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CIPHERING

9 letters, 17 points in Scrabble, 3 vowels

What CIPHERING Means

CIPHERING is a form of CIPHER, which means:

  1. noun: a message written in a secret code
  2. noun: a mathematical element that when added to another number yields the same number
  3. verb: convert ordinary language into code“We should encode the message for security reasons”
  4. verb: make a mathematical calculation or computation

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Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

CIPHERING is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 17 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as C3 I1 P3 H4 E1 R1 I1 N1 G2.

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