Needing deciphering
The crossword clue "Needing deciphering" is answered by CODED, a 5-letter entry. Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2006. It appears in 1 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
CODED
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the CODED answer page.
Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2006. It appears in 1 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for CODED
Every other clue in this collection answered by CODED, most used first.
- Encrypted - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
- Like some messages - used 12 times, most recently in 2021
- Like a cryptogram - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
- Like secret messages - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
- Wrote software - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
Related clues
Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.
- Needing kneading? - TENSE, used 11 times
- Needing nourishment - UNFED, used 9 times
- Needing tightening - LOOSE, used 7 times
- Needing neatening - MESSY, used 6 times
- Needing no more - SATED, used 6 times
- Needing rinsing - SOAPY, used 6 times
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