Cipher Challenge
The State Department's Dam Dispatch
The U.S. State Department printed this 25-codeword dispatch in 1876 as an official worked example of its message system. It is authentic period training material, not a sent telegram. Federal historical edition
Source & status
- Origin
- Historical cipher
- Solution
- Established
Ciphertext
DISINCLINES STRODE STRODE ORTHOGRAPHY GIRLING RECHEATERS STRODE DECIMATE AWARE IMPERILED STROPED SAINT KEYHOLE PROSECUTOR GOSLET AWARE IMBANKED CRATES PLANETARY IMPERILING LIMPETS COCKMAN Disgust AARON TITCOMB