How to pronounce cryptogram
American English pronunciation
KRIP-tuh-gram
- IPA
- /ˈkɹɪptəˌɡɹæm/
- Syllables
- KRIP · tuh · gram (3 syllables, stress on the 1st)
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What cryptogram means
A puzzle where a message is written in a simple code to crack
In a sentence: I solved the cryptogram in the newspaper once I figured out that X stood for E.
Where it comes from: It was made from crypto-, from a Greek word for hidden, and -gram, from a Greek word for something written.
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