Cryptic may refer to:

Arts and entertainment Cryptic (album), by Edge of Sanity, 1997 Cryptic, a music project of Brownmark Cryptic crossword, a type of word puzzle Cryptic Studios, a video game developer Cryptics, characters from the role playing game Demon: The Fallen

Science Cryptic species complex, morphologically identical lineages of a species that are genetically distinct Crypsis, the ability of animals to blend in to avoid observation

See also Crypsis (disambiguation) Crypto (disambiguation) List of cryptids, animals or other beings whose present existence is disputed or unsubstantiated by science