Posted on 04/07/2019 4:33:03 AM PDT by nikos1121
Today’s Cryptogram
U POUQON CF IDO SXI TDISF BXO SUE, HIOF BXO SUE UDQ FXISF BXO SUE. --VIXD R. KUJSOPP
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.
PLEASE DO NOT post the answer in general comments, but DO post your time and any tips you might give the group on how you solve these puzzles as puzzle solvers love to hear how you made out.
You can certainly send your solution to my private reply, or if you need a hint for today’s Cryptogram.
Those of you looking for an added challenge can try to solve one sentence or even one word at a time, i.e. solve the entire first line, then go to the second line etc.
If you need a little help you can copy the cryptogram and paste it to Hal’s Helper below:
You can then work on the puzzle without using pen and paper.
Solution to our last puzzle:
LOVE IS A SERIOUS MENTAL DISEASE. –PLATO
Several false starts; had to look up the author. 7 min; yuck.
I got the first name of the author of the quote, then I solved it. Usually the other way around. Didn’t time myself this time. But once I got that first name it went faster.
Wasn’t that the answer to Friday’s puzzle?
NONE OF MY PATIENTS ARE HYPOCHONDRIACS, BUT YOU SHOULD SEE SOME OF THEIR OWNERS. ANONYMOUS VETERINARIAN
Short quotes which don’t use many letters in the alphabet provide a little extra challenge. I got fixated on “Love is a serious dental misease” (left it for a few minutes, got past the funny thought)
I think I would start with double letters. Which letters are most often doubled in a word? OO LL NN EE MM PP That would give you the first letter in a word with a double letter. The game would require more time than I have.
I think I would start with double letters. Which letters are most often doubled in a word? OO LL NN EE MM PP That would give you the first letter in a word with a double letter. The game would require more time than I have.
You might also look for common digraphs, like TH CH PH. Repeated examples two letter pairs are revealing. In today’s example the paired words “BXO SUE” occur thrice. Should be a dead giveaway for BXO and it is.
3 min. Like yesterday, solved the quote quickly, but author took longer. Not familiar with author.
4/5
PEOPLE DON’T BUY WHAT YOU DO, THEY BUY WHY YOU DO IT. SIMON SINEK
The middle initial requires a guess if you don’t know the author (who does?). The author’s last name can be inferred if you look at the 10 remaining letters after the quotation is solved. I think there s only one combination of two letters that returns a common Anglo surname. So I think this a fair puzzle.
About 3...had to ‘cheat’ to get the quoter....<:
About 4 minutes. I had a false start with a wrong assumption about the first 3 letter word. And I had to google the author. I like this saying, though!
-PJ
Had to look up the name
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