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cypher

noun verb

A message written in a secret code

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Word Facts

Word length
6
Starts with
C
Ends with
R
Contains
YP
Scrabble score
16

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Definitions

noun

  1. A message written in a secret code

noun

  1. A secret method of writing

noun

  1. A person of no influence

noun

  1. A quantity of no importance; thing (object:), singular, negative pronoun; pronoun, thing, singular; quantifier: negative existential

    “It looked like nothing I had ever seen before”

noun

  1. A mathematical element that when added to another number yields the same number

verb

  1. Make a mathematical calculation or computation

verb

  1. Convert ordinary language into code

    “We should encode the message for security reasons”

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Example Sentences

It looked like nothing I had ever seen before
Reduced to nil all the work we had done
We racked up a pathetic goose egg
It was all for naught
I didn't hear zilch about it
We should encode the message for security reasons

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