They may be cracked
The crossword clue "They may be cracked" is answered by CODES, a 5-letter entry. Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 2001. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
CODES
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the CODES answer page.
Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 2001. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for CODES
Every other clue in this collection answered by CODES, most used first.
- Secret writings - used 12 times, most recently in 2018
- Does some programming - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Things to crack - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- Encryptions - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Secret messages - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Ciphers - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Programs - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
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