I invented a game today while driving home for the holiday

 it's called--I don't know what it's called but the game is simple

you pick a word, preferably a longer word, like Catapult or Virginia or a name or anything and then you start with the first letter- C or V or whatever and then the game is deciding the order in which you should add letters that best capture the meaning of the original word. 

So like for for catapult you'd go C then CT then CPT then CPLT then CTPLT then CATPLT then CATPULT then catapult.

Or for a group game one person could pick the word and then everyone has to guess the next letter they will add back in preferably following the same logic but if no one agrees with the person who's it then they lose or something.