noun🔗ShareA string representing an encoded piece of text."During the secret club meeting, the members used codewords instead of their real names to keep their identities hidden from anyone eavesdropping. "communicationtechnicalcomputingtechnologysignalwordChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA word or phrase (or by extension a concept) used to make a (concealed) reference to another word or concept."Our family uses "Operation Pizza" as codewords for a movie night because everyone loves pizza and movies. "communicationlanguagewordmilitaryChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA type of crossword puzzle where individual letters are represented by numbers and the solver must identify them by their position and frequency."My grandfather enjoys solving codewords because they require logic and pattern recognition, not general knowledge. "gamewritingentertainmentwordtypecommunicationChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading