Cipher Challenge
The aristocrat
Introduction
An Aristocrat is a monoalphabetic simple-substitution cipher that preserves word divisions and punctuation. The name comes from the American Cryptogram Association, founded in 1930, whose early members called this puzzle form “The Aristocrat of Puzzles.” The term remains part of the ACA’s vocabulary for this format.
Count overlapping units and compare their distributions.
1. NYVGC DGFK AYSYTFYM DIAMH TCM EYFFYA STFFYACH; FKYR OICHFATGC SIHHGNGEGFGYH QIAY AYEGTNER FKTC PAYUWYCOR TEICY. 2. OIWCF OIQQIC EYFFYAH, NWF FAYTF Y, F, TCM T TH KRSIFKYHYH, CYBYA TWFIQTFGO TCHDYAH. 3. FYHF ICY-EYFFYA DIAMH TH T IA G, FKYC OKYOJ YBYAR SETOY FKIHY EYFFYAH TSSYTA. 4. HFWMR TSIHFAISKYH TCM OICFATOFGICH; FKYGA HKTSYH IPFYC CTAAID FKY PGCTE EYFFYAH UWGOJER. 5. OIQSTAY HKIAF DIAMH DGFK OIQQIC PIAQH HWOK TH FKY, TCM, IP, FI, TCM FKTF. 6. CIFGOY MIWNEYM EYFFYAH TCM THJ DKGOK YCVEGHK DIAMH TEEID FKTF STGA GC FKTF SIHGFGIC. 7. WHY YCMGCVH EGJY GCV, YM, ER, TCM FGIC ICER DKYC HYBYATE HWAAIWCMGCV DIAMH HWSSIAF FKYQ. 8. AYOIAM YTOK HWNHFGFWFGIC OICHGHFYCFER; ICY OGSKYAFYZF EYFFYA QWHF AYSAYHYCF FKY HTQY SETGCFYZF EYFFYA YBYARDKYAY. 9. DKYC T VWYHH OAYTFYH TDJDTAM PATVQYCFH, WCMI GF SAIQSFER GCHFYTM IP NWGEMGCV QIAY VWYHHYH WSIC GF. 10. AYBGHGF FKY DKIEY QYHHTVY TPFYA YBYAR NAYTJFKAIWVK; CYDER AYTMTNEY OICFYZF IPFYC AYHIEBYH HYBYATE WCOYAFTGC DIAMH FIVYFKYA DGFKIWF PIAOGCV T SAYQTFWAY HIEWFGIC FII YTAER.
Compare word shapes, terminals, contacts, and reversals.
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