The fun of finding words-within-words involves making lexigrams. This is where you describe a source phrase by pulling letters from it to make new words. For example, look at the phrase WINTER STORM. The letters can make MOTE but there are not enough letters to make SWEET (the phrase has only one E).
Putting the letters in alphabetical order gives the pattern of E I M N O RR S TT W. Using such a letter sequence makes it easier to locate single and double letters found in the phrase. In this case, no single word can have more than one O nor can there be more than two T’s.
Ideally the short phrase made from these words will describe the source. It is not hard to find these words in WINTER STORM: SNOW TO SMITE STORE! WINE ME! That sentence is a lexigram: each word is made from letters in the original phrase.
Lexigrams can be made from any source phrase - a name, a topic, a slogan, or even a date (like MARCH THIRD TWENTY TWENTY THREE). Try it with your own name to begin the fun of finding words-within-words to create inspiriting lexigrams.
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