Anamonics for Scrabble

I stumbled on this page today and thought it was interesting:

An anamonic is a form of mnemonic device frequently employed by tournament Scrabble players (the word anamonic is itself a portmanteau of anagram and mnemonic). It consists of a six or seven letter “stem” (often, but not always, an acceptable word itself), paired with a phrase in which each letter can be added to the stem and rearranged (anagrammed) to form a new word. Typical stems are sets of six or seven letters, as such anamonics aid in learning and in finding valuable seven- and eight-letter bingo (UK: “bonus”) plays. Just as importantly, a player can quickly verify that he or she should not waste valuable time looking for a word in a set of letters that is ruled out by an anamonic.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anamonic

Here’s an example from the Wikipedia page:

TSUNAMI: COASTAL HARM

TSUNAMI+C = TSUNAMIC
TSUNAMI+O = MANITOUS TINAMOUS
TSUNAMI+A = AMIANTUS
TSUNAMI+S = TSUNAMIS
TSUNAMI+T = ANTISMUT
TSUNAMI+L = SIMULANT
TSUNAMI+H = HUMANIST
TSUNAMI+R = NATRIUMS NATURISM
TSUNAMI+M = MANUMITS

Here’s a list of more anamonics:

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