atbash

English

Etymology

From the letters of the Hebrew alphabet aleph, tav, beth, shin.

Noun

atbash (uncountable)

1. A simple substitution cipher in which each occurrence of the first letter of the alphabet is substituted with the last, second with next to last, and so on.

Alternative forms

• athbash

Translations

simple substitution cipher

• Hebrew: אתב״ש

Anagrams

• abasht