Definitions For Codeword

Noun

CODEWORD (plural CODEWORDs) (cryptography) A string representing an encoded piece of text. : Bob cannot get any information out of the codeword since he doesn't know what transmission bases Alice used. A word or phrase (or by extension a concept) used to make a (concealed) reference to another word or concept. A type of crossword puzzle where individual letters are represented by numbers and the solver must identify them by their position and frequency.

Derived terms

pseudocodeword

Translations

Chinese: : Mandarin: Dutch: codewoord, n Finnish: salakirjoitus, koodi Chinese: : Mandarin: Dutch: cijfercode, m Finnish: krypto

See also

alphametic cryptarithm

Etymology

code + word

Is Codeword a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends NO
Scrabble US NO
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) NO
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary NO

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
15
Words with Friends
16

The word Codeword is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends

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