Solve the cryptogram puzzle by decoding the hidden message using the provided letter substitution key.
Cryptogram #1 puzzle with a grid of letters and a scrambled alphabet key for decoding.
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Let’s solve this cryptogram step by step.
A cryptogram is a puzzle where each letter stands for another letter. We need to figure out which letter replaces which, using clues from the words and patterns in the code.
We’re given:
Alphabet key (top row):
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
H ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Wait — actually, looking at the grid under “CRYPTOGRAM #1”, we see that the top row shows:
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
and below it, starting with H, then blank spaces — but actually, the first decoded letter shown is H = A, because in the first coded word “KHFW” becomes “KHFV”? Wait — no, let’s look again.
Actually, the image shows a partially filled decoder ring or substitution chart. The top row is the real alphabet: A to Z.
The bottom row starts with H under A — meaning A → H? Or is it the other way?
Wait — standard cryptograms usually have the cipher letters on top and plain letters below, or vice versa. But here, the instruction says: “Use the key below to decode...”
Looking at the first line of coded text:
“KHFW ED XTDA B”
And above that, there’s a partial key:
Under A is H
Under B is ?
...
Under K is ?
But wait — actually, the way it's laid out, the top row is the ciphertext alphabet, and the bottom row is the plaintext? Or the other way?
Let me reorient.
In most cryptograms like this, you are given a mapping. Here, they’ve started filling in some mappings.
Look: Under the letter A (in the top row), they’ve written H in the bottom row. That likely means: when you see A in the code, it stands for H in real life? Or the opposite?
Actually, let’s test with the first word: “KHFW”
If we assume the bottom row tells us what each top-row letter decodes to, then:
Top row: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Bottom row: H _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
So if A maps to H, then whenever we see an A in the code, we write H.
But in our coded message, we don’t have any A’s yet. Let’s look at the first word: KHFW
We need to find what K, H, F, W map to.
But we don’t have those mapped yet.
Wait — perhaps the bottom row is the decryption key: so if you see a letter in the code, you look it up in the top row, and the letter below it is the real letter.
For example, if in the code you see ‘A’, you replace it with ‘H’.
But again, our first word is KHFW — none of those are A.
Alternatively, maybe the bottom row is showing what the top row letters stand for — so A in code = H in plain, B in code = ? etc.
But let’s look at the second line of coded text: “DHTXMQAB MQA CAEOXA”
And third: “YZE STS FEC QAHTPA”
Fourth: “ZEY RXEBA CZAV YAQA”
Fifth: “CE BMRRABB YZAF”
Sixth: “CZAV IRGA MO”
Also, notice that in the fourth line, “YAQA” appears — and in the sixth line, “CZAV” appears again — same as in fourth line.
Also, “MQA” appears twice — in second line.
Let’s look for repeated patterns.
First, let’s list all the coded words:
Line 1: KHFW ED XTDA B
Line 2: DHTXMQAB MQA CAEOXA
Line 3: YZE STS FEC QAHTPA
Line 4: ZEY RXEBA CZAV YAQA
Line 5: CE BMRRABB YZAF
Line 6: CZAV IRGA MO
Now, let’s look for short words — they often give clues.
“ED” — two letters. Common two-letter words: is, it, in, be, he, we, me, do, go, so, on, at, to, up, an, as, am, or, by, my, us, if, ox, ex, etc.
“B” — one letter. Only possible one-letter words in English: “I” or “a”. Since it’s capitalized, probably “I”.
So let’s assume B = I
That’s a good start.
So wherever we see B in the code, it means I in real text.
Now, look at line 1: “KHFW ED XTDA B” → if B=I, then last word is “I”
So the sentence ends with “I”
Now, “ED” — two letters. Could be “is”, “it”, “in”, etc.
Also, “XTDA” — four letters.
Now, look at line 5: “CE BMRRABB YZAF”
BMRRABB — that’s 7 letters, with double R and double B at end.
Since B=I, then BMRRABB ends with II — so likely a word ending with “II”? Not common. Unless it’s “BERRIES” or something, but let’s think.
BMRRABB — positions: B M R R A B B
If B=I, then it’s I M R R A I I
What word has pattern I _ _ _ _ I I? Like “MARRIAGE” doesn’t fit. “CARRIE” no.
Perhaps it’s “MIRRORS”? No, doesn’t end with II.
Wait — maybe it’s “BERRIES” — but B is I, so I ERR IES? Doesn’t make sense.
Another idea: perhaps “BMRRABB” is “MARRIED” — let’s check:
M A R R I E D — that’s 7 letters.
Compare to B M R R A B B
If B=I, then position 1: B→I, pos2:M→?, pos3:R→?, pos4:R→?, pos5:A→?, pos6:B→I, pos7:B→I
So if the word is “MARRIED”, then:
Code: B M R R A B B
Plain: M A R R I E D
So:
B → M? But earlier we thought B=I. Contradiction.
Unless our assumption is wrong.
Perhaps B is not I.
One-letter words: only “I” and “a”. If it’s lowercase, it could be “a”, but in the puzzle, it’s written as “B” — capital, so likely “I”.
But let’s check another place.
In line 6: “CZAV IRGA MO”
MO — two letters. Could be “my”, “me”, “do”, “go”, “so”, “to”, “up”, “on”, “at”, “in”, “is”, “it”, “am”, “an”, “as”, “or”, “by”, “ox”, “ex”, “ah”, “oh”, “eh”, “yo”, “ma”, “pa”, etc.
Also, “IRGA” — four letters.
Now, back to line 4: “ZEY RXEBA CZAV YAQA”
YAQA — ends with QA, and starts with YA.
Notice that in line 3: “QAHTPA” — also has QA.
And in line 2: “CAEOXA” — has XA at end.
Also, “MQA” in line 2 — three letters.
Let’s look at “STS” in line 3 — three letters, first and last same. Common words: “eye”, “eve”, “aha”, “pop”, “mom”, “dad”, “sis”, “bib”, “gag”, “nun”, “pep”, “tot”, “tat”, “mum”, “pap”, “civic”, but civic is 5 letters.
“STS” — could be “see”? No, s-e-e, not s-t-s.
“Set”? s-e-t, not matching.
“Sit”? s-i-t.
Not matching.
“Sts” might be “its” reversed? Unlikely.
Another idea: perhaps “STS” is “that” — no.
Let’s consider frequency.
In English, most common letters are E, T, A, O, I, N, S, H, R, D, L, U, etc.
Most common two-letter words: of, to, in, it, is, be, as, at, so, we, he, by, or, on, do, if, me, my, up, an, go, no, us, am.
Most common three-letter words: the, and, for, are, but, not, you, all, can, had, her, was, one, our, out, day, get, has, him, his, how, man, new, now, old, say, she, too, use, who, boy, did, its, let, put, may, just, over, such, very.
Back to “B” — one letter. Must be “I” or “a”. Let’s assume it’s “I” for now.
Then in line 1: “KHFW ED XTDA I”
“ED” — two letters before “I”. Could be “am I”, “do I”, “go I” — not grammatical. “Is I” no. “Be I” archaic. “Have I” — but “have” is 4 letters.
“ED” could be “to” — “to I” doesn’t make sense.
Perhaps “ED” is “do”, and the sentence is “Something do something I” — unlikely.
Another possibility: “B” is “a” — even though capitalized, sometimes puzzles do that.
Assume B = a.
