Cipher Challenge
The Committee for Quiet Pens
Introduction
A comic account of an office committee formed to investigate one pen that clicks louder than the others.
Count overlapping units and compare their distributions.
Live output701 overlapping units
| Unit | Count | Share | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| I | 106 | 15.1% | 1 |
| E | 64 | 9.1% | 2 |
| C | 54 | 7.7% | 3 |
| Q | 47 | 6.7% | 4 |
| M | 46 | 6.6% | 5 |
| P | 46 | 6.6% | 6 |
| T | 45 | 6.4% | 7 |
| R | 36 | 5.1% | 8 |
| L | 35 | 5.0% | 9 |
| W | 31 | 4.4% | 10 |
| D | 26 | 3.7% | 11 |
| U | 25 | 3.6% | 12 |
1
ERI PJJMUI JPCFIL Q UPFFMEEII
26
QJEIC WPFIPTI UPFADQMTIL
48
ERQE UDMUVMTX AITW LMWCNAEIL
73
UPTUITECQEMPT. EBIDOI
92
OPDNTEIICW FIE EP LMWUNWW
114
KNMIEIC QDEICTQEMOIW. PTI
136
YCPNXRE AITUMDW, QTPERIC
157
WNXXIWEIL KNMDDW, QTL Q ERMCL
181
ACPAPWIL UPFFNTMUQEMTX
202
ITEMCIDH ERCPNXR IGACIWWMOI
227
TPLW. ERI URQMCAICWPT UDMUVIL
252
Q AIT BRITIOIC LIYQEI
270
BQTLICIL, BRMUR FQLI IOICHPTI
295
BQTLIC JQWEIC. QJEIC WMG
315
FIIEMTXW, ERIH ACPLNUIL Q
336
JPCEH-AQXI CIAPCE
351
CIUPFFITLMTX Q ECMQD AICMPL
375
JPC JIDE-EMA FQCVICW. ERI
395
ACMTEIC ZQFFIL RQDJBQH
415
ERCPNXR ERI JMCWE UPAH. BRMDI
439
ERIH QCXNIL QYPNE BRP WRPNDL
463
CIAQMC ME, ERI PCMXMTQD
482
UPFADQMTQTE ITEICIL, ADQUIL Q
507
YPBD PJ CNYYIC AIT XCMAW PT ERI
532
EQYDI, QTL DIJE. ERI XCMAW
552
WPDOIL ERI TPMWI MT NTLIC Q
574
FMTNEI. ERI UPFFMEEII ERIT
596
WURILNDIL Q UIDIYCQEMPT, Q
618
CIOMIB, QTL Q WNYUPFFMEEII EP
642
LIEICFMTI BRIERIC ERI
661
WPDNEMPT RQL QCCMOIL ERCPNXR
686
QAACPOIL URQTTIDW.
Compare word shapes, terminals, contacts, and reversals.
Live output125 words · 97 distinct
| Word | Pattern | Count | Start positions |
|---|---|---|---|
ERI | 1.2.3 | 10 | 1, 231, 392, 422, 471, 529 +4 |
Q | 1 | 10 | 16, 175, 252, 335, 363, 506 +4 |
QTL | 1.2.3 | 3 | 172, 537, 624 |
ERCPNXR | 1.2.3.4.5.6.2 | 3 | 210, 415, 679 |
UPFFMEEII | 1.2.3.3.4.5.5.6.6 | 2 | 17, 583 |
QJEIC | 1.2.3.4.5 | 2 | 26, 307 |
EP | 1.2 | 2 | 105, 640 |
AIT | 1.2.3 | 2 | 253, 519 |
ERIH | 1.2.3.4 | 2 | 323, 439 |
XCMAW | 1.2.3.4.5 | 2 | 522, 547 |
PJJMUI | 1.2.2.3.4.5 | 1 | 4 |
JPCFIL | 1.2.3.4.5.6 | 1 | 10 |
Terminals
| Sequence | Initial | Final |
|---|---|---|
ER | 18 | 0 |
IL | 0 | 16 |
ERI | 13 | 10 |
IC | 0 | 11 |
RI | 0 | 10 |
UP | 7 | 0 |
AI | 5 | 0 |
BR | 5 | 0 |
EIC | 0 | 5 |
PT | 2 | 5 |
UPF | 5 | 0 |
AIT | 4 | 2 |
Contacts
| Letter | Left | Right |
|---|---|---|
A | 9: M 3, F 2, I 2, P 2, A 1, C 1, G 1, N 1, Q 1 | 9: I 6, C 5, D 3, P 2, Q 2, W 2, A 1, E 1, H 1 |
B | 4: E 1, I 1, J 1, P 1 | 4: R 5, Q 3, D 1, I 1 |
C | 11: I 20, A 5, M 5, P 5, Q 3, R 3, E 2, X 2, Y 2, C 1, W 1 | 15: I 8, M 7, P 7, W 4, E 2, F 2, N 2, Q 2, A 1, C 1, H 1, L 1, T 1, V 1, X 1 |
D | 10: I 5, Q 4, A 3, M 3, P 3, N 2, U 2, B 1, D 1, Y 1 | 11: I 5, Q 3, W 3, E 2, M 2, N 2, O 2, D 1, H 1, J 1, L 1 |
E | 13: Q 6, T 6, I 5, M 4, E 3, J 3, N 3, W 3, C 2, D 2, A 1, P 1, R 1 | 9: R 20, I 16, M 8, E 3, C 2, P 2, B 1, H 1, Q 1 |
F | 4: P 8, F 6, C 2, Q 1 | 6: F 6, I 6, M 5, A 2, Q 2, N 1 |
G | 2: I 1, M 1 | 1: A 1 |
H | 6: I 2, A 1, C 1, D 1, E 1, Q 1 | 1: P 1 |
I | 19: R 18, E 16, C 8, O 8, T 7, A 6, F 6, L 6, D 5, I 5, U 5, M 2, V 2, W 2, X 2, B 1, J 1, N 1, Y 1 | 16: C 20, L 17, T 10, D 5, E 5, I 5, O 3, W 3, A 2, H 2, Y 2, B 1, G 1, J 1, P 1, U 1 |
J | 5: P 2, Q 2, D 1, I 1, J 1 | 7: E 3, P 3, M 2, B 1, I 1, J 1, Q 1 |
K | 0: — | 1: N 2 |
L | 6: I 17, T 7, P 3, Q 2, C 1, D 1 | 4: I 6, M 3, N 2, W 1 |
Reversals
CI 8 · IC 20IL 17 · LI 6EI 16 · IE 5ER 20 · RE 1IT 10 · TI 7CM 7 · MC 5CP 7 · PC 5EM 8 · ME 4MT 11 · TM 1PT 9 · TP 3IO 3 · OI 8QT 8 · TQ 3A
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Plain
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZThe cipher alphabet must contain exactly 26 letters.