Moderate difficulty suitable for most players
Ciphered Tongues of Pirate Lore
Moderate difficulty suitable for most players
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Across
- 1. Characters used in a mysterious, ancient alphabet
- 2. To abandon someone on a deserted island, pirate punishment
- 3. Describes a message hard to understand or decode
- 6. Large sailing ship used by pirates and explorers
- 9. Spanish for 'above' or 'up'; sailors often used it
- 13. Informal vocabulary often unique to groups like pirates
- 14. Old term for a seasoned sailor or pirate
Down
- 4. Ancient manuscript often used to record secret scripts
- 5. Negotiation between opposing sides, often pirate terms
- 7. A confusing mixture, similar to pirate language blend
- 8. Latin-root word meaning 'language' or 'tongue'
- 10. A seafaring outlaw often associated with hidden languages
- 11. Specialized language used by a particular group
- 12. Work song sung by sailors to keep rhythm aboard ships
- 15. Long journey by sea, often linked with seafaring tales
- 16. Lower ship area, sometimes referenced in pirate slang
- 17. Native American language famously used as code in war
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