Logogriph

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Logogriph \Log"o*griph\, n. [Gr. lo`gos word + gri^fos a fishing
     net, a dark saying, a riddle: F. logogriphe.]
     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.
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