logogriph
[ law-guh-grif, log-uh- ]
/ ˈlɔ gə grɪf, ˈlɒg ə- /
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
OTHER WORDS FROM logogriph
log·o·griph·ic, adjectiveWords nearby logogriph
logo-,
logocentrism,
logogram,
logographic,
logography,
logogriph,
logomachy,
logon,
logopaedics,
logopedics,
logophile
Example sentences from the Web for 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
/ (ˈlɒɡəʊˌɡrɪf) /
noun
a word puzzle, esp one based on recombination of the letters of a word
Derived forms of logogriph
logogriphic, adjectiveWord Origin for logogriph
C16: via French from
logo- + Greek
grīphos puzzle