Posted on 05/23/2021 3:36:54 AM PDT by nikos1121
Today’s Cryptogram
GIFV WQ BGYBSQ CVQZIYVL BQ B RWDZ — DEVVGS, YWGGWTRGS BTL YWZKIJZ VPHVOZBZWIT. —GVI CJQOBRGWB
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.
From The Arkansas Gazette
4 minutes good
3 minutes excellent
2 minutes exceptional
90 seconds superior
JF EJH JLT JFLRZJ JLT JHNF, LDI JF EJH JLT JHNF JLT FAFQGZJYDV. —LQLXYLD NQHAFQX
Solution to previous puzzle (select the yellow text with your cursor to read):
HE WHO HAS HEALTH HAS HOPE, AND HE WHO HAS HOPE HAS EVERYTHING. —ARABIAN PROVERB
[Also attributed to Thomas Carlyle]
HAL'S CRYPTOGRAM HELPER
Less than a minute. Words two and ten. Then word endings. And there it was.
Yes it is, and the correct guess on the single letter word, 50/50 coin toss, will quickly solve the puzzle
GIFV WQ BGYBSQ CVQZIYVL BQ B RWDZ — DEVVGS, YWGGWTRGS BTL YWZKIJZ VPHVOZBZWIT. —GVI CJQOBRGWB
About a minute and a half.
Words 5 and 6, word 3 (important), word 2, off to the races.
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