cryptogram

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈkrɪptəʊgræm/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(krip′tə gram′)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
cryp•to•gram  (krip′tə gram′),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Cryptographya message or writing in code or cipher; cryptograph.
  2. an occult symbol or representation.
  • crypto- + -gram1 1875–80
cryp′to•gram′mic, cryp•to•gram•mat•ic  (krip′tə grə mat′ik),USA pronunciation cryp′to•gram•mat′i•cal, adj.  cryp′to•gram′ma•tist, n. 

'cryptogram' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
break - ciphertext - cryptanalyze - cryptic - cryptograph - factoring - key - keyword - monoalphabetic substitution - plaintext - polyalphabetic substitution - superencipher - trapdoor function

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