charades

== English == === Etymology === See charade. As a game, originally a clipped form of acting charades or, without talking, dumb charades but now usually understood as a plurale tantum. === Noun === charades plural of charade === Noun === charades (uncountable) A game in which each player acts out a word or phrase, usually based on puns of each syllable and without speaking, for the others to guess. ==== Translations ==== === Verb === charades third-person singular simple present indicative of charade ==== Synonyms ==== (game): acting charades, dumb charades (obsolete) === Anagrams === hard case, hardcase