Cipher Challenge
The Honest Shortcut
Introduction
A philosophical reflection on shortcuts that preserve a task’s purpose and shortcuts that merely hide unfinished work.
Count overlapping units and compare their distributions.
Live output670 overlapping units
| Unit | Count | Share | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| S | 87 | 13.0% | 1 |
| N | 67 | 10.0% | 2 |
| C | 51 | 7.6% | 3 |
| K | 50 | 7.5% | 4 |
| T | 50 | 7.5% | 5 |
| E | 46 | 6.9% | 6 |
| U | 46 | 6.9% | 7 |
| L | 38 | 5.7% | 8 |
| M | 32 | 4.8% | 9 |
| G | 27 | 4.0% | 10 |
| B | 24 | 3.6% | 11 |
| Q | 22 | 3.3% | 12 |
1
K EMULNOQN EKFSE SIIULN RZ
23
ITCGTCD K VULS GTLSON LUQNS NU
48
NMS EKVS BSDTNTVKNS SCG. RQN
71
EUVS KAAKLSCN EMULNOQNE
92
PQTSNBZ LSABKOS NMS DUKB.
113
OUAZTCD KC KCEXSL VKZ ITCTEM
137
KC KEETDCVSCN XMTBS
154
KRKCGUCTCD BSKLCTCD. MTGTCD K
179
GSISON VKZ OUVABSNS K EKBS
201
XMTBS RSNLKZTCD NLQEN. NMS
223
VULKB GTIISLSCOS GUSE CUN BTS
248
TC MUX VQOM XULY XKE KFUTGSG.
271
SIITOTSCN NUUBE, EMKLSG
291
YCUXBSGDS, KCG ETVABSL
310
ALUOSGQLSE OKC KBB TVALUFS
333
MQVKC KONTFTNZ. NMS PQSENTUC
357
TE XMSNMSL NMS VSNMUG
375
ALSESLFSE XMKN VKGS NMS
395
UQNOUVS XULNMXMTBS. KC MUCSEN
420
EMULNOQN LSVKTCE UASC NU
441
SJABKCKNTUC. TN GUSE CUN
461
GSASCG UC KCUNMSL ASLEUC
482
VTEQCGSLENKCGTCD XMKN
502
MKAASCSG. NMTE NSEN TE CUN
523
ASLISON, RQN TN LSFSKBE VKCZ
546
GSOSANTUCE. TI NMS AKNM VQEN
569
LSVKTC ESOLSN RSOKQES
588
GTEOBUEQLS XUQBG TCFKBTGKNS
613
NMS LSEQBN, TN MKE ALURKRBZ
635
OLUEESG ILUV TCDSCQTNZ TCNU
659
EQRENTNQNTUC.
Compare word shapes, terminals, contacts, and reversals.
Live output126 words · 102 distinct
| Word | Pattern | Count | Start positions |
|---|---|---|---|
NMS | 1.2.3 | 8 | 48, 106, 220, 346, 366, 392 +2 |
K | 1 | 4 | 1, 30, 178, 196 |
KC | 1.2 | 3 | 120, 137, 412 |
CUN | 1.2.3 | 3 | 242, 458, 520 |
TN | 1.2 | 3 | 452, 533, 622 |
EMULNOQN | 1.2.3.4.5.6.7.5 | 2 | 2, 420 |
NU | 1.2 | 2 | 46, 439 |
RQN | 1.2.3 | 2 | 68, 530 |
VKZ | 1.2.3 | 2 | 128, 185 |
XMTBS | 1.2.3.4.5 | 2 | 149, 201 |
GUSE | 1.2.3.4 | 2 | 238, 454 |
TE | 1.2 | 2 | 357, 518 |
Terminals
| Sequence | Initial | Final |
|---|---|---|
NM | 9 | 1 |
MS | 0 | 8 |
NMS | 8 | 8 |
CD | 0 | 7 |
TCD | 1 | 7 |
KC | 6 | 5 |
LS | 5 | 2 |
SE | 0 | 5 |
UC | 1 | 5 |
XM | 5 | 0 |
BS | 2 | 4 |
EM | 4 | 1 |
Contacts
| Letter | Left | Right |
|---|---|---|
A | 6: S 3, V 3, A 2, K 2, U 2, J 1 | 7: S 5, B 4, L 4, A 2, K 2, N 1, Z 1 |
B | 10: K 6, A 4, T 3, Q 2, B 1, N 1, O 1, R 1, U 1, X 1 | 9: S 9, E 2, K 2, T 2, Z 2, B 1, G 1, N 1, U 1 |
C | 8: T 15, K 12, S 9, U 8, D 1, L 1, Q 1, Y 1 | 13: D 8, G 7, U 5, N 4, E 3, T 3, S 2, F 1, K 1, O 1, Q 1, V 1, Z 1 |
D | 4: C 8, G 1, S 1, T 1 | 4: S 2, C 1, T 1, U 1 |
E | 11: S 10, T 6, C 3, K 3, Q 3, B 2, E 2, L 2, U 2, N 1, R 1 | 10: N 7, M 5, Q 4, S 4, K 3, E 2, T 2, U 2, O 1, X 1 |
F | 6: K 2, C 1, L 1, S 1, T 1, U 1 | 4: S 4, K 1, T 1, U 1 |
G | 6: C 7, S 6, T 3, B 1, K 1, U 1 | 6: S 6, T 6, U 3, D 1, K 1, Q 1 |
I | 4: I 3, S 3, T 2, L 1 | 5: I 3, S 3, T 3, L 1, U 1 |
J | 1: S 1 | 1: A 1 |
K | 15: V 8, M 5, E 3, A 2, B 2, L 2, O 2, R 2, S 2, C 1, F 1, G 1, N 1, U 1, X 1 | 14: C 12, B 6, N 6, E 3, L 3, Z 3, A 2, F 2, O 2, R 2, T 2, G 1, Q 1, V 1 |
L | 9: S 9, U 8, A 4, K 3, N 2, O 2, Q 2, I 1, T 1 | 10: S 14, U 6, N 5, E 2, K 2, C 1, F 1, I 1, Q 1, Y 1 |
M | 4: N 14, X 6, E 5, O 1 | 6: S 11, U 6, K 5, T 5, Q 1, X 1 |
Reversals
LS 14 · SL 9CT 3 · TC 15ES 4 · SE 10LU 6 · UL 8NT 7 · TN 7CK 1 · KC 12CU 5 · UC 8GS 6 · SG 6CS 2 · SC 9NS 5 · SN 6OS 4 · SO 6CD 8 · DC 1A
B
Plain
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZThe cipher alphabet must contain exactly 26 letters.