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   Cryp·tic

   /ˈkriptik/

   

   adjective

   • 1. having a meaning that is mysterious or obscure: "he found his boss's utterances too cryptic"
   • ▪ (of a crossword) having difficult clues which indicate the solutions indirectly.
   • 2. (of coloration or markings) serving to camouflage an animal in its natural environment: "cryptic plumage is thought to minimize predation"

   Word Origin early 17th century: from late Latin crypticus, from Greek kruptikos, from kruptos ‘hidden’. cryptic (sense 2) dates from the late 19th century.

   Derivatives

   • 1. cryptically adverb

   Scrabble Points: 16

   • C

     3

   • R

     1

   • Y

     4

   • P

     3

   • T

     1

   • I

     1

   • C

     3

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