\Log"o*griph\, n. [Gr. ? word + ? 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.