cryptogram
Message needing decoding
A cryptogram is a message written in code or cipher, where letters or symbols substitute for the original characters.
Puzzle enthusiasts solve cryptograms by identifying patterns and letter frequencies: The newspaper's cryptogram had me stumped for an hour.
The term also applies to any text requiring decryption.
Find the answer
- clueSolving aid
- patternRecurring arrangement or template
- deduceReach by reasoning
- logicScience of valid reasoning
challenge · brainteaser · mind-bender · newspaper · syndicated · pencil · grid · hint
Exchange of one for another
- transpositionSwapping positions of elements
- encodeConvert to cipher
- decodeConvert from cipher
- plaintextUnencoded readable information
ciphertext · key · cryptanalysis · symbol · encipher · decipher · scramble · cryptologic
Vertically spelled hidden message
- rebusPictures encoding phrases
- palindromeReversible letter sequence
- quotationCited passage or price
- aphorismTerse general truth
saying · proverb · phrase · reveal · unscramble · language · alphabet · wordsmith
Concealed information
- enigmaSomething hard to fathom
- hiddenKept out of sight
- covertIntentionally concealed
- intrigueSecret plotting or fascination
concealed · clandestine · espionage · spy · wartime · military · intelligence · classified
solve
Find the answer
logic · challenge · brainteaser · mind-bender · newspaper · syndicated · pencil · grid · hint · solution
substitution
Exchange of one for another
- transpositionSwapping positions of elements
- encodeConvert to cipher
- decodeConvert from cipher
plaintext · ciphertext · key · cryptanalysis · symbol · encipher · decipher · scramble · cryptologic · codebreaking
acrostic
Vertically spelled hidden message
- rebusPictures encoding phrases
- palindromeReversible letter sequence
- quotationCited passage or price
aphorism · saying · proverb · phrase · reveal · unscramble · language · alphabet · wordsmith
secret
Concealed information
intrigue · concealed · clandestine · espionage · spy · wartime · military · intelligence · classified · intercept
- puzzlespuzzles, sudoku, jigsaw puzzle, puzzle cube, crossword
- word gamescrossword, Scrabble, crossword puzzle, word game, anagrams
- codespassword, binary, DNA, RNA, QR code
- codes and cipherscipher, code, decode, ciphertext, plaintext
- brain gamesbrainteasers, brain teasers, logic puzzles, puzzles, crossword puzzles
- brain teasersriddle, brain teaser, logic puzzles, puzzle, brainteasers
cryptogramopen letter
Published correspondence for everyone
public notice · plain speech · public announcement · disclosure · broadcast
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