Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

diceware

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: dice-ware
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A method for creating passwords and similar cryptographic variables using ordinary dice to generate random numbers which are then mapped to words in a list.

Uncountable

Etymology

From dice + -ware.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: dice

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does diceware mean?: A method for creating passwords and similar cryptographic variables using ordinary dice to generate random numbers which are then mapped to words in a list.
Where does diceware come from?: From dice + -ware.

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