My first Aristocrat
Introduction
This is an Aristocrat: one cipher letter always represents one different plaintext letter, with word divisions and punctuation preserved. Make the first guess from a word pattern, not from a theme. A one-letter word is A or I; doubled symbols must become doubled letters; repeated word shapes must decode identically. Combine those constraints with Frequency analysis, then record one tentative cipher-to-plain mapping in Hypothesis and apply it through Simple substitution. Inspect every place that mapping appears. Keep it only if it creates several plausible fragments without forcing two cipher letters to the same plaintext letter. Repeat with supported mappings, undo contradictions immediately, and submit only when every word and the full one-to-one alphabet are consistent.
Count overlapping units and compare their distributions.
| Unit | Count | Share | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| L | 124 | 14.3% | 1 |
| X | 82 | 9.5% | 2 |
| F | 68 | 7.8% | 3 |
| H | 65 | 7.5% | 4 |
| G | 63 | 7.3% | 5 |
| Q | 58 | 6.7% | 6 |
| W | 55 | 6.3% | 7 |
| U | 53 | 6.1% | 8 |
| Y | 37 | 4.3% | 9 |
| V | 32 | 3.7% | 10 |
| J | 30 | 3.5% | 11 |
| M | 29 | 3.3% | 12 |
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DFUXL XRL VWXXLFH GA LWYR
IQLAIM DGFZ TLAGFL HWJUHS
MLXXLFQ. FLVLWXLZ VGQUXUGHQ
UH XRL YUVRLF DGFZ JIQX FLVLWX
UH XRL VMWUHXLEX DGFZ, WHZ
ZUAALFLHX VGQUXUGHQ JIQX
FLJWUH ZUAALFLHX IHMLQQ XRL
YUVRLF QKJTGMQ JWXYR. IQL
GHL-MLXXLF DGFZQ, ZGITMLZ
MLXXLFQ, WVGQXFGVRLQ, WHZ
YGJJGH QIAAUELQ WQ
UHXLFQLYXUHS YGHQXFWUHXQ.
YGJVWFL AFLCILHX YUVRLF
QKJTGMQ DUXR YGJJGH LHSMUQR
MLXXLFQ, TIX MLX DGFZ
QXFIYXIFL YGHAUFJ XRL YRGUYL.
FLYGFZ LNLFK XLHXWXUNL
YUVRLF-XG-VMWUH JWVVUHS WHZ
VFGVWSWXL UX XRFGISR XRL
DRGML YFKVXGSFWJ
UJJLZUWXLMK. W SGGZ JWVVUHS
YGJVMLXLQ AFWSJLHXQ UH
QLNLFWM VMWYLQ; W TWZ GHL
YFLWXLQ YGHXFWZUYXUGHQ GF
AGFYLQ XDG YUVRLF MLXXLFQ
GHXG GHL VMWUHXLEX MLXXLF.
OLLV W YMLWH ZUQXUHYXUGH
TLXDLLH SILQQLQ WHZ
YGHAUFJLZ JWVVUHSQ. FLVLWXLZ
YUVRLF DGFZQ JIQX WMDWKQ
ZLYGZL XRL QWJL DWK. FWFL
MLXXLFQ, HWJLQ, WHZ CIGXWXUGHQ
YWH ZLMWK XRL AUHWM ALD
QKJTGMQ, QG IQL QIFFGIHZUHS
SFWJJWF DUXRGIX DLWOLHUHS
XRL GHL-XG-GHL FIML. AUHUQR TK
YRLYOUHS LNLFK GYYIFFLHYL GA
LNLFK JWVVUHS, HGX JLFLMK
FLWZUHS XRL QLHXLHYL AGF
QLHQL.
