"pattern word" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: pattern words [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} pattern word (plural pattern words)
  1. (cryptography) A word in which some letter appears more than once, useful in solving a cryptogram. Synonyms: idiomorph

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