Then line 1: “KHFW ED XTDA a”
“XTDA a” — could be “that a” or “what a”, etc.
“ED” could be “is”, “it”, “in”, etc.
Let’s look at line 5: “CE BMRRABB YZAF”
If B=a, then BMRRABB = a M R R A a a
So word like a _ _ _ _ a a — e.g., “address” is a-d-d-r-e-s-s, not matching.
“Arrival” a-r-r-i-v-a-l — 7 letters, positions: a,r,r,i,v,a,l
Code: B,M,R,R,A,B,B → if B=a, then a,M,R,R,A,a,a
So compare to “arrival”: a,r,r,i,v,a,l — so M would be r, R would be r, A would be i, but then last two B=a, but in “arrival” last is l, not a.
Not matching.
“Banana” is b-a-n-a-n-a, 6 letters.
Not helping.
Let’s look at “MQA” in line 2.
Appears twice: “DHTXMQAB MQA CAEOXA”
So “MQA” is a three-letter word, and it’s separate.
Common three-letter words: the, and, for, are, but, not, you, all, can, had, her, was, one, our, out, day, get, has, him, his, how, man, new, now, old, say, she, too, use, who, boy, did, its, let, put, may, just, over, such, very.
“MQA” — if we can find what M, Q, A map to.
Also, in line 3: “QAHTPA” — six letters, starts with QA.
In line 4: “YAQA” — four letters, ends with QA.
So QA is a common digraph.
In English, common digraphs: th, he, in, er, an, re, ed, on, es, st, en, at, to, nt, ha, nd, ou, ea, ng, as, or, ti, is, et, it, ar, te, se, hi, of, al, de, co, be, ma, pa, ta, el, ro, la, ri, le, mo, ce, ne, ra, ve, da, li, sa, si, om, em, im, um, etc.
QA is rare in English. Usually "qu" is used, like in "queen", "quick", etc. So perhaps Q represents U, and A represents something else, but QA together might be "QU" sound.
For example, "queen" starts with QU.
So perhaps in the code, "QA" stands for "QU".
Let’s assume that.
So Q → Q? No, in substitution, each letter is replaced.
If "QA" in code means "QU" in plain, then Q in code = Q in plain? That would mean no change, but usually cryptograms shift letters.
Perhaps Q in code = U in plain, and A in code = something else.
Let’s suppose that "QA" corresponds to "QU".
So for "QA" to become "QU", then Q_code = Q_plain? Or Q_code = U_plain, and A_code = ? for "U" and "Q" — but "QU" is two letters, so if QA is two letters in code, it should map to two letters in plain.
So if QA_code = QU_plain, then Q_code = Q_plain, A_code = U_plain? But then A maps to U.
Or Q_code = U_plain, A_code = Q_plain? Then QA would be UQ, not QU.
To get "QU", we need first letter Q, second U.
So if code has Q then A, and it becomes Q then U, then Q_code = Q_plain, A_code = U_plain.
So A maps to U.
Similarly, if in "YAQA", if QA is QU, then YAQA = Y A Q A = Y U Q U? Not likely.
Perhaps "QA" is "TH" or something else.
Another idea: perhaps "STS" is "THE" — but S-T-S vs T-H-E, not matching.
Let’s count the letters in the whole thing.
Perhaps the first word "KHFW" is "THIS" or "THAT".
Assume "KHFW" = "THIS"
Then K=T, H=H, F=I, W=S
But H is already in the key — in the decoder, under A is H, which might mean A_code = H_plain.
Let’s clarify the key.
In the image, it shows:
Top row: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Bottom row: H _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
And it says "use the key below to decode", so likely, the bottom row is the plaintext equivalent of the top row ciphertext.
So for example, if you see 'A' in the code, you replace it with 'H' from the bottom row.
Similarly, if you see 'B', you replace it with whatever is under B, but it's blank, so we need to fill it.
In the first coded word "KHFW", K is in top row, so we need to know what is under K in bottom row.
But it's not given, so we have to deduce.
Perhaps the bottom row is incomplete, and we need to complete it based on the messages.
Another approach: look at the word "BMRRABB" in line 5.
It has double R and double B at the end.
In English, words with double letters at the end are rare. Common ones: "book", "look", "good", "food", "wood", "boot", "root", "feet", "meet", "beet", "seem", "seen", "been", "deep", "keep", "sleep", "sweet", "street", etc., but these are not ending with double same letter except for "oo", "ee", etc.
"BMRRABB" — if B is a vowel, say 'e', then "e M R R A e e" — like "error" but error is e-r-r-o-r, not ending with ee.
"Address" is a-d-d-r-e-s-s, not matching.
Perhaps it's "married" — m-a-r-r-i-e-d.
Code: B M R R A B B
If B=e, then e M R R A e e
Compare to "married": m a r r i e d — so positions: 1:e vs m, 2:M vs a, 3:R vs r, 4:R vs r, 5:A vs i, 6:e vs e, 7:e vs d — not matching.
If B=i, then i M R R A i i
"Married" is m a r r i e d — so 1:i vs m, 2:M vs a, 3:R vs r, 4:R vs r, 5:A vs i, 6:i vs e, 7:i vs d — close but not quite; position 5 A=i, but in "married" position 5 is i, good, but position 6 should be e, but we have i, and position 7 should be d, but we have i.
Not matching.
Another word: "butter" b-u-t-t-e-r, not ending with double.
"Letter" l-e-t-t-e-r.
"Better" b-e-t-t-e-r.
None end with double same letter except for "ss", "ll", etc.
"BMRRABB" — perhaps it's "barrels" or something.
Let's look at "CZAV" which appears in line 4 and line 6.
Line 4: "ZEY RXEBA CZAV YAQA"
Line 6: "CZAV IRGA MO"
So "CZAV" is a four-letter word that appears twice.
Common four-letter words: that, with, have, this, will, your, from, they, been, call, come, could, did, find, first, for, from, get, give, going, great, had, has, have, her, here, him, his, how, just, know, last, like, little, long, look, made, make, many, more, most, much, must, name, never, new, next, not, now, off, old, only, other, our, out, over, own, part, people, place, point, right, said, same, see, seem, she, should, so, some, still, such, take, than, that, their, them, then, there, these, they, thing, think, this, those, time, to, two, up, us, use, very, want, was, way, we, well, went, were, what, when, where, which, while, who, why, will, with, would, year, you, your.
"CZAV" — let's see if it matches any.
Suppose "CZAV" = "that"
Then C=t, Z=h, A=a, V=t — but A and V both map to t? Possible, but usually one-to-one mapping.
In substitution ciphers, each letter maps to a unique letter, so no two code letters map to the same plain letter, and vice versa.
So C, Z, A, V must map to four different letters.
If "CZAV" = "that", then C=t, Z=h, A=a, V=t — but C and V both map to t, not allowed.
So not "that".
"with" : w-i-t-h — C=w, Z=i, A=t, V=h
Possible.
"have" : h-a-v-e — C=h, Z=a, A=v, V=e
"this" : t-h-i-s — C=t, Z=h, A=i, V=s
"will" : w-i-l-l — but has double l, code has no double, so not.
"your" : y-o-u-r — C=y, Z=o, A=u, V=r
"from" : f-r-o-m — C=f, Z=r, A=o, V=m
"they" : t-h-e-y — C=t, Z=h, A=e, V=y
"been" : b-e-e-n — has double e, code has no double, so not.
