iconcipher
nounUK /ˈaɪkɒnsaɪfə/
US /ˈaɪkɑːnsaɪfər/
A secret code that uses little pictures instead of letters.
The treasure map used an iconcipher, so each symbol stood for a letter.
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2. A system for hiding messages inside small digital icons or images.
The app's iconcipher concealed text within the tiny menu symbols.
3. A puzzle in which each icon represents a word or sound.
Solving the iconcipher required matching every emoji to a syllable.
4. A method of encoding data using a fixed set of graphical tokens.
The game's save file was protected by an iconcipher that only the designers understood.