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logogriph
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Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
A logogriph (not to be confused with logogram or logograph) is a form of word puzzle based on the component letters of a key word to be identified, and is derived from Greek λόγος, a word, and γρίφος, a riddle or fishing basket. It generally involves anagrams ...
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Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. Any of several word puzzles in which the clues are in verse
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Logogriph \Log"o*griph\, n. [Gr. lo`gos word + gri^fos a fishing net, a dark saying, a riddle: F. logogriphe.] A sort of riddle in which it is required to discover a chosen word from various combinations of its letters, or of some of its letters, which ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
a type of word puzzle based on synonyms, etc., and often in the form of a verse, 1590s, from French logogriphe , from Greek logos (see logos ) + griphos "riddle," literally "fishing basket."
Usage examples of logogriph.
To this Sirin would contribute poems, riddles, crossword puzzles, and probably some of its unsigned anagrams, logogriphs, meta-grams.
I was continuing in this way the games of logogriphs and versified charades at which we used sometimes to play together.