What do you call those word games where where cryptic clues are given for you to guess a word?

An example would be ‘a place in england cooking vessels’ and the answer would be ‘Prestonpans’.
But its not in a grid or anything…

Cryptic Crosswords - that’s always what I’ve called them.

Edit: Yes I was right, here’s a wikipedia entry to explain http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptic_crossword

Edit again: I don’t think there’s a particular name for them - just generally known as word games, cryptic clues or anagram puzzles.

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2 Comments

  1. Ekpyrotic
    Posted January 17, 2010 at 11:00 pm | Permalink

    Cryptic Crosswords - that’s always what I’ve called them.

    Edit: Yes I was right, here’s a wikipedia entry to explain http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptic_crossword

    Edit again: I don’t think there’s a particular name for them - just generally known as word games, cryptic clues or anagram puzzles.
    References :

  2. Cecy
    Posted January 17, 2010 at 11:42 pm | Permalink

    anagrams I think so…
    References :

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