http://www.wordnik.com/lists/keeping-secrets.xml Words of 10 letters, all different, can be used for encrypting, pretty securely, such things as PINs and passwords. The <a href="/words/fly in the ointment">fly in the ointment</a>, for me, in keeping track of them is I've got to write 'em down somewhere (especially in a spreadsheet, say)--which obviously isn't <a href="/words/foolproof">foolproof</a> for really sensitive ones. So, say you want to encrypt PIN 8193: take "LUMBERJACK," and if we let 1 = L, 2 = U, 3 = M... 9 = C, 0 = K, we have "ALCM". For passwords let the letter assume the number 1 - 26 of its position in the alphabet, then use the same procedure. 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