01 n. A sort of riddle in which it is required to discover a chosen word from various combinations of its letters, or of some of its letters, whi…
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A sort of riddle in which it is required to discover a chosen word from various combinations of its letters, or of some of its letters, which form other words; -- thus, to discover the chosen word chatter form cat, hat, rat, hate, rate, etc.