cryptograms
Puzzles using substitution
Cryptograms are puzzles where letters have been substituted with other letters or symbols, and the solver must decode the hidden message.
The classic newspaper cryptogram presents an encrypted quotation where each letter consistently represents another throughout: if Q stands for E, every Q in the puzzle is an E.
She solved the cryptogram by first identifying the most common letters.
The word also applies more broadly to any text written in code or cipher.
Convert from cipher
- solveFind the answer
- plaintextUnencoded readable information
- cryptoquipEncoded humorous saying
- aristocratPerson of noble birth
brain-teaser · deduction · logic · wordplay · anagrams · riddles
Exchange of one for another
- transpositionSwapping positions of elements
- keyLock-opening device
- codebreakingSolving secret communications
- cryptanalysisStudy of breaking ciphers
decipherment · ciphertext · plaintext · encode · decode · cryptologist
Intentionally concealed
- clandestineConcealed from authorities
- confidentialMeant to stay secret
- spyCovert information gatherer
- espionageCovert intelligence gathering
decode
Convert from cipher
- solveFind the answer
- plaintextUnencoded readable information
- cryptoquipEncoded humorous saying
aristocrat · brain-teaser · deduction · logic · wordplay · anagrams · riddles
substitution
Exchange of one for another
- transpositionSwapping positions of elements
- keyLock-opening device
- codebreakingSolving secret communications
cryptanalysis · decipherment · ciphertext · plaintext · encode · decode · cryptologist
covert
Intentionally concealed
- clandestineConcealed from authorities
- confidentialMeant to stay secret
- spyCovert information gatherer
Enigma
German encryption apparatus
- codebreakersThose who decipher encrypted messages
entertainment
Agreeable diversion of attention
- puzzlespuzzles, sudoku, jigsaw puzzle, puzzle cube, crossword
- word gamescrossword, Scrabble, crossword puzzle, anagram, word game
- puzzle gamessudoku, matching, jigsaw puzzle, tetris, tiles
- codes and cipherscipher, code, decode, ciphertext, plaintext
- brain gamesbrainteasers, brain teasers, logic puzzles, puzzles, crossword puzzles
- Mental Challengeslogic puzzles, riddles, brain teasers, word games, paradoxes
cryptogramsopen letters
Published appeals to all
public announcements · broadcasts · proclamations · plain speech · disclosures
cryptogram, cryptography, cryptographic, cryptographer, cryptographers, cryptographically