Cipher Challenge
Frequencies Without Certainty
An introductory Aristocrat tutorial focused on using frequency evidence without turning it into automatic substitutions.
Ciphertext
NSGGSP EPSOYSDKV AC SXATSDKS, DHG Q XSPTAKG. AD NHDF SDFNACB GSIG, S AC HEGSD KHZZHD, EHNNHUST RV NSGGSPC CYKB QC G, Q, H, A, QDT D, RYG CBHPG JQCCQFSC KQD TAEESP CBQPJNV RSKQYCS HE CYRLSKG QDT CGVNS. KHYDG EPSOYSDG KAJBSPGSIG CVZRHNC, GBSD KHZJQPS GBSZ UAGB UHPT JQGGSPDC QDT JHCAGAHDC. Q KHZZHD HDS-NSGGSP UHPT AC NAMSNV Q HP A. Q EPSOYSDG CVZRHN QJJSQPADF THYRNST ZQV CYFFSCG S, N, H, HP C, TSJSDTADF HD AGC DSAFBRHPC. QNCH SIQZADS KHZZHD JQAPC QDT GPAJNSC PQGBSP GBQD ACHNQGST KHYDGC. AE Q JPHJHCST S JPHTYKSC CSXSPQN JNQYCARNS SDTADFC, AG FQADC CYJJHPG. AE AG TQZQFSC SXSPV CBHPG UHPT, PSKHDCATSP AG. YCS EPSOYSDKV GH FSDSPQGS KQDTATQGSC QDT PQDM FYSCCSC, DHG GH NHKM GBS QNJBQRSG GHH SQPNV. GBS SDGAPS ZSCCQFS ZYCG KHDEAPZ GBS KBHAKS.