CIPHER
/ˈsaɪfɚ/
13
Scrabble
14
WWF
C(3) I(1) P(3) H(4) E(1) R(1)
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Definition
/ˈsaɪfɚ/
noun
- A numeric character.
- Any text character.
- A combination or interweaving of letters, as the initials of a name; a device; a monogram.“a painter's cipher, an engraver's cipher, etc.”
- A method of transforming a text in order to conceal its meaning.“The message was written in a simple cipher. Anyone could figure it out.”
- A cryptographic system using an algorithm that converts letters or sequences of bits into ciphertext.
verb
- To calculate.“I never learned much more than how to read and cipher.”
- To write in code or cipher.
- Of an organ pipe: to sound independent of the organ.
- To decipher.
Source: Wiktionary
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