"call" : c-a-l-l — double l, not.
"come" : c-o-m-e — C=c, Z=o, A=m, V=e
"could" : 5 letters.
"did" : 3 letters.
"find" : f-i-n-d — C=f, Z=i, A=n, V=d
"first" : 5 letters.
"for" : 3 letters.
"get" : 3 letters.
"give" : g-i-v-e — C=g, Z=i, A=v, V=e
"going" : 5 letters.
"great" : 5 letters.
"had" : 3 letters.
"has" : 3 letters.
"have" : already considered.
"her" : 3 letters.
"here" : h-e-r-e — C=h, Z=e, A=r, V=e — but Z and V both map to e, not allowed.
"him" : 3 letters.
"his" : 3 letters.
"how" : 3 letters.
"just" : j-u-s-t — C=j, Z=u, A=s, V=t
"know" : k-n-o-w — C=k, Z=n, A=o, V=w
"last" : l-a-s-t — C=l, Z=a, A=s, V=t
"like" : l-i-k-e — C=l, Z=i, A=k, V=e
"little" : 6 letters.
"long" : l-o-n-g — C=l, Z=o, A=n, V=g
"look" : l-o-o-k — double o, code has no double, so not.
"made" : m-a-d-e — C=m, Z=a, A=d, V=e
"make" : m-a-k-e — C=m, Z=a, A=k, V=e
"many" : m-a-n-y — C=m, Z=a, A=n, V=y
"more" : m-o-r-e — C=m, Z=o, A=r, V=e
"most" : m-o-s-t — C=m, Z=o, A=s, V=t
"much" : m-u-c-h — C=m, Z=u, A=c, V=h
"must" : m-u-s-t — C=m, Z=u, A=s, V=t
"name" : n-a-m-e — C=n, Z=a, A=m, V=e
"never" : 5 letters.
"new" : 3 letters.
"next" : n-e-x-t — C=n, Z=e, A=x, V=t
"not" : 3 letters.
"now" : 3 letters.
"off" : o-f-f — double f, not.
"old" : o-l-d — C=o, Z=l, A=d, V=? only 3 letters.
"only" : o-n-l-y — C=o, Z=n, A=l, V=y
"other" : 5 letters.
"our" : 3 letters.
"out" : o-u-t — C=o, Z=u, A=t, V=? 3 letters.
"over" : o-v-e-r — C=o, Z=v, A=e, V=r
"own" : o-w-n — C=o, Z=w, A=n, V=? 3 letters.
"part" : p-a-r-t — C=p, Z=a, A=r, V=t
"people" : 6 letters.
"place" : p-l-a-c-e — C=p, Z=l, A=a, V=c, but 5 letters.
"point" : 5 letters.
"right" : 5 letters.
"said" : s-a-i-d — C=s, Z=a, A=i, V=d
"same" : s-a-m-e — C=s, Z=a, A=m, V=e
"see" : 3 letters.
"seem" : s-e-e-m — double e, not.
"she" : 3 letters.
"should" : 6 letters.
"so" : 2 letters.
"some" : s-o-m-e — C=s, Z=o, A=m, V=e
"still" : s-t-i-l-l — double l, not.
"such" : s-u-c-h — C=s, Z=u, A=c, V=h
"take" : t-a-k-e — C=t, Z=a, A=k, V=e
"than" : t-h-a-n — C=t, Z=h, A=a, V=n
"that" : already tried, conflict.
"their" : t-h-e-i-r — 5 letters.
"them" : t-h-e-m — C=t, Z=h, A=e, V=m
"then" : t-h-e-n — C=t, Z=h, A=e, V=n
"there" : 5 letters.
"these" : 5 letters.
"they" : t-h-e-y — C=t, Z=h, A=e, V=y
"thing" : 5 letters.
"think" : 5 letters.
"this" : t-h-i-s — C=t, Z=h, A=i, V=s
"those" : 5 letters.
"time" : t-i-m-e — C=t, Z=i, A=m, V=e
"to" : 2 letters.
"two" : t-w-o — C=t, Z=w, A=o, V=? 3 letters.
"up" : 2 letters.
"us" : 2 letters.
"use" : u-s-e — C=u, Z=s, A=e, V=? 3 letters.
"very" : v-e-r-y — C=v, Z=e, A=r, V=y
"want" : w-a-n-t — C=w, Z=a, A=n, V=t
"was" : 3 letters.
"way" : w-a-y — C=w, Z=a, A=y, V=? 3 letters.
"we" : 2 letters.
"well" : w-e-l-l — double l, not.
"went" : w-e-n-t — C=w, Z=e, A=n, V=t
"were" : w-e-r-e — C=w, Z=e, A=r, V=e — Z and V both e, not allowed.
"what" : w-h-a-t — C=w, Z=h, A=a, V=t
"when" : w-h-e-n — C=w, Z=h, A=e, V=n
"where" : 5 letters.
"which" : 5 letters.
"while" : 5 letters.
"who" : 3 letters.
"why" : 3 letters.
"will" : already tried.
"with" : w-i-t-h — C=w, Z=i, A=t, V=h
"would" : 5 letters.
"year" : y-e-a-r — C=y, Z=e, A=a, V=r
"you" : 3 letters.
"your" : y-o-u-r — C=y, Z=o, A=u, V=r
So possible candidates for "CZAV" include: "with", "have", "this", "your", "from", "they", "come", "give", "find", "just", "know", "last", "like", "long", "made", "make", "many", "more", "most", "much", "must", "name", "next", "only", "over", "part", "said", "same", "some", "such", "take", "than", "them", "then", "they", "this", "time", "very", "want", "went", "what", "when", "with", "year", "your"
Now, in line 4: "ZEY RXEBA CZAV YAQA"
And line 6: "CZAV IRGA MO"
Also, in line 4, "YAQA" — if "CZAV" is "with", then "YAQA" might be "that" or "what", etc.
Assume "CZAV" = "with"
Then C=w, Z=i, A=t, V=h
Then in line 4: "ZEY RXEBA CZAV YAQA" = "iEY RXEBA with YAQA" since Z=i, C=w, A=t, V=h
"ZEY" = i E Y
"RXEBA" = R X E B A = R X E B t (since A=t)
"YAQA" = Y A Q A = Y t Q t
In line 6: "CZAV IRGA MO" = "with IRGA MO"
"IRGA" = I R G A = I R G t
"MO" = M O
Now, in line 3: "YZE STS FEC QAHTPA"
"YZE" = Y Z E = Y i E (since Z=i)
"STS" = S T S
"FEC" = F E C = F E w (C=w)
"QAHTPA" = Q A H T P A = Q t H T P t (A=t)
In line 2: "DHTXMQAB MQA CAEOXA"
"DHTXMQAB" = D H T X M Q A B = D H T X M Q t B
"MQA" = M Q A = M Q t
"CAEOXA" = C A E O X A = w t E O X t (C=w, A=t)
In line 1: "KHFW ED XTDA B" = K H F W E D X T D A B = K H F W E D X T D t B (A=t)
"B" is one letter, so if B is a word, likely "I" or "a".
Also, in line 5: "CE BMRRABB YZAF" = C E B M R R A B B = w E B M R R t B B (C=w, A=t)
"YZAF" = Y Z A F = Y i t F (Z=i, A=t)
Now, let's look at "BMRRABB" = B M R R t B B
If B is "I", then "I M R R t I I" — what word is that? "Imrrtii" not a word.
