English Dictionary

cryptogram

noun

Encrypted text. / (games) A type of word puzzle in which text encoded by a simple cipher is to be decoded.

I love solving cryptograms in my free time.

意味（1）

Encrypted text.

It's a big help in solving cryptograms if you know how a cryptogram is constructed. The constructor normally uses two alphabets, one for plaintext, one for the substitute cipher letters.

意味（2）

(games) A type of word puzzle in which text encoded by a simple cipher is to be decoded.

You already know this if you are an amateur codebreaker. On the comics pages of many newspapers, you will find a little puzzle known as a cryptogram. It's usually a famous quotation that has been encrypted in a very straightforward way […]