When you take a saying and make it into a word puzzle--for example taking the word HOURGLASS cutting it in half horizontally and putting the word SAND in the middle..would make Sand Through and Hourglass--What are these word puzzles called? Its driving me insane!!!
2006-08-11 04:35:58 · 10 answers · asked by Lola Robyn 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
hang man?
2006-08-11 04:37:10 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
I think that's a rebus, but not in the traditional sense. When I think rebus I think of the old game show concentration. Where a rebus was a group of pictures like...
(an olive) + R (a tornado) - R
Oliver Twist
2006-08-11 04:43:22 · answer #2 · answered by Duds331 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like a rebus.
2006-08-11 04:38:40 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
There was a board game using those puzzles called 'Dingbats'
2006-08-11 04:45:14 · answer #4 · answered by the_big_v 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Oh man, my teahcers used to give those to us to solve. Ugh...I can't remember the name either.... I liked doing those....
GROUND
DEEP
Answer: Deep underground
PERSON/ALITY
Answer: Split personality
Just a couple I remember. I think they were just called word games.
2006-08-11 04:41:27 · answer #5 · answered by PaganPoetess 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
rebus is the correct answer
2006-08-11 04:41:22 · answer #6 · answered by Neener 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
yeh i think it's rebus!
2006-08-11 04:42:36 · answer #7 · answered by Ginger<3sGilligan 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
addle, befuddle
2006-08-11 04:44:01 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes that is correct
2006-08-11 04:37:58 · answer #9 · answered by blackknightninja 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
scrabble?
2006-08-11 04:39:19 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