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Old 07-26-2007, 03:48 PM
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what is this called?

What do they call those puzzles where you have words/letters making a picture? like this:

man
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board


meaning "man overboard"

there's a word for these things and I can't remember it.
 
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Old 07-26-2007, 04:22 PM
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Rebus I think.
 
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Old 07-26-2007, 04:23 PM
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kewl thanx
 
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Old 07-26-2007, 04:28 PM
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it's good to know what they're called-I love doing those. They usually have three every sunday in the paper. sometimes I get them, most times I don't
 
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Old 07-26-2007, 04:38 PM
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Re what is this called?

Nope, not rebus. Rebuses are the ones where you have a mixture of pictures and letters, with the pluses and minuses. Like "bear" would be "B + (a picture of an ear)".

I know one name for what you're talking about is "thinkogram". I'm sure there are other names for them.
 
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Old 07-26-2007, 04:46 PM
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Well, I got a ton of what I was looking for by using "Rebus" in the search bar. Thanks!
 
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Brainteasers -- Rebus Puzzles (Word Picture Puzzles), NIEHS Kids Page
 
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