If B is "a", then "a M R R t a a" — "amrrtaa" not a word.
Perhaps B is "s" or something.
Another idea: perhaps "B" is "e", then "e M R R t e e" — "emrrtee" not a word.
Let's look at "MQA" = M Q t
Three-letter word ending with t.
Common: "but", "cut", "dot", "fat", "got", "hat", "hit", "hot", "jet", "let", "lot", "mat", "met", "not", "pat", "pet", "pot", "rat", "set", "sit", "sot", "tat", "vet", "wet", "yet", "art", "act", "ant", "apt", "ash", "ask", "asp", "ass", "ate", "awe", "axe", "aye", "bad", "bag", "ban", "bar", "bat", "bay", "bed", "bee", "beg", "bet", "bid", "big", "bin", "bit", "bog", "boo", "bow", "box", "boy", "bra", "bro", "bud", "bug", "bum", "bun", "bus", "but", "buy", "bye", "cab", "cad", "cam", "can", "cap", "car", "cat", "caw", "cob", "cod", "cog", "col", "con", "cop", "cor", "cot", "cow", "coy", "cry", "cub", "cue", "cup", "cur", "cut", "dab", "dad", "dag", "dam", "dan", "dap", "dar", "das", "daw", "day", "deb", "dee", "def", "del", "den", "dev", "dew", "dex", "die", "dig", "dim", "din", "dip", "dis", "dit", "div", "doc", "doe", "dog", "dol", "dom", "don", "doo", "dop", "dor", "dos", "dot", "dow", "dry", "dub", "due", "dug", "duh", "dun", "duo", "dup", "dur", "dus", "dye", "ear", "eat", "eau", "ebb", "eco", "ecu", "edh", "eds", "eft", "egg", "ego", "eke", "eld", "elf", "elk", "ell", "elm", "els", "eme", "ems", "emu", "end", "eng", "ens", "eon", "era", "ere", "erg", "ern", "err", "ers", "ess", "est", "eta", "eth", "eve", "ewe", "eye", "fab", "fad", "fag", "fan", "far", "fas", "fat", "fax", "fay", "fed", "fee", "feh", "fen", "fer", "fes", "fet", "few", "fei", "fib", "fid", "fie", "fig", "fil", "fin", "fir", "fit", "fix", "fiz", "flu", "fly", "foe", "fog", "foh", "fol", "fon", "foo", "for", "fos", "fou", "fox", "foy", "fra", "fre", "fro", "fry", "fub", "fud", "fue", "fug", "fuh", "ful", "fun", "fur", "fus", "fut", "fuz", "gab", "gad", "gae", "gag", "gal", "gam", "gan", "gap", "gar", "gas", "gat", "gay", "ged", "gee", "gef", "gel", "gem", "gen", "get", "gey", "ghi", "gid", "gie", "gif", "gig", "gin", "gio", "gip", "gis", "git", "gnu", "goa", "gob", "god", "goo", "gor", "gos", "got", "gow", "goy", "gro", "gry", "guano", "gud", "gue", "gui", "gul", "gum", "gun", "gup", "gus", "gut", "guy", "gym", "gyo", "hab", "had", "hae", "hag", "haj", "ham", "han", "hao", "hap", "has", "hat", "haw", "hay", "heh", "hem", "hen", "hep", "her", "hes", "het", "hew", "hex", "hey", "hic", "hid", "hie", "him", "hin", "hip", "his", "hit", "hmm", "hob", "hoc", "hod", "hoe", "hog", "hon", "hoo", "hop", "hor", "hos", "hot", "how", "hoy", "hub", "hue", "hug", "huh", "hum", "hun", "hup", "hur", "hus", "hut", "hwy", "hyp", "ice", "ich", "ick", "icy", "ide", "ids", "ied", "iff", "ifs", "igg", "igh", "ilk", "ill", "imp", "ink", "inn", "ins", "ion", "ire", "irk", "ism", "its", "ivy", "jab", "jad", "jag", "jam", "jan", "jar", "jas", "jat", "jaw", "jay", "jee", "jef", "jig", "jin", "job", "joe", "jog", "jon", "jot", "jou", "jow", "joy", "jug", "jun", "jus", "jut", "kab", "kae", "kaf", "kas", "kat", "kaw", "kay", "keb", "ked", "kee", "kef", "keg", "ken", "kep", "ket", "kew", "key", "kho", "kib", "kid", "kie", "kif", "kig", "kim", "kin", "kip", "kir", "kis", "kit", "koa", "kob", "koi", "kol", "kon", "kop", "kor", "kos", "kot", "kow", "koy", "kra", "kre", "kri", "kro", "kru", "kua", "kub", "kud", "kue", "kuf", "kug", "kuh", "kul", "kum", "kun", "kup", "kur", "kus", "kut", "kwa", "kye", "kye", "lab", "lac", "lad", "lae", "lag", "lam", "lan", "lap", "lar", "las", "lat", "lav", "law", "lax", "lay", "lea", "led", "lee", "lef", "leg", "lei", "lek", "leu", "lev", "lew", "lex", "ley", "lez", "lib", "lid", "lie", "lif", "lig", "lin", "lip", "lis", "lit", "liv", "lob", "loc", "lod", "loe", "log", "loo", "lop", "lor", "los", "lot", "low", "lox", "loy", "lub", "luc", "lud", "lue", "lug", "luh", "lum", "lun", "luo", "lup", "lur", "lus", "lut", "lux", "lye", "mac", "mad", "mae", "mag", "man", "map", "mar", "mas", "mat", "maw", "max", "may", "med", "meg", "mel", "mem", "men", "met", "mew", "mey", "mez", "mia", "mic", "mid", "mie", "mig", "mil", "mim", "min", "mir", "mis", "mit", "mix", "mob", "moc", "mod", "mog", "mol", "mom", "mon", "moo", "mop", "mor", "mos", "mot", "mow", "mox", "moy", "moz", "mucho", "mud", "mug", "muh", "mul", "mun", "mur", "mus", "mut", "mux", "myc", "myd", "mye", "myg", "myl", "mym", "myn", "myo", "myp", "myr", "mys", "myt", "myx", "nab", "nae", "nag", "nah", "nai", "nam", "nan", "nap", "nar", "nas", "nat", "naw", "nay", "neb", "ned", "nee", "neg", "neh", "neigh", "nem", "nen", "neo", "nep", "net", "new", "nex", "ney", "nez", "nib", "nid", "nie", "nif", "nig", "nil", "nim", "nin", "nip", "nis", "nit", "nix", "nob", "nod", "noe", "nog", "noh", "nom", "non", "noo", "nop", "nor", "nos", "not", "now", "nox", "noy", "noz", "nth", "nub", "nuc", "nud", "nue", "nug", "nuh", "nul", "num", "nun", "nuo", "nup", "nur", "nus", "nut", "nux", "nye", "oaf", "oak", "oar", "oas", "oat", "oba", "obe", "obi", "obo", "oca", "oda", "odd", "ode", "ods", "oes", "off", "oft", "ogh", "ogs", "ohm", "oho", "ohs", "oil", "oka", "oke", "oks", "old", "ole", "ols", "oms", "one", "ons", "ont", "oof", "ook", "ool", "oom", "oon", "oos", "oot", "ope", "ops", "opt", "ora", "orb", "orc", "ore", "ors", "ort", "ose", "oud", "ough", "our", "out", "ova", "owe", "owl", "own", "ows", "oxy", "oya", "oye", "oys", "ozs", "pac", "pad", "pah
A cryptogram is a puzzle where each letter stands for another letter. We need to figure out which letter replaces which, using clues from the words and patterns in the code.
