Etymology

crambo

C3R1A1M3B3O1

Today it means: A guessing game in which players guess words that rhyme with a clue word, seeking a word that is kept secret or concealed. Full definition →

Latin crambe repetita
Ask AI about its historyChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

The story

  1. Latin · derived fromcrambe repetita“cabbage served up again”
  2. English todaycrambo

* Perhaps related to cramp (“difficult”) (adjective). * Perhaps from Latin crambe repetita (“cabbage served up again”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.