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wordgame

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(Games, other than specified) any game involving the formation, discovery, or alteration of a word or words
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Noun1.word game - any game involving the formation or alteration or discovery of wordsword game - any game involving the formation or alteration or discovery of words
parlor game, parlour game - a game suitable for playing in a parlor
anagrams - a game whose object is to form words from a group of randomly chosen letters
Scrabble - a board game in which words are formed from letters in patterns similar to a crossword puzzle; each letter has a value and those values are used to score the game
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word game

ngioco con le parole
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