The term PLAYS CHARADES is a game in which one person acts out a word, phrase, or sentence without speaking, and the other players must guess what it is. The crossword solutions for this term are PANTOMIMES (10 letters), MIMES (5 letters), GUESSES (7 letters), and MIMESTHEWORD (12 letters). PANTOMIMES and MIMES refer to the act of acting out a word without speaking, while GUESSES refers to the other players trying to figure out what the mime is portraying. MIMESTHEWORD is a combination of the two words, referring to the overall game of charades.