Compare word shapes, terminals, contacts, and reversals.
| Word | Pattern | Count | Start positions |
|---|---|---|---|
XRL | 1.2.3 | 10 | 27, 91, 116, 178, 361, 431 +4 |
MLXXLFQ | 1.2.3.3.2.4.5 | 5 | 65, 223, 328, 550, 683 |
YUVRLF | 1.2.3.4.5.6 | 5 | 94, 181, 298, 544, 642 |
WHZ | 1.2.3 | 5 | 132, 241, 410, 614, 695 |
DGFZ | 1.2.3.4 | 4 | 49, 100, 128, 341 |
UH | 1.2 | 3 | 89, 114, 490 |
JIQX | 1.2.3.4 | 3 | 104, 153, 653 |
QKJTGMQ | 1.2.3.4.5.6.1 | 3 | 187, 304, 727 |
LNLFK | 1.2.1.3.4 | 3 | 376, 804, 821 |
JWVVUHS | 1.2.3.3.4.5.6 | 3 | 403, 465, 826 |
W | 1 | 3 | 460, 505, 583 |
AGF | 1.2.3 | 2 | 1, 860 |
Terminals
| Sequence | Initial | Final |
|---|---|---|
XR | 11 | 1 |
RL | 0 | 10 |
XRL | 10 | 10 |
HS | 0 | 9 |
UHS | 0 | 9 |
LQ | 0 | 8 |
YG | 8 | 0 |
LF | 0 | 7 |
ML | 7 | 2 |
MLX | 7 | 1 |
DG | 6 | 1 |
DGF | 6 | 0 |
Contacts
| Letter | Left | Right |
|---|---|---|
A | 6: A 3, G 2, H 2, L 2, U 2, I 1 | 6: U 5, G 4, A 3, L 3, F 2, I 1 |
C | 1: L 1 | 1: I 2 |
D | 3: X 2, L 1, M 1 | 6: G 7, L 2, U 2, W 2, F 1, R 1 |
E | 2: L 3, U 1 | 2: X 3, L 1 |
F | 13: L 22, G 12, I 4, W 4, X 4, Y 3, A 2, F 2, S 2, U 2, D 1, R 1, V 1 | 12: L 16, W 8, Z 7, Q 6, G 4, K 4, F 2, I 2, J 2, U 2, H 1, Y 1 |
G | 17: Y 10, D 7, U 5, X 5, A 4, F 4, R 3, T 3, V 3, J 2, G 1, H 1, I 1, K 1, Q 1, S 1, Z 1 | 14: H 17, F 12, I 5, J 4, M 4, Q 3, A 2, V 2, X 2, Y 2, Z 2, G 1, S 1, U 1 |
H | 6: U 22, G 17, L 12, W 7, I 2, F 1 | 11: X 12, S 11, L 6, Q 6, Z 6, W 3, Y 3, A 2, U 2, G 1, M 1 |
I | 10: G 5, J 3, C 2, F 2, Q 2, A 1, S 1, T 1, X 1, Y 1 | 11: Q 6, F 4, H 2, L 2, M 2, X 2, A 1, G 1, S 1, T 1, Y 1 |
J | 8: W 5, G 4, J 4, K 3, F 2, L 1, S 1, U 1 | 8: W 7, L 6, J 4, I 3, T 3, G 2, V 2, U 1 |
K | 5: F 4, Q 3, W 3, M 2, T 1 | 4: J 3, G 1, Q 1, V 1 |
L | 18: X 20, R 18, F 16, M 14, Q 9, H 6, J 6, N 5, Y 5, A 3, V 3, Z 3, D 2, I 2, L 2, O 2, T 2, E 1 | 16: F 22, H 12, Q 10, X 10, W 8, Z 5, N 4, V 4, Y 4, E 3, M 3, A 2, L 2, C 1, D 1, J 1 |
M | 9: V 5, G 4, L 3, W 3, I 2, H 1, S 1, T 1, Y 1 | 6: L 14, W 5, Q 3, K 2, D 1, U 1 |
Reversals
FL 16 · LF 22LX 10 · XL 20HU 2 · UH 22LQ 10 · QL 9GH 17 · HG 1HL 6 · LH 12LM 3 · ML 14FG 4 · GF 12UX 6 · XU 8WX 11 · XW 2FW 8 · WF 4GY 2 · YG 10ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZThe cipher alphabet must contain exactly 26 letters.