logogriph Meaning, Definition & Usage

Log"o*griph noun
Etymology
Gr. word + a fishing net, a dark saying, a riddle: F. logogriphe.
Definitions
  1. 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. B. Jonson.

Webster 1913