Definitions for chronogram

chronogram chron·o·gram

Spelling: [kron-uh-gram]
IPA: /ˈkrɒn əˌgræm/

Chronogram is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 21 points.

You can make 363 anagrams from letters in chronogram (acghmnoorr).

Definitions for chronogram

noun

  1. an inscription in which certain Roman numeral letters express a date or epoch on being added together by their values.
  2. a record made by a chronograph.

Origin of chronogram

First recorded in 1615-25; chrono- + -gram1

Examples for chronogram

Webster defines a chronogram as an inscription, sentence, or phrase in which certain letters express a date or epoch.

It might be supposed to be a chronogram, but for the introduction of the letter "E."

Sometimes it is to be found at the end of the preface or dedication, and sometimes it is on the title-page as a chronogram.

The red letters undoubtedly compose a chronogram; E in such compositions represents 250.

The Acrostic and the chronogram are both ingeniously described in the mock epic of the Scribleriad.

If not, I can only make Howell's chronogram equivalent to 1927.

There is another near relation of the anagrams and acrostics, which is commonly called a chronogram.

The first of these lines is a chronogram, that is, it contains a date.

The date may sometimes occur as a chronogram, which should not be overlooked.

Word Value for chronogram
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