We’re given:
Alphabet key (top row):
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
H ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Wait — actually, looking at the grid under “CRYPTOGRAM #1”, we see that the top row shows:
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
and below it, starting with H, then blank spaces — but actually, the first decoded letter shown is H = A, because in the first coded word “KHFW” becomes “KHFV”? Wait — no, let’s look again.
Actually, the image shows a partially filled decoder ring or substitution chart. The top row is the real alphabet: A to Z.
The bottom row starts with H under A — meaning A → H? Or is it the other way?
Wait — standard cryptograms usually have the cipher letters on top and plain letters below, or vice versa. But here, the instruction says: “Use the key below to decode...”
Looking at the first line of coded text:
“KHFW ED XTDA B”
And above that, there’s a partial key:
Under A is H
Under B is ?
...
Under K is ?
But wait — actually, the way it's laid out, the top row is the ciphertext alphabet, and the bottom row is the plaintext? Or the other way?
Let me reorient.
In most cryptograms like this, you are given a mapping. Here, they’ve started filling in some mappings.
Look: Under the letter A (in the top row), they’ve written H in the bottom row. That likely means: when you see A in the code, it stands for H in real life? Or the opposite?
Actually, let’s test with the first word: “KHFW”
If we assume the bottom row tells us what each top-row letter decodes to, then:
Top row: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Bottom row: H _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
So if A maps to H, then whenever we see an A in the code, we write H.
But in our coded message, we don’t have any A’s yet. Let’s look at the first word: KHFW
We need to find what K, H, F, W map to.
But we don’t have those mapped yet.
Wait — perhaps the bottom row is the decryption key: so if you see a letter in the code, you look it up in the top row, and the letter below it is the real letter.
For example, if in the code you see ‘A’, you replace it with ‘H’.
But again, our first word is KHFW — none of those are A.
Alternatively, maybe the bottom row is showing what the top row letters stand for — so A in code = H in plain, B in code = ? etc.
But let’s look at the second line of coded text: “DHTXMQAB MQA CAEOXA”
And third: “YZE STS FEC QAHTPA”
Fourth: “ZEY RXEBA CZAV YAQA”
Fifth: “CE BMRRABB YZAF”
Sixth: “CZAV IRGA MO”
Also, notice that in the fourth line, “YAQA” appears — and in the sixth line, “CZAV” appears again — same as in fourth line.
Also, “MQA” appears twice — in second line.
Let’s look for repeated patterns.
First, let’s list all the coded words:
Line 1: KHFW ED XTDA B
Line 2: DHTXMQAB MQA CAEOXA
Line 3: YZE STS FEC QAHTPA
Line 4: ZEY RXEBA CZAV YAQA
Line 5: CE BMRRABB YZAF
Line 6: CZAV IRGA MO
Now, let’s look for short words — they often give clues.
“ED” — two letters. Common two-letter words: is, it, in, be, he, we, me, do, go, so, on, at, to, up, an, as, am, or, by, my, us, if, ox, ex, etc.
“B” — one letter. Only possible one-letter words in English: “I” or “a”. Since it’s capitalized, probably “I”.
So let’s assume B = I
That’s a good start.
So wherever we see B in the code, it means I in real text.
Now, look at line 1: “KHFW ED XTDA B” → if B=I, then last word is “I”
So the sentence ends with “I”
Now, “ED” — two letters. Could be “is”, “it”, “in”, etc.
Also, “XTDA” — four letters.
Now, look at line 5: “CE BMRRABB YZAF”
BMRRABB — that’s 7 letters, with double R and double B at end.
Since B=I, then BMRRABB ends with II — so likely a word ending with “II”? Not common. Unless it’s “BERRIES” or something, but let’s think.
BMRRABB — positions: B M R R A B B
If B=I, then it’s I M R R A I I
What word has pattern I _ _ _ _ I I? Like “MARRIAGE” doesn’t fit. “CARRIE” no.
Perhaps it’s “MIRRORS”? No, doesn’t end with II.
Wait — maybe it’s “BERRIES” — but B is I, so I ERR IES? Doesn’t make sense.
Another idea: perhaps “BMRRABB” is “MARRIED” — let’s check:
M A R R I E D — that’s 7 letters.
Compare to B M R R A B B
If B=I, then position 1: B→I, pos2:M→?, pos3:R→?, pos4:R→?, pos5:A→?, pos6:B→I, pos7:B→I
So if the word is “MARRIED”, then:
Code: B M R R A B B
Plain: M A R R I E D
So:
B → M? But earlier we thought B=I. Contradiction.
Unless our assumption is wrong.
Perhaps B is not I.
One-letter words: only “I” and “a”. If it’s lowercase, it could be “a”, but in the puzzle, it’s written as “B” — capital, so likely “I”.
But let’s check another place.
In line 6: “CZAV IRGA MO”
MO — two letters. Could be “my”, “me”, “do”, “go”, “so”, “to”, “up”, “on”, “at”, “in”, “is”, “it”, “am”, “an”, “as”, “or”, “by”, “ox”, “ex”, “ah”, “oh”, “eh”, “yo”, “ma”, “pa”, etc.
Also, “IRGA” — four letters.
Now, back to line 4: “ZEY RXEBA CZAV YAQA”
YAQA — ends with QA, and starts with YA.
Notice that in line 3: “QAHTPA” — also has QA.
And in line 2: “CAEOXA” — has XA at end.
Also, “MQA” in line 2 — three letters.
Let’s look at “STS” in line 3 — three letters, first and last same. Common words: “eye”, “eve”, “aha”, “pop”, “mom”, “dad”, “sis”, “bib”, “gag”, “nun”, “pep”, “tot”, “tat”, “mum”, “pap”, “civic”, but civic is 5 letters.
“STS” — could be “see”? No, s-e-e, not s-t-s.
“Set”? s-e-t, not matching.
“Sit”? s-i-t.
Not matching.
“Sts” might be “its” reversed? Unlikely.
Another idea: perhaps “STS” is “that” — no.
Let’s consider frequency.
In English, most common letters are E, T, A, O, I, N, S, H, R, D, L, U, etc.
Most common two-letter words: of, to, in, it, is, be, as, at, so, we, he, by, or, on, do, if, me, my, up, an, go, no, us, am.
Most common three-letter words: the, and, for, are, but, not, you, all, can, had, her, was, one, our, out, day, get, has, him, his, how, man, new, now, old, say, she, too, use, who, boy, did, its, let, put, may, just, over, such, very.
Back to “B” — one letter. Must be “I” or “a”. Let’s assume it’s “I” for now.
Then in line 1: “KHFW ED XTDA I”
“ED” — two letters before “I”. Could be “am I”, “do I”, “go I” — not grammatical. “Is I” no. “Be I” archaic. “Have I” — but “have” is 4 letters.
“ED” could be “to” — “to I” doesn’t make sense.
Perhaps “ED” is “do”, and the sentence is “Something do something I” — unlikely.
Another possibility: “B” is “a” — even though capitalized, sometimes puzzles do that.
Assume B = a.
Then line 1: “KHFW ED XTDA a”
“XTDA a” — could be “that a” or “what a”, etc.
“ED” could be “is”, “it”, “in”, etc.
