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Logogriph

Log′o-griph

,
Noun.
[Gr.
λόγοσ
word +
γρῖφοσ
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 form other words; – thus, to discover the chosen word chatter form cat, hat, rat, hate, rate, etc.
B. Jonson.

Definition 2024


logogriph

logogriph

English

Noun

logogriph (plural logogriphs)

  1. A kind of puzzle where a series of verses give clues leading to a particular word.

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