Cipher Challenge
A Measure of Enough
Introduction
A philosophical argument about sufficiency, ambition, and the difficulty of deciding when improvement should stop.
Count overlapping units and compare their distributions.
Live output695 overlapping units
| Unit | Count | Share | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| A | 81 | 11.7% | 1 |
| C | 67 | 9.6% | 2 |
| T | 67 | 9.6% | 3 |
| D | 59 | 8.5% | 4 |
| J | 57 | 8.2% | 5 |
| U | 49 | 7.1% | 6 |
| F | 44 | 6.3% | 7 |
| Z | 36 | 5.2% | 8 |
| Y | 33 | 4.7% | 9 |
| N | 31 | 4.5% | 10 |
| B | 26 | 3.7% | 11 |
| I | 26 | 3.7% | 12 |
1
CBA TIAD FE AJFRWB TU
18
ITEETYRNC SAYDRUA
34
YFXVDZTUFJ YFJUCDJCNH XFMAU
59
CBA SFRJIDZH. D NDZWAZ BFRUA,
82
EDUCAZ IAMTYA, FZ ERNNAZ
102
UYBAIRNA YDJ CRZJ HAUCAZIDH’U
127
UDCTUEDYCTFJ TJCF CFIDH’U
149
UBFZCDWA. HAC ZALAYCTJW DNN
172
IAUTZA TU JATCBAZ ZADNTUCTY
196
JFZ JAYAUUDZTNH OTUA. ODJCTJW
221
TXVZFMAXAJC YDJ URVVFZC
242
YZADCTMTCH, UAYRZTCH, DJI YDZA.
267
CBA YBDNNAJWA TU
281
ITUCTJWRTUBTJW JAAIU CBDC
304
VZFCAYC D WFFI NTEA EZFX
324
DVVACTCAU CBDC AKVDJI XAZANH
349
SAYDRUA CBAH DZA EAI. AJFRWB TU
374
JFC D RJTMAZUDN GRDJCTCH. TC
397
IAVAJIU FJ ZAUVFJUTSTNTCTAU,
422
BADNCB, ZANDCTFJUBTVU, DJI CBA
447
ZAUFRZYAU UBDZAI OTCB FCBAZU.
472
UCTNN, CBA YFJYAVC YDJ WRTIA
495
IAYTUTFJU SH DUPTJW OBDC
516
DIITCTFJDN WDTJ OTNN
534
DYCRDNNH YBDJWA DJI OBDC TC
557
OTNN YFUC. UACCTJW D NTXTC IFAU
582
JFC AJI DXSTCTFJ. TC WTMAU
603
DXSTCTFJ D ITZAYCTFJ,
621
VZAMAJCTJW DYYRXRNDCTFJ
643
EZFX SAYFXTJW D WFDN CBDC YDJ
667
JAMAZ DJJFRJYA TCU FOJ
686
YFXVNACTFJ.
Compare word shapes, terminals, contacts, and reversals.
Live output126 words · 98 distinct
| Word | Pattern | Count | Start positions |
|---|---|---|---|
D | 1 | 6 | 70, 311, 377, 572, 611, 655 |
CBA | 1.2.3 | 5 | 1, 59, 267, 444, 477 |
TU | 1.2 | 4 | 16, 178, 279, 372 |
YDJ | 1.2.3 | 4 | 110, 232, 487, 664 |
DJI | 1.2.3 | 3 | 260, 441, 548 |
CBDC | 1.2.3.1 | 3 | 300, 333, 660 |
TC | 1.2 | 3 | 395, 555, 596 |
AJFRWB | 1.2.3.4.5.6 | 2 | 10, 366 |
SAYDRUA | 1.2.3.4.5.6.2 | 2 | 27, 349 |
EZFX | 1.2.3.4 | 2 | 320, 643 |
JFC | 1.2.3 | 2 | 374, 582 |
OBDC | 1.2.3.4 | 2 | 512, 551 |
Terminals
| Sequence | Initial | Final |
|---|---|---|
CB | 9 | 2 |
FJ | 1 | 8 |
JW | 0 | 7 |
TJW | 0 | 7 |
AU | 0 | 6 |
CBA | 6 | 5 |
TFJ | 0 | 6 |
AZ | 0 | 5 |
BA | 1 | 5 |
BDC | 0 | 5 |
DC | 0 | 5 |
JI | 0 | 5 |
Contacts
| Letter | Left | Right |
|---|---|---|
A | 19: Z 13, B 10, I 6, M 6, U 6, Y 5, C 4, J 4, N 4, W 4, S 3, E 2, H 2, V 2, X 2, A 1, F 1, L 1, T 1 | 16: U 11, Y 9, Z 9, J 7, C 4, D 4, I 4, M 3, N 2, V 2, A 1, H 1, K 1, L 1, T 1, X 1 |
B | 5: C 13, U 4, Y 3, O 2, W 2 | 4: A 10, D 8, F 2, T 2 |
C | 11: T 15, D 9, U 7, J 6, Y 5, A 4, F 4, N 2, Z 2, C 1, V 1 | 10: T 20, B 13, A 4, H 3, D 2, F 2, R 2, C 1, N 1, U 1 |
D | 14: B 8, Y 7, A 4, I 3, N 3, U 3, C 2, E 2, R 2, V 2, F 1, J 1, O 1, W 1 | 13: J 13, C 9, N 8, Z 7, Y 3, H 2, R 2, U 2, X 2, I 1, T 1, V 1, W 1 |
E | 4: T 2, E 1, F 1, U 1 | 6: A 2, D 2, Z 2, E 1, R 1, T 1 |
F | 13: T 9, J 6, Y 6, Z 4, B 2, C 2, U 2, V 2, W 2, F 1, I 1, S 1, X 1 | 13: J 14, R 6, X 5, C 4, Z 4, I 2, M 2, A 1, D 1, E 1, F 1, O 1, U 1 |
G | 0: — | 1: R 1 |
H | 6: N 4, C 3, D 2, A 1, S 1, Z 1 | 1: A 2 |
I | 7: J 7, A 4, F 2, T 2, D 1, I 1, Z 1 | 7: A 6, T 4, D 3, U 2, F 1, I 1, R 1 |
J | 8: F 14, D 13, T 10, A 7, R 3, J 1, O 1, Z 1 | 10: W 10, I 7, C 6, F 6, A 4, U 4, Y 2, D 1, J 1, T 1 |
K | 1: A 1 | 1: V 1 |
L | 1: A 1 | 1: A 1 |
Reversals
CT 20 · TC 15AZ 9 · ZA 13FJ 14 · JF 6AU 11 · UA 6AY 9 · YA 5DJ 13 · JD 1TU 11 · UT 3AJ 7 · JA 4CD 2 · DC 9DN 8 · ND 3JT 1 · TJ 10AI 4 · IA 6A
B
Plain
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZThe cipher alphabet must contain exactly 26 letters.