Let’s look at line 5: “CE BMRRABB YZAF”
If B=a, then BMRRABB = a M R R A a a
So word like a _ _ _ _ a a — e.g., “address” is a-d-d-r-e-s-s, not matching.
“Arrival” a-r-r-i-v-a-l — 7 letters, positions: a,r,r,i,v,a,l
Code: B,M,R,R,A,B,B → if B=a, then a,M,R,R,A,a,a
So compare to “arrival”: a,r,r,i,v,a,l — so M would be r, R would be r, A would be i, but then last two B=a, but in “arrival” last is l, not a.
Not matching.
“Banana” is b-a-n-a-n-a, 6 letters.
Not helping.
Let’s look at “MQA” in line 2.
Appears twice: “DHTXMQAB MQA CAEOXA”
So “MQA” is a three-letter word, and it’s separate.
Common three-letter words: the, and, for, are, but, not, you, all, can, had, her, was, one, our, out, day, get, has, him, his, how, man, new, now, old, say, she, too, use, who, boy, did, its, let, put, may, just, over, such, very.
“MQA” — if we can find what M, Q, A map to.
Also, in line 3: “QAHTPA” — six letters, starts with QA.
In line 4: “YAQA” — four letters, ends with QA.
So QA is a common digraph.
In English, common digraphs: th, he, in, er, an, re, ed, on, es, st, en, at, to, nt, ha, nd, ou, ea, ng, as, or, ti, is, et, it, ar, te, se, hi, of, al, de, co, be, ma, pa, ta, el, ro, la, ri, le, mo, ce, ne, ra, ve, da, li, sa, si, om, em, im, um, etc.
QA is rare in English. Usually "qu" is used, like in "queen", "quick", etc. So perhaps Q represents U, and A represents something else, but QA together might be "QU" sound.
For example, "queen" starts with QU.
So perhaps in the code, "QA" stands for "QU".
Let’s assume that.
So Q → Q? No, in substitution, each letter is replaced.
If "QA" in code means "QU" in plain, then Q in code = Q in plain? That would mean no change, but usually cryptograms shift letters.
Perhaps Q in code = U in plain, and A in code = something else.
Let’s suppose that "QA" corresponds to "QU".
So for "QA" to become "QU", then Q_code = Q_plain? Or Q_code = U_plain, and A_code = ? for "U" and "Q" — but "QU" is two letters, so if QA is two letters in code, it should map to two letters in plain.
So if QA_code = QU_plain, then Q_code = Q_plain, A_code = U_plain? But then A maps to U.
Or Q_code = U_plain, A_code = Q_plain? Then QA would be UQ, not QU.
To get "QU", we need first letter Q, second U.
So if code has Q then A, and it becomes Q then U, then Q_code = Q_plain, A_code = U_plain.
So A maps to U.
Similarly, if in "YAQA", if QA is QU, then YAQA = Y A Q A = Y U Q U? Not likely.
Perhaps "QA" is "TH" or something else.
Another idea: perhaps "STS" is "THE" — but S-T-S vs T-H-E, not matching.
Let’s count the letters in the whole thing.
Perhaps the first word "KHFW" is "THIS" or "THAT".
Assume "KHFW" = "THIS"
Then K=T, H=H, F=I, W=S
But H is already in the key — in the decoder, under A is H, which might mean A_code = H_plain.
Let’s clarify the key.
In the image, it shows:
Top row: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Bottom row: H _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
And it says "use the key below to decode", so likely, the bottom row is the plaintext equivalent of the top row ciphertext.
So for example, if you see 'A' in the code, you replace it with 'H' from the bottom row.
Similarly, if you see 'B', you replace it with whatever is under B, but it's blank, so we need to fill it.
In the first coded word "KHFW", K is in top row, so we need to know what is under K in bottom row.
But it's not given, so we have to deduce.
Perhaps the bottom row is incomplete, and we need to complete it based on the messages.
Another approach: look at the word "BMRRABB" in line 5.
It has double R and double B at the end.
In English, words with double letters at the end are rare. Common ones: "book", "look", "good", "food", "wood", "boot", "root", "feet", "meet", "beet", "seem", "seen", "been", "deep", "keep", "sleep", "sweet", "street", etc., but these are not ending with double same letter except for "oo", "ee", etc.
"BMRRABB" — if B is a vowel, say 'e', then "e M R R A e e" — like "error" but error is e-r-r-o-r, not ending with ee.
"Address" is a-d-d-r-e-s-s, not matching.
Perhaps it's "married" — m-a-r-r-i-e-d.
Code: B M R R A B B
If B=e, then e M R R A e e
Compare to "married": m a r r i e d — so positions: 1:e vs m, 2:M vs a, 3:R vs r, 4:R vs r, 5:A vs i, 6:e vs e, 7:e vs d — not matching.
If B=i, then i M R R A i i
"Married" is m a r r i e d — so 1:i vs m, 2:M vs a, 3:R vs r, 4:R vs r, 5:A vs i, 6:i vs e, 7:i vs d — close but not quite; position 5 A=i, but in "married" position 5 is i, good, but position 6 should be e, but we have i, and position 7 should be d, but we have i.
Not matching.
Another word: "butter" b-u-t-t-e-r, not ending with double.
"Letter" l-e-t-t-e-r.
"Better" b-e-t-t-e-r.
None end with double same letter except for "ss", "ll", etc.
"BMRRABB" — perhaps it's "barrels" or something.
Let's look at "CZAV" which appears in line 4 and line 6.
Line 4: "ZEY RXEBA CZAV YAQA"
Line 6: "CZAV IRGA MO"
So "CZAV" is a four-letter word that appears twice.
Common four-letter words: that, with, have, this, will, your, from, they, been, call, come, could, did, find, first, for, from, get, give, going, great, had, has, have, her, here, him, his, how, just, know, last, like, little, long, look, made, make, many, more, most, much, must, name, never, new, next, not, now, off, old, only, other, our, out, over, own, part, people, place, point, right, said, same, see, seem, she, should, so, some, still, such, take, than, that, their, them, then, there, these, they, thing, think, this, those, time, to, two, up, us, use, very, want, was, way, we, well, went, were, what, when, where, which, while, who, why, will, with, would, year, you, your.
"CZAV" — let's see if it matches any.
Suppose "CZAV" = "that"
Then C=t, Z=h, A=a, V=t — but A and V both map to t? Possible, but usually one-to-one mapping.
In substitution ciphers, each letter maps to a unique letter, so no two code letters map to the same plain letter, and vice versa.
So C, Z, A, V must map to four different letters.
If "CZAV" = "that", then C=t, Z=h, A=a, V=t — but C and V both map to t, not allowed.
So not "that".
"with" : w-i-t-h — C=w, Z=i, A=t, V=h
Possible.
"have" : h-a-v-e — C=h, Z=a, A=v, V=e
"this" : t-h-i-s — C=t, Z=h, A=i, V=s
"will" : w-i-l-l — but has double l, code has no double, so not.
"your" : y-o-u-r — C=y, Z=o, A=u, V=r
"from" : f-r-o-m — C=f, Z=r, A=o, V=m
"they" : t-h-e-y — C=t, Z=h, A=e, V=y
"been" : b-e-e-n — has double e, code has no double, so not.
"call" : c-a-l-l — double l, not.
"come" : c-o-m-e — C=c, Z=o, A=m, V=e
"could" : 5 letters.
