Tuesday, November 13, 2007

Let's Play a Game

Ever play Cryptograms?

Each letter in an original sentence has been replaced by another letter, creating a coded message. Word position, spaces and punctuation remain the same, and a letter in the code always represents the same letter. For instance, if K in the code represents A, K is always A.

So, you look at the statement and use clues, such as the same two letter next to each other (probably LL or TT) or a word alone (probably A or I), to figure out the replaced letters to break the code and read the message. For instance, a hint for the example below is K=A and E=S.



RLCE CE KQ FPKUXJF.


The answer is: This is an example.


Tune in tomorrow for the message







7 comments:

Karen said...

I am so excited for this. LOL

david mcmahon said...

Yep, I'll give it a go. If I get stuck I'll call the Navajo windtalkers - remember that movie?

That was the best code story ever.

PS: You and I have exactly the same blog template@

R.E.H. said...

Thank god the answer was there. I'm way too tired to think today, but whenever I see a thing like that I just can't let it go...

Kell said...

Queen--Mmmmm rice krispy treats!

Karen--Gotta keep people guessing.

David--Welcome, David! I've seen your comments on Queen's blog, yes? I haven't seen that movie yet. How did I miss that.
P.S. Great minds and all that :)

reh--I have to finish the crossword puzzle, too. I didn't used to, but now I'm a bit obsessed.

Newt said...

Wow, brain fried. I sorta sucked at that one....But I'm game for more :-)

Anonymous said...

Are you *trying* to hurt my brain?

I don't know why I was thinking you you weren't blogging this month, when I obviously know you are. I just whined to Jay about it...Oh well!

OH, and you NEED to vlog with him. You don't have to talk, just sit there and look pretty (and giggle at him)

Helena said...

I enjoy something similar with numbers representing certain letters, so this will be a bit more challenging for me.