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Is cipher a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word cipher is a Scrabble US word. The word cipher is worth 13 points in Scrabble:

C3I1P3H4E1R1

Is cipher a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word cipher is a Scrabble UK word and has 13 points:

C3I1P3H4E1R1

Is cipher a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word cipher is a Words With Friends word. The word cipher is worth 14 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

C4I1P4H3E1R1

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6-letter words (3 found)

CERIPH,CIPHER,RECHIP,

5-letter words (4 found)

CHIRP,CRIPE,PERCH,PRICE,

4-letter words (17 found)

CHER,CHIP,CIRE,CRIP,EPIC,ERIC,HEIR,HIRE,ICER,PECH,PERC,PERI,PICE,PIER,RICE,RICH,RIPE,

3-letter words (25 found)

CEP,CHE,CHI,ECH,HEP,HER,HIC,HIE,HIP,ICE,ICH,IRE,PEC,PEH,PER,PHI,PIC,PIE,PIR,PRE,REC,REH,REI,REP,RIP,

2-letter words (8 found)

CH,EH,ER,HE,HI,PE,PI,RE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 58 words from cipher according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of cipher

cipher

Alternative forms

  • cypher (less common)

Etymology

14th century. From Middle English cifre, from Old French cyfre, cyffre (French chiffre), ultimately from Arabic صِفْر (ṣifr, “zero, empty”), from صَفَرَ (ṣafara, “to be empty”). Doublet of zero. Sense 8 (a fault in an organ valve) may be a different word.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ci‧pher
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈsaɪfə/
  • (US, Canada) enPR: ˈsī-fər, IPA(key): /ˈsaɪfɚ/
  • Rhymes: -aɪfə(ɹ)

Noun

cipher (plural ciphers)

  1. A numeric character.
    Synonyms: number, numeral
  2. Any text character.
  3. A combination or interweaving of letters, as the initials of a name.
    Synonyms: device, monogram
  4. A method of transforming a text in order to conceal its meaning.
    Synonym: code
  5. (cryptography) A cryptographic system using an algorithm that converts letters or sequences of bits into ciphertext.
  6. Ciphertext; a message concealed via a cipher.
  7. A grouping of three digits in a number, especially when delimited by commas or periods:
  8. (music) A fault in an organ valve which causes a pipe to sound continuously without the key having been pressed.
  9. (music, slang) A hip-hop jam session.
  10. (slang) The path (usually circular) shared cannabis takes through a group, an occasion of cannabis smoking.
    Synonym: rotation
  11. Someone or something of no importance.
    Synonyms: nobody, nonentity, nothing; see also Thesaurus:nonentity
  12. (dated) Zero.
  13. Eggcorn of siphon.

Derived terms

Related terms

  • zero

Translations

Verb

cipher (third-person singular simple present ciphers, present participle ciphering, simple past and past participle ciphered)

  1. (intransitive, regional, dated) To calculate.
    • 1979, Octavia Butler, Kindred:
      Can you cipher too—along with your reading and writing?
  2. (intransitive) To write in code or cipher.
  3. (intransitive, music) Of an organ pipe: to sound independent of the organ.
  4. (obsolete) To decipher.

References

Anagrams

  • Perich, ceriph, chipre, rechip

Source: wiktionary.org