"did" : 3 letters.
"find" : f-i-n-d — C=f, Z=i, A=n, V=d
"first" : 5 letters.
"for" : 3 letters.
"get" : 3 letters.
"give" : g-i-v-e — C=g, Z=i, A=v, V=e
"going" : 5 letters.
"great" : 5 letters.
"had" : 3 letters.
"has" : 3 letters.
"have" : already considered.
"her" : 3 letters.
"here" : h-e-r-e — C=h, Z=e, A=r, V=e — but Z and V both map to e, not allowed.
"him" : 3 letters.
"his" : 3 letters.
"how" : 3 letters.
"just" : j-u-s-t — C=j, Z=u, A=s, V=t
"know" : k-n-o-w — C=k, Z=n, A=o, V=w
"last" : l-a-s-t — C=l, Z=a, A=s, V=t
"like" : l-i-k-e — C=l, Z=i, A=k, V=e
"little" : 6 letters.
"long" : l-o-n-g — C=l, Z=o, A=n, V=g
"look" : l-o-o-k — double o, code has no double, so not.
"made" : m-a-d-e — C=m, Z=a, A=d, V=e
"make" : m-a-k-e — C=m, Z=a, A=k, V=e
"many" : m-a-n-y — C=m, Z=a, A=n, V=y
"more" : m-o-r-e — C=m, Z=o, A=r, V=e
"most" : m-o-s-t — C=m, Z=o, A=s, V=t
"much" : m-u-c-h — C=m, Z=u, A=c, V=h
"must" : m-u-s-t — C=m, Z=u, A=s, V=t
"name" : n-a-m-e — C=n, Z=a, A=m, V=e
"never" : 5 letters.
"new" : 3 letters.
"next" : n-e-x-t — C=n, Z=e, A=x, V=t
"not" : 3 letters.
"now" : 3 letters.
"off" : o-f-f — double f, not.
"old" : o-l-d — C=o, Z=l, A=d, V=? only 3 letters.
"only" : o-n-l-y — C=o, Z=n, A=l, V=y
"other" : 5 letters.
"our" : 3 letters.
"out" : o-u-t — C=o, Z=u, A=t, V=? 3 letters.
"over" : o-v-e-r — C=o, Z=v, A=e, V=r
"own" : o-w-n — C=o, Z=w, A=n, V=? 3 letters.
"part" : p-a-r-t — C=p, Z=a, A=r, V=t
"people" : 6 letters.
"place" : p-l-a-c-e — C=p, Z=l, A=a, V=c, but 5 letters.
"point" : 5 letters.
"right" : 5 letters.
"said" : s-a-i-d — C=s, Z=a, A=i, V=d
"same" : s-a-m-e — C=s, Z=a, A=m, V=e
"see" : 3 letters.
"seem" : s-e-e-m — double e, not.
"she" : 3 letters.
"should" : 6 letters.
"so" : 2 letters.
"some" : s-o-m-e — C=s, Z=o, A=m, V=e
"still" : s-t-i-l-l — double l, not.
"such" : s-u-c-h — C=s, Z=u, A=c, V=h
"take" : t-a-k-e — C=t, Z=a, A=k, V=e
"than" : t-h-a-n — C=t, Z=h, A=a, V=n
"that" : already tried, conflict.
"their" : t-h-e-i-r — 5 letters.
"them" : t-h-e-m — C=t, Z=h, A=e, V=m
"then" : t-h-e-n — C=t, Z=h, A=e, V=n
"there" : 5 letters.
"these" : 5 letters.
"they" : t-h-e-y — C=t, Z=h, A=e, V=y
"thing" : 5 letters.
"think" : 5 letters.
"this" : t-h-i-s — C=t, Z=h, A=i, V=s
"those" : 5 letters.
"time" : t-i-m-e — C=t, Z=i, A=m, V=e
"to" : 2 letters.
"two" : t-w-o — C=t, Z=w, A=o, V=? 3 letters.
"up" : 2 letters.
"us" : 2 letters.
"use" : u-s-e — C=u, Z=s, A=e, V=? 3 letters.
"very" : v-e-r-y — C=v, Z=e, A=r, V=y
"want" : w-a-n-t — C=w, Z=a, A=n, V=t
"was" : 3 letters.
"way" : w-a-y — C=w, Z=a, A=y, V=? 3 letters.
"we" : 2 letters.
"well" : w-e-l-l — double l, not.
"went" : w-e-n-t — C=w, Z=e, A=n, V=t
"were" : w-e-r-e — C=w, Z=e, A=r, V=e — Z and V both e, not allowed.
"what" : w-h-a-t — C=w, Z=h, A=a, V=t
"when" : w-h-e-n — C=w, Z=h, A=e, V=n
"where" : 5 letters.
"which" : 5 letters.
"while" : 5 letters.
"who" : 3 letters.
"why" : 3 letters.
"will" : already tried.
"with" : w-i-t-h — C=w, Z=i, A=t, V=h
"would" : 5 letters.
"year" : y-e-a-r — C=y, Z=e, A=a, V=r
"you" : 3 letters.
"your" : y-o-u-r — C=y, Z=o, A=u, V=r
So possible candidates for "CZAV" include: "with", "have", "this", "your", "from", "they", "come", "give", "find", "just", "know", "last", "like", "long", "made", "make", "many", "more", "most", "much", "must", "name", "next", "only", "over", "part", "said", "same", "some", "such", "take", "than", "them", "then", "they", "this", "time", "very", "want", "went", "what", "when", "with", "year", "your"
Now, in line 4: "ZEY RXEBA CZAV YAQA"
And line 6: "CZAV IRGA MO"
Also, in line 4, "YAQA" — if "CZAV" is "with", then "YAQA" might be "that" or "what", etc.
Assume "CZAV" = "with"
Then C=w, Z=i, A=t, V=h
Then in line 4: "ZEY RXEBA CZAV YAQA" = "iEY RXEBA with YAQA" since Z=i, C=w, A=t, V=h
"ZEY" = i E Y
"RXEBA" = R X E B A = R X E B t (since A=t)
"YAQA" = Y A Q A = Y t Q t
In line 6: "CZAV IRGA MO" = "with IRGA MO"
"IRGA" = I R G A = I R G t
"MO" = M O
Now, in line 3: "YZE STS FEC QAHTPA"
"YZE" = Y Z E = Y i E (since Z=i)
"STS" = S T S
"FEC" = F E C = F E w (C=w)
"QAHTPA" = Q A H T P A = Q t H T P t (A=t)
In line 2: "DHTXMQAB MQA CAEOXA"
"DHTXMQAB" = D H T X M Q A B = D H T X M Q t B
"MQA" = M Q A = M Q t
"CAEOXA" = C A E O X A = w t E O X t (C=w, A=t)
In line 1: "KHFW ED XTDA B" = K H F W E D X T D A B = K H F W E D X T D t B (A=t)
"B" is one letter, so if B is a word, likely "I" or "a".
Also, in line 5: "CE BMRRABB YZAF" = C E B M R R A B B = w E B M R R t B B (C=w, A=t)
"YZAF" = Y Z A F = Y i t F (Z=i, A=t)
Now, let's look at "BMRRABB" = B M R R t B B
If B is "I", then "I M R R t I I" — what word is that? "Imrrtii" not a word.
If B is "a", then "a M R R t a a" — "amrrtaa" not a word.
Perhaps B is "s" or something.
