Definition of CRYPTOLOGY

cryptology

Plural: cryptologies

Noun

  • the science of analyzing and deciphering codes and ciphers and cryptograms
  • The science or study of mathematical, linguistic, and other coding patterns and histories.
  • The practice of analysing encoded messages, in order to decode them.
  • Secret or enigmatical language.

Origin / Etymology

From crypto- + -logy, from Ancient Greek κρυπτός (kruptós, “hidden”) + λόγος (lógos, “word”); originally after Latin cryptologia, which is apparently first recorded in an English context.

Scrabble Score: 21

cryptology: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
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cryptology: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 23

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