Cipher
6 lettersnounmoderateUpdated June 2026
Definition
A message or text that has been encoded using a secret system, making it unreadable to anyone without the corresponding key.
“The intelligence officer transmitted the cipher by radio, confident it could not be broken.”
Pronunciation
IPA
/ˈsaɪfə/
Syllables
ci·pher
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Wordle
C-I-P-H-E-R: the PH pair is distinctive, ends in ER which is a common final pattern
Scrabble
Worth 13 points, the PH combination adds value and CIPHER hooks naturally to CIPHERS
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