Posted on 12/29/2018 4:57:25 AM PST by nikos1121
Today's Cryptogram: It’s short and a little tough.
Hint V=A
It’s a quotation by a famous French philosopher and writer.
NKTKJM VJ IWQIPKIJGI, V QVPRKGLNVP DVRI, KF VGGIQRKJM KR DLNNB. VNSIPR GVZLF
Our last puzzle:
IT IS NEVER TOO LATE TO BE WHAT YOU MIGHT HAVE BEEN. GEORGE ELIOT
You can find this little fun word game, to combat early dementia and senility in us baby boomers, in several daily publications, unfortunately they are copyrighted so we can't use them here. So, we're just going to make up our own.
The way it works is a letter stands for another letter.
For example:
AXYDLBAAXR is LONGFELLOW (does not apply to today's cryptogram)
Beware, the game is very addictive. If this is your first time, don't be intimidated.
If you can solve this under 8 minutes you're good. Under 5 minutes is very good. Under 3 excellent. Under 2 minutes, exceptional.
http://www.hjkeen.net/htoys/cryptogm.htm
Hal’s Cryptogram Helper - hjkeen.net www.hjkeen.net
Then click the Start link underneath.
It’s easier to work on it without having to use your pencil.
This Bible verse page is my favorite. http://www.bible-puzzles.com/crypto/
I’ll leave the completion to others, but the writer of this was Albert Camus.
I searched for French philosophers , then scanned a Wikipedia article for names and the only one I found with 6 letters in first name and 5 letters in last was Camus. Plus this fits the hint that V=A.
One other tip I just remembered. A word of 3 letters, accompanied by a word of 4 letters with same first 3 at some point in the puzzle is usually “you” and “your”. They’ll even sometimes contain “yours” or “you’re” or “you’ve” or “you’ll”. Always the first 3 letters.
The word THAT is useful. The same pattern occurs in ELSE, and T and E have about the same letter frequency but THAT is a much more common word.
Look for other distinctive patterns like PEOPLE (ABXAYB) letters 4 and 6 repeat letters 1 and 2, respectively. ALWAYS, 4 repeats 1. These (like YOU) are stereotypical words in the kind of aphorisms that make good cryptoquotes.
Good points.
24 minutes.
Hint: to make it easier, start with the letter given, go to the name, and think French.
The puzzle is not a grammatically complete sentence.
Under 5 with the hint and the crypto link.
Must be a translation, but it is a complete sentence, only adding to the difficulty.
Got it in six minutes.
Wasn’t easy.
WERE is also a common combination.
I
As is THERE and WHERE, but the occurrence of THE vs. WHE will often distinguish which to use.
dead, died, high, hath, sins, sons...... I do a lot of Bible verses.... But I start with THAT
Has it been solved by anyone yet.
I have it but I don’t want to be a spoiler
yes atough one.go ahead and it to me
-PJ
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