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rebus

[ree-buhs] / ˈri bəs /






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I grew up doing crosswords, riddles and rebuses.

From Los Angeles Times

The effect of these lines, which reach back into the past while projecting far into the future, is that of a rebus, with the stunning phrase “the final whereabouts” offering one more breath of indirection.

From Los Angeles Times

“Well, my uncle gave me Mr. Lemoncello’s Phenomenal Picture Word Puzzler for Chanukah and I can’t figure out this one rebus.”

From Literature

In recent weeks, fans called out the game for inviting players to guess less familiar words such as “tapir” and “rebus.”

From Washington Post

Baric’s entrancing collage, with an incessant penchant for psychedelic dissonance, is in itself a rebus — a puzzle that derives meaning from drawings and letters.

From Los Angeles Times