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Oscar Wilde was famous for his witty wordplay.
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The crowd’s reaction in the recording further supports that Em’s bars relied on technical skill and wordplay—not racial provocation.
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Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 29 Apr. 2025
The puzzles are rarely straightforward and use homophones and wordplay—among other techniques—to keep players challenged.
—Paul Du Quenoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Mar. 2025
Anyone capable of this level of terrible wordplay clearly belongs with Ellie.
—Keith Phipps, Vulture, 14 Apr. 2025
This mystically exacting wordplay is spell-binding—fitting for a record that steeps its themes of desperation and addiction in a heady brew of alchemy and witchcraft.
—Meaghan Garvey, Pitchfork, 3 Apr. 2025
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Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 29 Apr. 2025
The puzzles are rarely straightforward and use homophones and wordplay—among other techniques—to keep players challenged.
—Paul Du Quenoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Mar. 2025
Anyone capable of this level of terrible wordplay clearly belongs with Ellie.
—Keith Phipps, Vulture, 14 Apr. 2025
This mystically exacting wordplay is spell-binding—fitting for a record that steeps its themes of desperation and addiction in a heady brew of alchemy and witchcraft.
—Meaghan Garvey, Pitchfork, 3 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for wordplay
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“Wordplay.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wordplay. Accessed 7 May. 2025.
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wordplay
noun
word·play
ˈwərd-ˌplā 
: wit that is based on the clever use of words
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