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In a 2 by 2 by 2 repeated-measures factorial design, low anagram-transition probability and high solution-word Thorndike-Lorge frequency were found to facilitate solution of anagrams. The results are interpreted as compatible with a model of anagram solution composed of two processes: word-association emission, and initial bigram rearrangement coupled with word emission. It is additionally proposed that the sampling of bigrams for rearrangement is based on uniqueness.
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Warren, M.W., Thomson, W.J. Anagram solution as a function of transition probabilities and solution word frequency. Psychon Sci 17, 333–334 (1969). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03335267
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