letter-swapcode

noun
UK /ˈletə swɒp kəʊd/
US /ˈletər swɑːp koʊd/

A secret code where you trade one letter for another to hide a message.

We used a letter-swapcode to write our club's secret meeting time.


OTHER MEANINGS

2. A fun puzzle where each letter stands for a different letter.

The newspaper's letter-swapcode took me an hour to solve.

3. A way to write notes so only friends can read them.

She passed me a letter-swapcode note during class.

4. A game where players guess which letter replaces which.

At the party, we played a letter-swapcode game with silly words.