Definitions for charade

charade cha·rade

Spelling: [shuh-reyd; especially British shuh- Charade is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 157 anagrams from letters in charade (aacdehr).

Definitions for charade

noun

  1. charades, (used with a singular verb) a game in which the players are typically divided into two teams, members of which take turns at acting out in pantomime a word, phrase, title, etc., which the members of their own team must guess.
  2. a word or phrase acted out in this game.
  3. a blatant pretense or deception, especially something so full of pretense as to be a travesty.

Origin of charade

1770-80; French Provençal charrad(o) entertainment, equivalent to charr(á) to chat, chatter (from imitative root) + -ado -ade1

Examples for charade

If the Democrats maintain this charade, 2016 will not be the cakewalk they dream it to be.

So, one by one, all her nice games were abandoned and only the charade is left.

Mary was to be one of the charade captains and Tom Reynolds the other.

Nancy, who was an inevitable member of the charade, was to be on Tom's side.

He looked on hopelessly, as you look at a charade of which you have not got the key.

Finally, she reached a point where she could no longer continue the charade.

What I mean is that both sides found time to put on a charade.

And yet people do not get hanged or run through the body for the sake of a charade.

Democrats, do the American thing and have nothing to do with this charade.

If this is all a hoax, Detweiler is a master of the charade.

Word Value for charade
Scrable

13

Words with friends

13

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