rebus
Sign in to savethumb|A rebus-style "escort card" from around 1865, to be read as "May I see you home my dear?" thumb|A German rebus, circa 1620
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- Rebuses within heraldry
- Modern rebuses, word plays
- Use with encoded symbols in Unicode
- Visually-similar letters and text characters
- Pictograms
- Rebus principle
- Use in game shows
- Use in crossword puzzles
- Historical examples
- Japan
- Rebus puzzles on US beers
- See also
- References
- External links
thumb|A rebus-style "escort card" from around 1865, to be read as "May I see you home my dear?" thumb|A German rebus, circa 1620
A rebus ( ) is a puzzle device that combines the use of illustrated pictures with individual letters to depict words or phrases. For example, the word "been" might be depicted by a rebus showing an illustrated bumblebee next to a plus sign (+) and the letter "n".