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An antigram is an anagram which has a meaning opposite to its unscrambled version.
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EVIL'S AGENTS
REAL FUN
NICE LOVE
NO MORE STARS
Try these:
EVIL'S AGENTS
REAL FUN
NICE LOVE
NO MORE STARS
Answer
EVANGELISTSFUNERAL
VIOLENCE
ASTRONOMERS
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That's really cool! Good one!
smart
Clever! God job with this one.
That was really clever
That was so hard! It had a very creative name, though. Antigram! I like that.
nice 1, pretty hard
very clever. good job.
GREAT n.n; ... but one thing ... mite be wrong on this one but oh well -- um if its opposite from its unscrambled version wouldnt it mean that the one thats 'funeral' would be 'wedding' or something? -- shouldnt it be opposite from its scrambled version? x.x; well, nice one anyhow
-tangerine-
-tangerine-
GR8!!!
IF U FIGURED THIS OUT YOU R SMART BABY SMART
OMG!I LOVE it . That was REALY clever (you sould write game books or something!)
Cool! Saw this one in an email before though.
I had a good time working this out. Great teaser!
great job!!!clever!!!
no
But EVIL'S AGENTS and Evangelist's are not opposites. They are they same.
Thought it was great. I only figured out FUNERAL
Cool hard
Got to agree with spence06281
I didn't understand what it was asking...
To swordflame and spence06281, evangelists are the the authors of the new testiment books of the Bible Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. They are not evil. They are good and are the opposite of evils agents
I didn't understand the instructions on this one making it even harder that it would've been otherwise. But on an entirely different note very nice teaser.
Awesome! Very clever, and quite funny.
Awesome! Very clever, and quite funny.
Dec 07, 2004
I had no idea what to do until I looked at the answer, and then I coudn't solve it because...well I knew the answers. Other than the instructions good language skills.
Hmm, "astronomers" and "no more stars" aren't really opposites. Astronomers certainly would be out of work if there were no more stars, and generally one does not need to exist without the other, but I wouldn't say that they possess antithetical meanings.
And good point, spence.
And good point, spence.
Okayyyyyyyy
haay! atlast i read something that related to me! great job!
That was clever but I managed to find out the asnwer...it took about 10 min...me and my friends..
evangelists is not an antigram for evil agents!!! More like a synonym!
I really didn't get the point to it, untill after I saw the answers.
didnt get one of them, but like always, it was a good teaser!!
that was soooo good!
good! AND EASY...
very very good!!!!
Nice one and very difficult - would have helped if you gave an example.
People are being too picky to expect to find an exact opposite the can be an anagram - these are words not number - they don't have exact rules.
People are being too picky to expect to find an exact opposite the can be an anagram - these are words not number - they don't have exact rules.
#1 WAS THE ONLY ONE THAT STUMPED ME. GREAT JOB SHAVEN KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK.
I've seen this before somewhere.
That was fun...I got evangelists and violence immediately..but could not get the other two Very clever!!!
Great one. I got the first two easily then really had to work. Never did figure out the final one.
Great teaser. Figured out they weren't really opposites, but just sort of opposite. Fun puzzle, would like more like these
rEALLY good,Skaven, and also difficult! I agree with the above, I would have enjoyed it much more if there had been at leasts one example. For instance, I , for some reason, was thinking that if there were two words: evil's agents, then the solution would have two words. And, I wasn't sure how exact the opposite was supposed to be, so an example could have solved both those problems. But still, that doesn't take away from a very, very good teaser, and unique also! Thanks!!!!!
THAT WAS AWESOME!!!!!!!!!! thanx! great job!
"FRAID I have to go w/ Spence also
great job....loved this one!
EXCELLENT!!! There are few things I enjoy more than a good anagram and you've just added a whole new dimension. Really good, thanks man.
Stumped me on most of them! Good teaser
wow - hard ones, but fun
I agree with spence great teaser though
Yah, gotta go with Spence, too. Great teaser, though.
Forgive me, but I was soooo totally lost with this one, I had no clue what I was to be looking for!! Fun just the same!!!
when something is supposed to be opposite i expect it to be opposite. silly me
I agree with tangerine. i thought once i unscramble it i had to think of the opposite word for the unscramble version.
by the way the word evangelist literally meants: Christians who convert others so TRUE EVANGELISTS not evil. the ones who are deceivers may be evil's agents, but then they are not truly evangelist.
by the way the word evangelist literally meants: Christians who convert others so TRUE EVANGELISTS not evil. the ones who are deceivers may be evil's agents, but then they are not truly evangelist.
oh! skaven i also wanted to say that even though i did not agree with the directions the teaser was awesome. really clever. GREAT JOB!!!!!!
