logogriph

[law-guh-grif, log-uh-]

noun

an anagram, or a puzzle involving anagrams.

a puzzle in which a certain word, and other words formed from any or all of its letters, must be guessed from indications given in a set of verses.

Origin of logogriph

1590–1600; logo- + Greek grîphos a fishing basket, riddle

Related formslog·o·griph·ic, adjective

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Historical Examples of logogriph

The circle of the sciences was for Castanier something like a logogriph for a man who does not know the key to it.
Melmoth Reconciled
Honore de Balzac

British Dictionary definitions for logogriph

logogriph

noun

a word puzzle, esp one based on recombination of the letters of a word

Derived Formslogogriphic, adjective

Word Origin for logogriph

C16: via French from logo- + Greek grīphos puzzle

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Word Origin and History for logogriph

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."