cryptogram
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- noun
- /ˈkrɪptəˌɡræm/
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criptograma
- Zodiac's cryptograms were decoded.
- riddles and cryptograms
Examples
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That's a cryptogram, right?
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The solution of a June 3 cryptogram revealed the Germans calling urgently for ammunition, presumably for an attack.
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What about the cryptogram, have you figured that out yet?
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Well, it's a fairly elaborate cryptogram or code, similar to those used by military intelligence in World War Two and Korea.
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I'm here in the town of Salinas, 75 miles south of San Francisco outside the home of two amateur detectives who broke the code of the Zodiac's cryptogram, Fred and Sheila Morris.
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The cryptanalysts' work consisted of matching proposed plaintext—a guess as to the text of the original message—against the text of the cryptograms.
Academic text (1991) -
To uncover the hidden message, you must first decode the cryptogram carefully.
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He spent hours trying to solve the challenging cryptogram left behind by the treasure hunt.
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The mysterious cryptogram contained clues that could lead to an ancient artifact.
Synonyms
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A message written in a secret code
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A way of writing that uses codes so only certain people can read it
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A secret written message that hides the true meaning
A written message in code that keeps its meaning secret
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Etymology
Cryptogram comes from the Greek parts crypto- meaning 'hidden' and -gram meaning 'a written message', as in cryptic and telegram. So a cryptogram is a 'hidden message' or piece of writing in code.