diff --git a/exercises/practice/anagram/.docs/instructions.append.md b/exercises/practice/anagram/.docs/instructions.append.md
deleted file mode 100644
index 2b17bb7..0000000
--- a/exercises/practice/anagram/.docs/instructions.append.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-# Instructions Append
-
-You must return the anagrams in the same order as they are listed in the candidate words.
diff --git a/exercises/practice/anagram/anagram_spec.lua b/exercises/practice/anagram/anagram_spec.lua
index 33560e1..8a73dd9 100644
--- a/exercises/practice/anagram/anagram_spec.lua
+++ b/exercises/practice/anagram/anagram_spec.lua
@@ -1,59 +1,72 @@
 local Anagram = require('anagram')
 
 describe('anagram', function()
+  local function sorted_clone(t)
+    local clone = {}
+    for k, v in pairs(t) do
+      clone[k] = v
+    end
+    table.sort(clone)
+    return clone
+  end
+
+  local function assert_lists_are_same(expected, actual)
+    assert.are.same(sorted_clone(expected), sorted_clone(actual))
+  end
+
   it('no result', function()
     local detector = Anagram:new('diaper')
     local result = detector:match({ 'hello', 'world', 'zombies', 'pants' })
     local expected = {}
-    assert.are.same(expected, result)
+    assert_lists_are_same(expected, result)
   end)
 
   it('detects simple anagram', function()
     local detector = Anagram:new('ant')
     local result = detector:match({ 'tan', 'stand', 'at' })
     local expected = { 'tan' }
-    assert.are.same(expected, result)
+    assert_lists_are_same(expected, result)
   end)
 
   it('does not detect false positives', function()
     local detector = Anagram:new('galea')
     local result = detector:match({ 'eagle' })
     local expected = {}
-    assert.are.same(expected, result)
+    assert_lists_are_same(expected, result)
   end)
 
   it('detects multiple anagrams', function()
     local detector = Anagram:new('master')
     local result = detector:match({ 'stream', 'pigeon', 'maters' })
     local expected = { 'stream', 'maters' }
-    assert.are.same(expected, result)
+    assert_lists_are_same(expected, result)
   end)
 
   it('does not detect anagram subsets', function()
     local detector = Anagram:new('good')
     local result = detector:match({ 'dog', 'goody' })
     local expected = {}
-    assert.are.same(expected, result)
+    assert_lists_are_same(expected, result)
   end)
 
   it('detects anagram', function()
     local detector = Anagram:new('listen')
     local result = detector:match({ 'enlists', 'google', 'inlets', 'banana' })
     local expected = { 'inlets' }
-    assert.are.same(expected, result)
+    assert_lists_are_same(expected, result)
   end)
 
   it('detects multiple anagrams', function()
     local detector = Anagram:new('allergy')
     local result = detector:match({ 'gallery', 'ballerina', 'regally', 'clergy', 'largely', 'leading' })
     local expected = { 'gallery', 'regally', 'largely' }
-    assert.are.same(expected, result)
+    assert_lists_are_same(expected, result)
   end)
 
   it('detects anagrams case-insensitively', function()
     local detector = Anagram:new('Orchestra')
     local result = detector:match({ 'cashregister', 'Carthorse', 'radishes' })
     local expected = { 'Carthorse' }
-    assert.are.same(expected, result)
+    assert_lists_are_same(expected, result)
   end)
 end)