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noun

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

QUIZ

THINGAMABOB OR THINGUMMY: CAN YOU DISTINGUISH BETWEEN THE US AND UK TERMS IN THIS QUIZ?

Do you know the difference between everyday US and UK terminology? Test yourself with this quiz on words that differ across the Atlantic.

Question 1 of 7

In the UK, COTTON CANDY is more commonly known as…

candystring

candyfloss

candypuff

TAKE THE QUIZ TO FIND OUT

Words nearby word game

word burst, word class, word deafness, Worde, word for word, word game, word-hoard, wordie, wording, Wordle, wordless

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How to use word game in a sentence

Playing that quick-response word game, if I said “foods that go together,” your answer would probably be peanut butter and jelly or milk and cookies, not horseradish and seafood.
Horseradish and matzoh-crusted cod is an ideal sheet pan dinner to use up leftover Passover ingredients|Ellie Krieger|March 18, 2021|Washington Post
Kocienda says he also wanted the game to fun, and personally found it frustrating that other word games wouldn’t allow proper names.
Former Apple engineer and autocorrect creator builds his first app, a word game called Up Spell|Sarah Perez|October 7, 2020|TechCrunch
So just how much time have we spent engaged with the Scrabble-like word game?
‘Selfie’ Has Been Played 18,000 Times on Words With Friends|Kevin Fallon|October 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But they enjoyed the missing word game the most, because it was new.
What Two Children Did|Charlotte E. Chittenden

I cannot desist, however, from this word-game until I have set down a few.
The World I Live In|Helen Keller

British Dictionary definitions for word game

word game

noun

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

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