19. A RUBBER FAN
20. HER SUNNY HAM
21. SELLS GENE CHART
22. SHARE CLIFF RUNG
23. UNLAZY CHEER
24. SINGLE LOON
25. CHE'S HALF-YEAR
26. RIP YALE EGO
27. RE-CABLE WARREN
28. ZEVON-MONGER
29. RELATE ON DRAWL
30. ODDER DWARF
31. RIVALED HARLOW
32. A SHIRLEY RANTS
33. WILLIE'S SNOW
34. WINNERS DIED
35. NOTED WAFTERS
36. ENTHRALLED CRAB
37. REAL RED SHOE
38. WHAMMIES JELL
39. HUMAN JESTER
40. DESERT INN'S HOT CABLE
41. GEE, SAVE ROGER
42. HANDS-ON RUB
43. BRAWLING ROE
44. SO, ONE RED GRANGE
45. A TANNER'S SERMON
46. GLASSY TUNERS
47. GO, RE-LET GUESTS
48. WITNESS LONER
49. DOES RAW TRUTH
50. A SHAGGIER SCROD
Have fun with these, and e-mail me if you need any answers.
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