crypt

Plural: crypts

Noun

An underground vault or chamber, often used for burial.
a cellar or vault or underground burial chamber (especially beneath a church)
A cave or cavern.
An underground vault.
An underground vault.
Especially: one beneath a church that is used as a burial chamber.
A small pit or cavity in the surface of an organ or other structure.
Any of the genus Cryptocoryne of aquatic plants of southern and southeastern Asia.
Any of the genus Cryptopus of orchids of Madagascar and Mauritius.

Examples

He hoped his hidden CRYPT strategy would eventually reveal a path to victory.

Origin / Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin crypta (“vault”), from Ancient Greek κρυπτός (kruptós, “hidden”). Doublet of grotto.

Scrabble Score: 12

crypt: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
crypt: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
crypt: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 13

crypt: valid Words With Friends Word