CRYPTARITHM


Meaning of CRYPTARITHM in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈkrip-tə-ˌri-thəm ]

noun

Etymology: crypt- + -arithm (as in logarithm )

Date: 1943

: an arithmetic problem in which letters have been substituted for numbers and which is solved by finding all possible pairings of digits with letters that produce a numerically correct answer

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