cryptoquip

noun

cryptoquip

noun

Etymology From crypto- + quip.

1

A cryptogram puzzle that leads to a saying or quotation.

  • The other was a cryptoquip that came in the mail, addressed to Allison. There was no letter attached, no return address, only a St. Paul postmark. The clue said that t equalled a.1995, Pamela Bauer, Elise Title, Tiffany White, Valentine Bachelors, page 256:
  • I opened it to find that he had solved a cryptoquip and framed it. It was a quote from Los Angeles Dodger manager Tommy Lasorda.2013, Noel Nation, The Education of a Teacher, page 18:

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