Help me decode this morse code into plain text. I can't solve it because it has no spaces.
Text version: ..-.-..--.-.-...-...-..---.--.....-....-.
Ending Part Might be: -- -.-- ... . .-.. ..-., "myself"?
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2$\begingroup$ According to jbowman.com/remorse there are over a quadrillion possible space combinations for this code. Good luck to anyone solving this. $\endgroup$– Excited RaichuCommented Feb 5, 2019 at 15:03
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4$\begingroup$ Morse code is generally impossible to solve without spaces unless you're very lucky with your guesses. $\endgroup$– Deusovi ♦Commented Feb 5, 2019 at 15:39
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1$\begingroup$ @Deusovi: It shouldn't be too difficult to write a program to brute-force the possibilities. If we assume every word belongs to the dictionary, the vast majority of the quadrillion possibilities will be dropped early, making the search-space feasible. $\endgroup$– BlueRaja - Danny PflughoeftCommented Feb 5, 2019 at 18:20
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$\begingroup$ @BlueRaja-DannyPflughoeft: I have code to do exactly this somewhere. It was part of extra credit for a code challenge. There should only be a few possibilities that are grammatically acceptable. $\endgroup$– Mooing DuckCommented Feb 6, 2019 at 1:06
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A bit gloomy but we can break it up this way
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-.-./.-/-.
-.-/../.-../.-..
--/-.--/..././.-../..-.
which is
I can kill myself
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1$\begingroup$ I just confirmed that using the jbowman link. Gloo-my. $\endgroup$– VanCommented Feb 5, 2019 at 15:52
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There are many possibilities, but this seems to fit letter-by-letter, word-by-word, and it makes a grammatically valid sentence:
.. / -.-. .- -. -.-. . .-.. . -.. / -- -.-- ... . .-.. ..-.I / c a n c e l e d / m y s e l fI canceled myself
Hopefully that means something in context.
Method: Start at known letter boundaries (end, beginning, guess common words). Try all possibilities; attempt longest letters first, since they are rarest, and have the fewest possible follow-ups, so they are easier to rule out.
