# How do I get Quinapalus to give me words that are 'anagram of word_a' in 'word_b'?

I would like to use the Quinapalus Matcher to look for words that are made (with some prior jiggerypokery) from two letter sets, let's call them $$word_a$$ and $$word_b$$.

The letters in $$word_a$$ can be in any order (i.e. anagramed), and between $$1$$ and $$n-1$$ from $$word_b$$ in front and enter remaining $$n-1$$ to $$1$$ words behind.

E.g. if $$word_a$$ was set and $$word_b$$ was stamen, then statesmen would match, as it is sta(set)*men, where the anagramed/scrambled set is used as tes in the middle.

I've had a look at both the Compound patterns and wildcards, but I can't figure out how to search for my use case, if it is possible at all.

• Deleted my answer - I was wrong! I misunderstood your problem, thinking that you were looking for the two letter sets to themselves be variables -- if the sets are fixed, then athin and msh have perfectly workable answers.
– Deusovi
Oct 25 at 3:49
• @deusovi, that would be cool, but a step beyond what I need right now. Oct 25 at 8:12