charade

nouns

a composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way

burlesque, charade, lampoon, mockery, parody, pasquinade, put-on, sendup, spoof, takeoff, travesty

a word acted out in an episode of the game of charades

charade

is a part of

player acts out a phrase for others to guess

is a type of (narrower)

a unit of language that native speakers can identify

"words are the blocks from which sentences are made"; "he hardly said ten words all morning"