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A set of letters, numbers, symbols, etc. that is used to secretly send messages.

• cipher

• code

• key phrase

• Enigma machine

Something that lets the sender tell the recipient what to use to decode a message.

• cipher

• code

• key phrase

• Enigma machine

A piece of evidence or information used in the detection of a crime or solving of a mystery.

• code

• cipher

• clue

• key phrase

A method of transforming a text in order to conceal its meaning.

• code

• cipher

• encrypt

• decrypt

To convert something written in code into plain text.

• code

• cipher

• encrypt

• decrypt

This code uses a strip of paper for the message and a common object as the key object.

• Scytale Cipher

• Morse Code

• Caesar Cipher

• Pigpen Cipher

This code uses two circles put together to form a wheel. The outside circle is the key and the inside circle is the source.

• Scytale Cipher

• Morse Code

• Caesar Cipher

• Pigpen Cipher

To convert something written in plain text into code

• clue

• cipher

• encrypt

• decrypt

In 1836, this code was developed to use with the electrical telegraph system.

• Scytale Cipher

• Morse Code

• Caesar Cipher

• Pigpen Cipher

This code replaces each letter with a symbol. Each letter is replaced by the portion of the grid surrounding it.

• Scytale Cipher

• Morse Code

• Caesar Cipher

• Pigpen Cipher