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rot13

rot13 is the alternative form of ROT13.

Noun capitalized: ROT13

ROT13 (uncountable)

  1. A simple Caesar cipher where each letter is replaced by the letter 13 positions beyond it in the alphabet (wrapping at Z to A).

Forms of rot13

alternative formrot13
alternative formrot-13
alternative formEBG13

Origin of rot13

ROT is short for rotate.

Questions about rot13

What does rot13 mean?
Rot13 means a simple Caesar cipher where each letter is replaced by the letter 13 positions beyond it in the alphabet (wrapping at Z to A).
What is rot13 the alternative form of?
Rot13 is the alternative form of ROT13.
What part of speech is rot13?
Rot13 is a noun.

Words near rot13 in the dictionary

  1. rot-steep
  2. rot-steeped
  3. rot-steeping
  4. rot-steeps
  5. rot.
  6. rot13
  7. rota
  8. rota Fortunae
  9. rotablation
  10. rotablations
  11. rotablator

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Adapted from Wiktionary: rot13 (page history and authors); ROT13 (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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