word game

American

noun

any game or contest involving skill in using, forming, guessing, or changing words or expressions, such as anagrams or Scrabble.

word game British

noun

any game involving the formation, discovery, or alteration of a word or words

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Devastated, Rhiannon and her partner were using social media for support, as well as playing online word games together.

From BBC

As well as voting for their favourite bird, nature lovers have also been able to take part this year in a version of the popular web-based word game Wordle - called, of course, Birdle.

From BBC

"This is Beijing trying to explore the possibility of using word games to create an off-ramp for both sides, so that they can gradually climb their way down from this escalation spiral," he says.

From BBC

Musk loves to play word games when defending his assault on a program that helps keep millions of elderly and disabled people from falling into poverty.

From Salon

She also invented card and word games and made dominoes out of scraps of paper, to keep their minds occupied.

From BBC

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