Cool i liked it.
This was a hard one!!! Good thinking!!
I agree - great teaser and excellent title!! I'd love to see more like this (although I'm with some others... I thought that since the clues had 2 words the solutions would as well ). Didn't get it but loved the teaser! Great job!
Really nice, I was totally stumped on this one. Great job.
boooooooo!!!! i didn't get wahat it was asking i didn't get it
boooooooo!!!! i didn't get wahat it was asking i didn't get it
My brain is totally unfocused today. I couldn't think long enough to work these - although I'm impressed.
I did think one thing was interesting - I was unsure of the directions, and decided to look up "anagram" on my MS Office reference - the example it gave was "No More Stars - Astronomers"! So, at least I got one the easy way!
I did think one thing was interesting - I was unsure of the directions, and decided to look up "anagram" on my MS Office reference - the example it gave was "No More Stars - Astronomers"! So, at least I got one the easy way!
Wowie!!!!!!That was a THOUGH ONE,
Beautiful teaser--but keep me away from both the evagelists and the evil's agents.
umm, i got it once i read the answer, but you need to make your directions more clear, bud they really made no sense!!
oh and uh "POPS" nobody says wowie!! LOL
nice one I got NONE of them
What's not to get about the instructions? Even the word 'antigram' has a meaning!
Although I didn't get any of them...mainly it was cause I couldn't get the first one and I just kinda gave up...
That was a great teaser! to Jonesy, good for you!!
I hardly got any of them, but it was so fun!!
I hardly got any of them, but it was so fun!!
That was amazing! Really hard though
That was fun!! Just hard enough to be challenging, but not impossible The best kind of braingle in my book Oh, yeah, I only got three right...evangleists stumped me Maybe cause I find them to often be evils agents so it was a "synogram"
Wow!! that was cool.
I agree with Fourtyniner! It is too much to expect perfect opposites! Good teaser! i had fun!
Well, no wonder I didn't get the first one. I was looking for opposites and I consider evangelists evil agents!
STUPID. Give me something challenging, Not something for morons.
Some evengelists are good just as some politicians are good.
Oh, nevermind.
Oh, nevermind.
Hey good job! I'm not great at teasers yet but i liked this one! unique ;)
Well, I tried for a few minutes. Now I'll know what's expected next time. I'll try a little harder, will I? Yes. I like having the correct answer, I feel good, like a kid, again... .........
i didn't get it at first but after i saw the answer i did!!! good job
that was the coolest, thanks
First time I've been first!
I loved it! A little more challenging than your everday word jumble.
I loved it! A little more challenging than your everday word jumble.
For those that find this hard, don't think about the opposite, just try to make a word out of the letters.
Well done. I will fully agree with 2, 3 and 4, but will reserve judgment 1. Lets see more of these.
I liked this one, nice and hard. I didn't get the fourth one because it was a bit obscure and not exactly an opposite, but I did get a couple amusing anagrams out of it, including:
SOAR MONSTER
NO EAR STORMS
MORONS TEARS
and
RESTROOM-SAN (A particularly creepy Japanese gentleman.)
SOAR MONSTER
NO EAR STORMS
MORONS TEARS
and
RESTROOM-SAN (A particularly creepy Japanese gentleman.)
very decieving..
Wow. Great teaser even if it's been around since 2002. I'd never seen it before, but I sure enjoyed it today.
I love anagrams and these were of a special kind. Thanks.
Smart one. Was fun.
That was brilliant. Bravo
Excellent! Good Job!
interesting......although i dont think that all of the opposites were accurate
like several others, I don't think evangelists are the opposite of evil agents and certainly not the reverse!
I didnt understand the directions. For example, I thought each word had to be rearranged to form another word, not BOTH words together. i.e. REAL FUN. Well that could be EARL and what?? NUF ? I didnt realize I was to put all those letters together REALFUN to form ONE word. oh well.
Great teaser i Like this one
I rated it FULL fun and Full hard
cos thats what it is
I rated it FULL fun and Full hard
cos thats what it is
'The idea of the teaser was definitely cool, but I had two difficulties with it: the main one is it would have very helpful if the instructions stated that the answers are all one word. I could not go in that direction on my own with all the prompts 2 or 3 words.
Also, astronomers was in no way an opposite; of course it was hard to make them all opposites, but if it doesn't fit the instructions of the puzzle, it shouldn't be included!
Also, astronomers was in no way an opposite; of course it was hard to make them all opposites, but if it doesn't fit the instructions of the puzzle, it shouldn't be included!
