The word STOP is well-known for its five anagrams: SPOT, TOPS, OPTS, POST, and POTS. Can you think of a five-letter word that has eight anagrams? One of them is an adopted word from French.

Answer:

The word is SPARE (or any of its anagrams):

SPEAR
PARES
PEARS
PARSE
APERS
APRES
RAPES
REAPS