Definitions For Cryptic

adjective

  • Having a puzzling terseness
  • Having a secret or hidden meaning
  • Of an obscure nature

Is Cryptic a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
16
Words with Friends
18

The word Cryptic is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends

Examples of Cryptic in a Sentence

  • His instructions were cryptic. He said only to wait until we felt certain the answer was clear.
  • Puzzled by the cryptic e-mail message left on his computer

Synonyms for Cryptic

Antonyms for Cryptic

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