Word of the Day:
cryptogram
What It Means
A type of word puzzle in which text encoded by a simple cipher is to be decoded.
Cryptogram in Context
“You already know this if you are an amateur codebreaker. On the comics pages of many newspapers, you will find a little puzzle known as a cryptogram. It's usually a famous quotation that has been encrypted in a very straightforward way […]”
Did You Know?
From crypto- + -gram.
Source and license
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