Meaning of Playfair | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A surname.
   countable, uncountable
2. Ellipsis of Playfair cipher.
   abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable
3. A placename
   countable, uncountable
4. an encryption using the Playfair cipher
   countable, uncountable
5. A number of craters in Solar System.
   countable, uncountable
6. A crater in Mars, Solar System.
   countable, uncountable
7. A form of crossword in which some words must be encrypted with a Playfair cipher before being inserted into the grid, and solvers must deduce the codeword and the encrypted clues.
   countable, uncountable
8. A crater in Moon, Earth-Moon System, Solar System.
   countable, uncountable

Examples

“Here's a cipher message. Probably Playfair.”

“But what about Playfair puzzles ? One must reckon to solve⟳ at least three of the Playfair clues independently before cracking the code and getting checking to help⟳ with solving the fourth .”

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