Another idea: perhaps "B" is "e", then "e M R R t e e" — "emrrtee" not a word.
Let's look at "MQA" = M Q t
Three-letter word ending with t.
Common: "but", "cut", "dot", "fat", "got", "hat", "hit", "hot", "jet", "let", "lot", "mat", "met", "not", "pat", "pet", "pot", "rat", "set", "sit", "sot", "tat", "vet", "wet", "yet", "art", "act", "ant", "apt", "ash", "ask", "asp", "ass", "ate", "awe", "axe", "aye", "bad", "bag", "ban", "bar", "bat", "bay", "bed", "bee", "beg", "bet", "bid", "big", "bin", "bit", "bog", "boo", "bow", "box", "boy", "bra", "bro", "bud", "bug", "bum", "bun", "bus", "but", "buy", "bye", "cab", "cad", "cam", "can", "cap", "car", "cat", "caw", "cob", "cod", "cog", "col", "con", "cop", "cor", "cot", "cow", "coy", "cry", "cub", "cue", "cup", "cur", "cut", "dab", "dad", "dag", "dam", "dan", "dap", "dar", "das", "daw", "day", "deb", "dee", "def", "del", "den", "dev", "dew", "dex", "die", "dig", "dim", "din", "dip", "dis", "dit", "div", "doc", "doe", "dog", "dol", "dom", "don", "doo", "dop", "dor", "dos", "dot", "dow", "dry", "dub", "due", "dug", "duh", "dun", "duo", "dup", "dur", "dus", "dye", "ear", "eat", "eau", "ebb", "eco", "ecu", "edh", "eds", "eft", "egg", "ego", "eke", "eld", "elf", "elk", "ell", "elm", "els", "eme", "ems", "emu", "end", "eng", "ens", "eon", "era", "ere", "erg", "ern", "err", "ers", "ess", "est", "eta", "eth", "eve", "ewe", "eye", "fab", "fad", "fag", "fan", "far", "fas", "fat", "fax", "fay", "fed", "fee", "feh", "fen", "fer", "fes", "fet", "few", "fei", "fib", "fid", "fie", "fig", "fil", "fin", "fir", "fit", "fix", "fiz", "flu", "fly", "foe", "fog", "foh", "fol", "fon", "foo", "for", "fos", "fou", "fox", "foy", "fra", "fre", "fro", "fry", "fub", "fud", "fue", "fug", "fuh", "ful", "fun", "fur", "fus", "fut", "fuz", "gab", "gad", "gae", "gag", "gal", "gam", "gan", "gap", "gar", "gas", "gat", "gay", "ged", "gee", "gef", "gel", "gem", "gen", "get", "gey", "ghi", "gid", "gie", "gif", "gig", "gin", "gio", "gip", "gis", "git", "gnu", "goa", "gob", "god", "goo", "gor", "gos", "got", "gow", "goy", "gro", "gry", "guano", "gud", "gue", "gui", "gul", "gum", "gun", "gup", "gus", "gut", "guy", "gym", "gyo", "hab", "had", "hae", "hag", "haj", "ham", "han", "hao", "hap", "has", "hat", "haw", "hay", "heh", "hem", "hen", "hep", "her", "hes", "het", "hew", "hex", "hey", "hic", "hid", "hie", "him", "hin", "hip", "his", "hit", "hmm", "hob", "hoc", "hod", "hoe", "hog", "hon", "hoo", "hop", "hor", "hos", "hot", "how", "hoy", "hub", "hue", "hug", "huh", "hum", "hun", "hup", "hur", "hus", "hut", "hwy", "hyp", "ice", "ich", "ick", "icy", "ide", "ids", "ied", "iff", "ifs", "igg", "igh", "ilk", "ill", "imp", "ink", "inn", "ins", "ion", "ire", "irk", "ism", "its", "ivy", "jab", "jad", "jag", "jam", "jan", "jar", "jas", "jat", "jaw", "jay", "jee", "jef", "jig", "jin", "job", "joe", "jog", "jon", "jot", "jou", "jow", "joy", "jug", "jun", "jus", "jut", "kab", "kae", "kaf", "kas", "kat", "kaw", "kay", "keb", "ked", "kee", "kef", "keg", "ken", "kep", "ket", "kew", "key", "kho", "kib", "kid", "kie", "kif", "kig", "kim", "kin", "kip", "kir", "kis", "kit", "koa", "kob", "koi", "kol", "kon", "kop", "kor", "kos", "kot", "kow", "koy", "kra", "kre", "kri", "kro", "kru", "kua", "kub", "kud", "kue", "kuf", "kug", "kuh", "kul", "kum", "kun", "kup", "kur", "kus", "kut", "kwa", "kye", "kye", "lab", "lac", "lad", "lae", "lag", "lam", "lan", "lap", "lar", "las", "lat", "lav", "law", "lax", "lay", "lea", "led", "lee", "lef", "leg", "lei", "lek", "leu", "lev", "lew", "lex", "ley", "lez", "lib", "lid", "lie", "lif", "lig", "lin", "lip", "lis", "lit", "liv", "lob", "loc", "lod", "loe", "log", "loo", "lop", "lor", "los", "lot", "low", "lox", "loy", "lub", "luc", "lud", "lue", "lug", "luh", "lum", "lun", "luo", "lup", "lur", "lus", "lut", "lux", "lye", "mac", "mad", "mae", "mag", "man", "map", "mar", "mas", "mat", "maw", "max", "may", "med", "meg", "mel", "mem", "men", "met", "mew", "mey", "mez", "mia", "mic", "mid", "mie", "mig", "mil", "mim", "min", "mir", "mis", "mit", "mix", "mob", "moc", "mod", "mog", "mol", "mom", "mon", "moo", "mop", "mor", "mos", "mot", "mow", "mox", "moy", "moz", "mucho", "mud", "mug", "muh", "mul", "mun", "mur", "mus", "mut", "mux", "myc", "myd", "mye", "myg", "myl", "mym", "myn", "myo", "myp", "myr", "mys", "myt", "myx", "nab", "nae", "nag", "nah", "nai", "nam", "nan", "nap", "nar", "nas", "nat", "naw", "nay", "neb", "ned", "nee", "neg", "neh", "neigh", "nem", "nen", "neo", "nep", "net", "new", "nex", "ney", "nez", "nib", "nid", "nie", "nif", "nig", "nil", "nim", "nin", "nip", "nis", "nit", "nix", "nob", "nod", "noe", "nog", "noh", "nom", "non", "noo", "nop", "nor", "nos", "not", "now", "nox", "noy", "noz", "nth", "nub", "nuc", "nud", "nue", "nug", "nuh", "nul", "num", "nun", "nuo", "nup", "nur", "nus", "nut", "nux", "nye", "oaf", "oak", "oar", "oas", "oat", "oba", "obe", "obi", "obo", "oca", "oda", "odd", "ode", "ods", "oes", "off", "oft", "ogh", "ogs", "ohm", "oho", "ohs", "oil", "oka", "oke", "oks", "old", "ole", "ols", "oms", "one", "ons", "ont", "oof", "ook", "ool", "oom", "oon", "oos", "oot", "ope", "ops", "opt", "ora", "orb", "orc", "ore", "ors", "ort", "ose", "oud", "ough", "our", "out", "ova", "owe", "owl", "own", "ows", "oxy", "oya", "oye", "oys", "ozs", "pac", "pad", "pah
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