"cryptoquiz" meaning in English

See cryptoquiz in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: cryptoquizzes [plural]
Etymology: From crypto- + quiz. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|crypto|quiz}} crypto- + quiz Head templates: {{en-noun|cryptoquizzes}} cryptoquiz (plural cryptoquizzes)
  1. A puzzle consisting of a set of thematically related words encrypted with a simple alphabetic cipher.

Inflected forms

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