Cipher Challenge
The Patient Lichen
Introduction
A natural-history account of lichens growing on stone, bark, roofs, and other surfaces under difficult conditions.
Count overlapping units and compare their distributions.
Live output615 overlapping units
| Unit | Count | Share | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| T | 69 | 11.2% | 1 |
| N | 56 | 9.1% | 2 |
| Q | 56 | 9.1% | 3 |
| D | 50 | 8.1% | 4 |
| E | 45 | 7.3% | 5 |
| F | 44 | 7.2% | 6 |
| C | 41 | 6.7% | 7 |
| X | 41 | 6.7% | 8 |
| A | 27 | 4.4% | 9 |
| K | 26 | 4.2% | 10 |
| M | 23 | 3.7% | 11 |
| W | 21 | 3.4% | 12 |
1
NZNQW KCIAF WKTDC DEQCD TGNJS
26
XCUCD AJNIT UGFAA FGTQT XEFDN
51
JTNXF QFEDC QNEFD SATCX SNDFE
76
GHMQN WACET NEECW FNQFC DMEMN
101
AAJHT QUTTD NIMDS MENDO NZKCQ
126
CEJDQ KTQFW ZNXQD TXEMW KNEND
151
NASNQ KTIMD SMEZX CBFOT EEQXM
176
WQMXT NDOKT AZEXT QNFDU NQTXQ
201
KTZNX QDTXG NLTEE MSNXE MEFDS
226
AFSKQ QCSTQ KTXQK TJAFB TCDHN
251
XTEMX INWTE UKTXT GNDJZ ANDQE
276
WNDDC QHTSF DQKTJ UFQKE QNDOO
301
XJFDS HJHTW CGFDS FDNWQ FBTQK
326
TDXTE MGTUC XLUKT DGCFE QMXTX
351
TQMXD EECGT AFWKT DEKTA ZUTNQ
376
KTXXC WLFDQ CQKTT NXAFT EQQXN
401
WTECI ECFAC QKTXE ZXCBF OTICC
426
OCXDT EQFDS GNQTX FNAIC XNDFG
451
NAEQK TFXEA CUSXC UQKGN LTEQK
476
TGBMA DTXNH ATQCO FEQMX HNDWT
501
NDOME TIMAI CXEQM OJFDS NFXRM
526
NAFQJ UKNQE TTGEA FLTNI NFDQE
551
QNFDW NDHTN ACDSA FBTOW CGGMD
576
FQJZX NWQFW FDSWC CZTXN QFCDN
601
QQKTZ NWTCI EQCDT
A
B
Plain
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZThe cipher alphabet must contain exactly 26 letters.