Cipher Challenge
Progress by degrees
Introduction
In a Patristocrat, word divisions and punctuation are removed before the Ciphertext is regrouped in fives. Each ciphertext letter consistently represents one different plaintext letter. This message considers how a patient solver makes progress through small observations.
Count overlapping units and compare their distributions.
Live output255 overlapping units
| Unit | Count | Share | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| U | 45 | 17.6% | 1 |
| I | 24 | 9.4% | 2 |
| Y | 23 | 9.0% | 3 |
| Q | 20 | 7.8% | 4 |
| X | 18 | 7.1% | 5 |
| P | 17 | 6.7% | 6 |
| D | 13 | 5.1% | 7 |
| R | 13 | 5.1% | 8 |
| S | 12 | 4.7% | 9 |
| A | 10 | 3.9% | 10 |
| J | 9 | 3.5% | 11 |
| B | 7 | 2.7% | 12 |
1
QMQYS URYMG VVJUI XJZUP LXUIR
26
XYOQS YNXPD UPYQS RYCKU NXPUY
51
UIYSR BQRSL UQIAU UWQTS RUIPU
76
MUQYU LIUFG URDUI DXTMQ PUIUQ
101
DABGU IIOSY AYAUO AXJUT UIIQB
126
UQRLP UHUDY IDAXS DUIYA QYDPU
151
QYUYP XGKJU UJIUO AUPUB XXLIX
176
JZSRB BPXOI NPXTI TQJJD XPPUD
201
YSXRI DQPUN GJFGU IYSXR IQRLU
226
ZSLUR DUYAQ YQBPU UIQDP XIIYA
251
UYUWY
A
B
Plain
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZThe cipher alphabet must contain exactly 26 letters.