Definitions
making a false outward show
Word origin
From French charade, charrade (“prattle, idle conversation; a kind of riddle”), probably from Occitan charrada (“conversation; chatter”), from charrar (“to chat; to chatter”) + -ada. As a round of the game, originally a clipping of acting charade but now usually understood and formed as a back-formation from charades.
Used in a sentence
“This whole charade is absurd.”
“Sometimes the tricks above may be used in combination: a homophone may come in two pieces like a charade (RAINBOW sounding like REIGN + BEAU) or a charade may be reversed (TACKLE having ELK + CAT backwards).”
“Takes is a bit of a charade indicator here, telling you that one word takes on or adds on to another.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Guessing game act”7 letters
02“Acted-out guessing game”7 letters
Not quite right?
"Search similar patterns."
C______