Posted on 04/03/2021 6:58:18 AM PDT by nikos1121
Today’s Cryptogram
IFSIQF GTS GSNW XCLLCDB ESGD
BFL IOCE VSNF LTOD IFSIQF
GTS GSNW XLODECDB JI. —SBEFD DOXT
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, you’ll be solving them all within a few days. If you’re stumped, take a break and return to it.
PLEASE DO NOT post the answer in general comments, but DO post your time and how you made out.
You can certainly send your solution to my private reply, or if you need a hint for today’s Cryptogram ASK THE GROUP FOR HELP!
I suggest printing these out and work them on paper. If you need a little help you can copy and paste it to Hal’s Helper below.
You can then work on the puzzle without using pen and paper, but I recommend that you do NOT look at the letter counter.
One last request. Feel free to post a fun or clever clue, the more tangential to the quotation the better, but please don’t put the actual words of the quote in the clue.
Thanks for posting these nikos - I look forward to them every day !
Today’s Cryptogram is from The Arkansas Gazette.
TRY SOLVING THIS ONE LINE BY LINE OR EVEN WORD FOR WORD.
The very first word should be recognizable.
3 minutes good
2 minutes excellent
90 seconds superior
You are welcome....
Ack, broke down and used word finder to unlock word 4
ZNI QIHZ ABJZ EM ZNI MSOZSEL SL CBLW LEFIYH SH ZNI LEZSOI ZNBZ ZNI ONBJBOZIJH BJI ARJIYW SCBTSLBJW. --MJBLPYSL A. BKBCH
Solution to previous puzzle (select the yellow text with your cursor to read):
THE BEST PART OF THE FICTION IN MANY NOVELS IS THE NOTICE THAT THE CHARACTERS ARE PURELY IMAGINARY. --FRANKLIN P. ADAMS
HAL'S CRYPTOGRAM HELPER
Actually faster, result includes time it takes to start and stop my stopwatch. Just typing, after the first word gives it away.
She only makes 71 cents for every dollar he makes.
I can’t make out a single word of what you wrote up there.
You are a bad person. Into the cornfield with you!
Takes a little practice. This one is particularly easy, actually. Use letter frequency as a starting point, and look for patterns. The most common letters in English are ETAOIN in that order.
Go to your email
F=E. Second word is “WHO”
Try yesterday’s. See post #7 above. Enter it in Hal’s and highlight the first word in yellow to get a head start. You can do it!
F=E?
It’s just like high school math again.
Mr. Olsen is going to come along and whap me on the head with his yardstick.
Yes, that was a tough one... I was focused on the second and third words like you - I tried a bunch of three letter words but couldn’t come up with any that made sense out of the third word which shared two of the same letters.
I was so stumped that I came back here to read a few comments looking for a clue (first time I ever had to resort to that). I read your comment and that was just the clue I needed. I focused on the first word and - bingo!
People almost always confuse me. ;)
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