Ouch, I'm glad I gave up on these after only a few minutes. I was stumped on them all, though I hoped that "once evil" could be considered an opposite to "nice love", and I really should've gotten evangelists because I was terribly close in my permutations of the letters and the words I was getting were starting to remind me of evangelists. Oops!
wow! Now that was work, but very fun. More please?
thats was tottally tubular
I like #4 NO MORE STARS
just thought you would like to know
just thought you would like to know
I, too, thought that because each puzzle was 2 words, that each answer would be 2 words. I could get as far as "angel --- " for the first one, but couldn't get any further - when I finally looked at the answers, it made sense! - Nice job - Good teaser.
Such s great puzzle.
Good one . I got them all . Those who think this is hard should really learn to use technology, I typed this into Wordweb's Anagram Unscrambler and the answers were right at the top of the list .
To those who think that evangelists are evil, you should go back to root meaning of words before you make judgments. The word 'evangelist' comes from the Greek word 'euaggelistÄ“s' (εá½Î±Î³Î³ÎµÎ»Î¹ÏƒÏ„ής) which means 'a bringer of good tidings'. 'EuaggelistÄ“s' comes from 'euaggelizo' which means 'to announce good news'. 'Euaggelizo' comes from two root words 'eus' meaning 'good' and 'aggelos' meaning 'a messenger' or 'to bring tidings' (it is also the word we get our English word 'angel' from).
In other words, a true evangelist is a messenger who brings good news. Therefore, anyone who doesn't bring 'good' news is not a true evangelist, but simply a fake or something else. And it also stands to reason that any person who acts as a messenger bringing you good tidings or good news can be called an evangelist.
We cannot judge a whole profession based on the actions of a few. E.g. just because certain politicians are evil doesn't mean that Abraham Lincoln was evil or even that most politicians have evil motives. All it means is that there are certain people who misuse the title politician and who don't act like the civil servants they were called to be.
Shalom
To those who think that evangelists are evil, you should go back to root meaning of words before you make judgments. The word 'evangelist' comes from the Greek word 'euaggelistÄ“s' (εá½Î±Î³Î³ÎµÎ»Î¹ÏƒÏ„ής) which means 'a bringer of good tidings'. 'EuaggelistÄ“s' comes from 'euaggelizo' which means 'to announce good news'. 'Euaggelizo' comes from two root words 'eus' meaning 'good' and 'aggelos' meaning 'a messenger' or 'to bring tidings' (it is also the word we get our English word 'angel' from).
In other words, a true evangelist is a messenger who brings good news. Therefore, anyone who doesn't bring 'good' news is not a true evangelist, but simply a fake or something else. And it also stands to reason that any person who acts as a messenger bringing you good tidings or good news can be called an evangelist.
We cannot judge a whole profession based on the actions of a few. E.g. just because certain politicians are evil doesn't mean that Abraham Lincoln was evil or even that most politicians have evil motives. All it means is that there are certain people who misuse the title politician and who don't act like the civil servants they were called to be.
Shalom
I got funeral, then gave up. The puzzle says I rated this one hard the first time I encountered it, whenever that was. I presume I got none of the answers then, so I'm making slow progress -- very slow.
NICE !!!
Did you get this from wordsmith.anagram.org ? I saw these on there before, so I knew them. Good job though!
Well, I just didn't understand what to do until I saw the answers
Really good teaser!
Really good teaser!
Stumped me.
NOT AGAINST
I am so glad I am not the only one who did not know what we were supposed to do. Explanation not too clear.Sorry! Merry Merry Christmas everyone!!!
Awesome teaser my friend.I got FUNERAL and VIOLENCE within seconds but had to look the answer for the rest.awesome.
I didn't understand it. Thought it has to be two words like was shown. DUH!!!
stop crying about the opposites, stop cryign about the instructiuons, and definetly stop crying about the evangelist evil's agents dilema. An evangelist is someone who thinks they are doing god's work, exact opposite of a person who thinks they are doing evil's work.
All in all, I didn't get a single one because it was a full challlenge. Full on both, very fun thank you.
Liked that Bathroom-san comment. XD
All in all, I didn't get a single one because it was a full challlenge. Full on both, very fun thank you.
Liked that Bathroom-san comment. XD
some of you are making an assumption that there is actually something called God.
Well concocted teaser. I got two and three with ease, after a couple of minutes I gave up on one and four.
Fun and entertaining teaser; I got three out of four. I could not get "evangelists". I was thinking that it was two words based on what was given. Merry Christmas to all my fellow Brainglers!
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