Charade

Etymology
From charade:, of disputed origin.

Noun

 * 1) Something apparently real but based on pretence/pretense.
 * 2)  A party game in which players mime a word or phrase that the other players must try to guess.

Thesaurus
Grand Guignol, Passion play, Tom show, absurdity, anagram, antimasque, audience success, ballet, bearing, beck, beckon, body language, bomb, broadcast drama, burlesque show, carriage, chironomy, cliff hanger, closet drama, comedy drama, conundrum, critical success, dactylology, daytime serial, deaf-and-dumb alphabet, dialogue, disguise, documentary drama, drama, dramalogue, dramatic play, dramatic series, dumb show, duodrama, duologue, epic theater, experimental theater, extravaganza, failure, farce, flop, gasser, gesticulation, gesture, gesture language, giveaway, hand signal, happening, hit, hit show, improvisational drama, kinesics, legitimate drama, logogriph, make-believe, masque, melodrama, minstrel show, miracle, miracle play, mockery, monodrama, monologue, morality, morality play, motion, movement, music drama, musical revue, mystery, mystery play, opera, pageant, panel show, pantomime, parody, pastoral, pastoral drama, piece, play, playlet, poise, pose, posture, pretension, pretentiousness, problem play, psychodrama, quiz show, radio drama, rebus, review, revue, riddle, sensational play, serial, show, shrug, sign language, sitcom, situation comedy, sketch, skit, soap, soap opera, sociodrama, spectacle, stage play, stage show, stance, straight drama, success, suspense drama, tableau, tableau vivant, talk show, teleplay, television drama, television play, theater of cruelty, total theater, travesty, variety show, vaudeville, vaudeville show, vehicle, word-of-mouth success, work