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enigma machine

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.23 in modern English

Syllables
enig-ma -ma-chine
IPA
23
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A small portable electro-mechanical rotor machine used to encrypt and decrypt secret messages, made famous by Germany in WWII.

noun

Something which decrypts or makes understandable something enigmatic.

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Inflected Forms

Enigma machines (plural)

Rhymes With

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Questions

What does enigma machine mean?
A small portable electro-mechanical rotor machine used to encrypt and decrypt secret messages, made famous by Germany in WWII.

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