Relationship of Anagram Solving to Measures of Divergent-Production and Letter-Rearrangement Ability

Summary An anagram test and several tests of divergent-production and letter-rearrangement were administered to undergraduate psychology students. Significant positive relationships were obtained for all comparisons, with high-scoring anagram solvers producing significantly more responses on each of these measures than low-scoring solvers. The findings provided evidence for the presence of divergent-production ability in anagram solving and permitted the conclusion that measures of flexibility and letter-rearrangement are clearly related to the solution of conventional anagram problems.