This one is from the archive. Play it for practice — past puzzles never count toward a streak. Today’s cipher is here.
3 guesses to crack the cipher. One cipher each day.
The cipher’s name is withheld — working out which it is comes first
WEIMTUHREEOROBDARNEUINEXVRTTTX
One of this week's ciphers — working out which is part of the puzzle.
WHOEVER BURIED IT MEANT TO RETURN
A review day — the cipher's name was withheld, so step one was working out which of the week's techniques was in play. Every letter of the answer is already in front of you — they are simply in the wrong order. Counting the letters is the first useful thing you can do. This one is Scytale. The key: 5 columns. Write it into 5 columns, reading across. Then read down. Rebuild the grid, read it back in the original order, and the first letters come out W H O. The answer was WHOEVER BURIED IT MEANT TO RETURN.
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