logogriph

n. [ Gr. lo`gos word + gri^fos 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. [ 1913 Webster ]