The cipher message is:
J B A Z R X K Z N
T W K O Y E Z
The answer is:
T O N G L A N D
B R I D G E
How did I (or more accurately my father) arrive at the answer?
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Sign up to join this communityThe cipher message is:
J B A Z R X K Z N
T W K O Y E Z
The answer is:
T O N G L A N D
B R I D G E
How did I (or more accurately my father) arrive at the answer?
I have not solved it, but I have noticed a pattern that may help future solvers. Or maybe it is just a dead end ?
Consider that the first letter of each line is a key, and then you solve letter by letter.
Then you have
(key=J) BAZRXKZN -> TONGLAND
(key=T) WKOYEZ -> BRIDGE
If we use a
Cesar's code, moving each letter to another one according to their place in the alphabet.
Then
The distances from the cipher to the solution are quite regular, around +14 in the first word and around +5 in the second word:
Indeed:
B->T : +18
A->O : +14
Z->N : +14
R->G : +15
X->L : +14
K->A:+16
Z->N : +14
N->D:+16
And:
W->B : +5
K->R : +7
O->I : +20 (?!)
Y->D : +5
E->G : +2
Z->E:+5
The irregularities I cannot explain.