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nicole
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Complicated Hidden Message
« on: Jan 23rd, 2009, 6:35pm » |
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I do not know how to solve such a puzzle, especially without rules. Anyone have any ideas or answers?
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ThudnBlunder
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Re: Complicated Hidden Message
« Reply #1 on: Jan 23rd, 2009, 8:06pm » |
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To start, you could try simple Rot13. (Negative in this case.) Or make a histogram of letter frequencies to check if it is a simple alphabetic substitution code.
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nicole
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Re: Complicated Hidden Message
« Reply #2 on: Jan 28th, 2009, 2:42am » |
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I can't do this. Wow, I think this puzzle just might be impossible.
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towr
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Re: Complicated Hidden Message
« Reply #3 on: Jan 28th, 2009, 2:54am » |
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Hmm, I'm fairly sure I had made a post here. But yes, this puzzle is most likely impossible unless you can read the mind of whoever came up with it. It is almost certainly not a substitution cipher, and there's really not a clue of how to approach it.
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ThudnBlunder
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Re: Complicated Hidden Message
« Reply #4 on: Jan 28th, 2009, 3:48am » |
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on Jan 23rd, 2009, 6:35pm, nicole wrote: I do not know how to solve such a puzzle, especially without rules. Anyone have any ideas or answers? |
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Grimbal
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Re: Complicated Hidden Message
« Reply #5 on: Jan 28th, 2009, 6:13am » |
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I am fairly sure there was a post giving a few character frequencies and offered the transcription in text.
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towr
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Re: Complicated Hidden Message
« Reply #6 on: Jan 28th, 2009, 7:04am » |
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on Jan 28th, 2009, 6:13am, Grimbal wrote:I am fairly sure there was a post giving a few character frequencies and offered the transcription in text. |
| Yeah, that was mine; I wonder where it went. Maybe it got tired of hanging around and went home. Well, it's easy enough to replicate. frequency table: A 14 B 9 C 18 D 16 E 15 F 14 G 15 H 14 I 17 J 7 K 19 L 20 M 22 N 24 O 18 P 18 Q 8 R 12 S 12 T 23 U 8 V 17 W 14 X 20 Y 12 Z 14 transcription: DYOFBNHKZTNCLGFVOWHN ECFYXYZECZXJNTODITID EIVYCCSMSFQPKZARXKIZ BWWLNRRQVTNTTMXXXRDS XVDSOIVHPCOEIVKNJPOA ZJAZTFHXKIGQSTEOGWJS ZMWYRAKBOMUKKLITSGVW AFIXFNJKIZQDOKXCXCGC AOVCUPCGUXTMGIVLZLDP AVHUAYSWEHPGNGLHNROF NWKRMNYKOIQXYNNMLVMP MCLPLPADKWSWREVPKLTH GPXOWNXLWLHTPFTSGAHL FOVMWHGYLKXTRXMEBXAI KTZELRIMPEVITDLSHBLT TRFTAUXMWNTFLMOKEYME DBCYPVDXDDBYSQPNMLTR MJDCKUNKAJEQNENQIHON CGOFNVZPMHCFCADVMTIT ZGOULPDNPMNCMGBBMEZU
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