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To: A_perfect_lady

The first three words helped immensely.

First do a frequency count of the letters. The order of occurrence in English plain-text is: ETONAIRS, with the least occurring is JKQXZ. Proper names or language specific to science, technology, or some activity where the word usage is more limited, would alter the frequency of the letters used.

I was hoping that the transposition alphabet would have been mixed using a key-word, but I didn’t see one.


16 posted on 01/17/2019 12:42:55 PM PST by KIDFOH
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To: KIDFOH

If you use Hal’s cryptogram helper, it does a frequency count for you at the bottom of the page.


18 posted on 01/17/2019 3:16:02 PM PST by A_perfect_lady
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