Frequently Asked Questions

Let us help answer the most common questions you might have.
What is a cryptogram?
Cryptograms are text based games. Every letter in the alphabet is substituted for another. This is not a shift encryption. It’s a random encryption. So as an example: “prbbw” may be “hello”.
No, if you abandon a gave it will be discarded and no score will be given.
If an incorrect letter is input, you can simply select it and input the new/correct letter. Any existing "entries" can be replaced.
Join the Cryptogram support server, and post the bug in #bug-report channel.
No, games are locked to whatever DM or channel they were started in. You can however start new games in other servers/DMs.
An unranked game is not timed and you are able to use checks & hints.

A competitive game is timed and you are NOT able to use hints or checks.
How do you play?
Cryptogram is played using slash commands. By telling the bot what letter(s) you want replaced, followed by the letter(s) you want to replace them with. The goal is to completely decrypt the quote, by submitting all the correct letters.

Letter/Word Input: Letters/Words are input using /partial [input] [answer].

For example, if you think the letter ‘q’ in the cypher is actually the letter ‘a’, then the should be input: /partial cipher:q partial:a (this places an ‘a’ everywhere a ‘q’ is in the cipher)

or, for a whole word/sentence: /partial cipher:blrr partial:tree (this places ‘t’, ‘r’, ‘e’ everywhere there is a ‘b’, ‘l’, or ‘r’ respectively)

You can also use the "Hint" button to get a free letter BUT if you use the "hint" button more than once, the game will no longer count as a scored game. You get one free hint every game.
Yes, you can abandon your current game to start a new one.
Yes, anyone who joins the voice channel can view the puzzle you are working on. You can also toggle settings to give other uses access to directly interact with the current puzzle. The user that starts the game is considered the "owner". Other users do not get credit or scored for the puzzle being solved.
Yes! Premium users are able to suggest new quotes and puzzles that can be reviewed and added. Note that suggestions are not guaranteed to be accepted.
Cryptogram is written in TypeScript using Elixir and Vite with TailwindCSS used for styling.

Competitive FAQ

Curious about competitive games? Look no further!
Competitive games will run and reset weekly.
You can't. Competitive games will stay on the current quote until they cycle to the new puzzle.