176. Games
See also 26. ATHLETICS ; 175. GAMBLING ; 337. PUZZLES ; 347. RECREATION .
- anagram
- 1 . a word or phrase composed by rearranging the letters in another word or phrase.
- 2 . a game based upon this activity.
- anagrammatism
- the art or practice of making anagrams. Also called metagrammatism.
- conundrum
- a riddle the answer to which requires a pun or other word play.
- gamesmanship
- Facetious. the use of methods that, while not dishonest or contrary to the rules, are dubious and give the user unfair advantage in a game or sport.
- metagrammatism
- anagrammatism.
- oneupmanship
- Facetious, the art or technique of keeping another person slightly off balance in order to gain an advantage.
- wordsmanship
- Facetious. the art or technique of employing a vocabulary of arcane, recondite words in order to gain an advantage over another person.
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