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I believe the answer is:

charade

I believe this clue is a double definition.

'word' is the first definition.
(charade is a kind of word)

'play' is the second definition.
(thesaurus)

(Other definitions for charade that I've seen before include "Farcical pretence" , "Film with Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn" , "He'd a car but it was only empty pretence" , "Absurd pretence to create a good impression" , "Total pretence (as in game)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail and The Telegraph.
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