I normally like to play cryptogram puzzles without the aid of writing down the letter guesses as I progress (or don't progress) through the game. For the past few days I have been over at "Cryptogram Corner" playing online, sometimes using their system to visually show the letter guesses and sometimes my solely cerebral way.
Last night I came up with an interesting way of playing without the visual help of the letters "E" & "T", the two typically most common letters that occur in English and usually in cryptograms. As the game progresses it becomes fairly easy to see the E & T holes and still be able to read & solve the puzzle without them.
These are the recorded steps of a game. Each guess of a step is shown in red.
Step by step example:
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A
* *
* LMSEHWP EX L WFEM XWKHLA QG GHLK WKEOCBEMJ WFKQVJF WFH AEMN. EG HMOQVKLJHN, *
* A A A A A *
* *
* EW OVWX L OFLMMHB EMWQ TFEOF LBB QWFHK WFQVJFWX LKH NKLEMHN. *
* A A A A A *
* *
* LKWFVK XQAHKX KQOFH *
* A *
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L
* *
* LMSEHWP EX L WFEM XWKHLA QG GHLK WKEOCBEMJ WFKQVJF WFH AEMN. EG HMOQVKLJHN, *
* A A A A L A *
* *
* EW OVWX L OFLMMHB EMWQ TFEOF LBB QWFHK WFQVJFWX LKH NKLEMHN. *
* A A L ALL A A *
* *
* LKWFVK XQAHKX KQOFH *
* A *
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I
* *
* LMSEHWP EX L WFEM XWKHLA QG GHLK WKEOCBEMJ WFKQVJF WFH AEMN. EG HMOQVKLJHN, *
* A I I A I A A I LI I I A *
* *
* EW OVWX L OFLMMHB EMWQ TFEOF LBB QWFHK WFQVJFWX LKH NKLEMHN. *
* I A A L I I ALL A AI *
* *
* LKWFVK XQAHKX KQOFH *
* A *
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H
* *
* LMSEHWP EX L WFEM XWKHLA QG GHLK WKEOCBEMJ WFKQVJF WFH AEMN. EG HMOQVKLJHN, *
* A I I A HI A A I LI H H H I I A *
* *
* EW OVWX L OFLMMHB EMWQ TFEOF LBB QWFHK WFQVJFWX LKH NKLEMHN. *
* I A HA L I HI H ALL H H H A AI *
* *
* LKWFVK XQAHKX KQOFH *
* A H H *
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S
* *
* LMSEHWP EX L WFEM XWKHLA QG GHLK WKEOCBEMJ WFKQVJF WFH AEMN. EG HMOQVKLJHN, *
* A I IS A HI S A A I LI H H H I I A *
* *
* EW OVWX L OFLMMHB EMWQ TFEOF LBB QWFHK WFQVJFWX LKH NKLEMHN. *
* I S A HA L I HI H ALL H H H S A AI *
* *
* LKWFVK XQAHKX KQOFH *
* A H S S H *
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O
* *
* LMSEHWP EX L WFEM XWKHLA QG GHLK WKEOCBEMJ WFKQVJF WFH AEMN. EG HMOQVKLJHN, *
* A I IS A HI S A O A I LI H O H H I I O A *
* *
* EW OVWX L OFLMMHB EMWQ TFEOF LBB QWFHK WFQVJFWX LKH NKLEMHN. *
* I S A HA L I O HI H ALL O H HO H S A AI *
* *
* LKWFVK XQAHKX KQOFH *
* A H SO S O H *
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F
* *
* LMSEHWP EX L WFEM XWKHLA QG GHLK WKEOCBEMJ WFKQVJF WFH AEMN. EG HMOQVKLJHN, *
* A I IS A HI S A OF F A I LI H O H H I IF O A *
* *
* EW OVWX L OFLMMHB EMWQ TFEOF LBB QWFHK WFQVJFWX LKH NKLEMHN. *
* I S A HA L I O HI H ALL O H HO H S A AI *
* *
* LKWFVK XQAHKX KQOFH *
* A H SO S O H *
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R
* *
* LMSEHWP EX L WFEM XWKHLA QG GHLK WKEOCBEMJ WFKQVJF WFH AEMN. EG HMOQVKLJHN, *
* A I IS A HI S R A OF F AR RI LI HRO H H I IF O RA *
* *
* EW OVWX L OFLMMHB EMWQ TFEOF LBB QWFHK WFQVJFWX LKH NKLEMHN. *
* I S A HA L I O HI H ALL O H R HO H S AR RAI *
* *
* LKWFVK XQAHKX KQOFH *
* AR H R SO RS RO H *
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C
* *
* LMSEHWP EX L WFEM XWKHLA QG GHLK WKEOCBEMJ WFKQVJF WFH AEMN. EG HMOQVKLJHN, *
* A I IS A HI S R A OF F AR RIC LI HRO H H I IF CO RA *
* *
* EW OVWX L OFLMMHB EMWQ TFEOF LBB QWFHK WFQVJFWX LKH NKLEMHN. *
* I C S A CHA L I O HICH ALL O H R HO H S AR RAI *
* *
* LKWFVK XQAHKX KQOFH *
* AR H R SO RS ROCH *
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U
* *
* LMSEHWP EX L WFEM XWKHLA QG GHLK WKEOCBEMJ WFKQVJF WFH AEMN. EG HMOQVKLJHN, *
* A I IS A HI S R A OF F AR RIC LI HROU H H I IF COURA *
* *
* EW OVWX L OFLMMHB EMWQ TFEOF LBB QWFHK WFQVJFWX LKH NKLEMHN. *
* I CU S A CHA L I O HICH ALL O H R HOU H S AR RAI *
* *
* LKWFVK XQAHKX KQOFH *
* AR HUR SO RS ROCH *
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W
* *
* LMSEHWP EX L WFEM XWKHLA QG GHLK WKEOCBEMJ WFKQVJF WFH AEMN. EG HMOQVKLJHN, *
* A I IS A HI S R A OF F AR RIC LI HROU H H I IF COURA *
* *
* EW OVWX L OFLMMHB EMWQ TFEOF LBB QWFHK WFQVJFWX LKH NKLEMHN. *
* I CU S A CHA L I O WHICH ALL O H R HOU H S AR RAI *
* *
* LKWFVK XQAHKX KQOFH *
* AR HUR SO RS ROCH *
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N
* *
* LMSEHWP EX L WFEM XWKHLA QG GHLK WKEOCBEMJ WFKQVJF WFH AEMN. EG HMOQVKLJHN, *
* AN I IS A HIN S R A OF F AR RIC LIN HROU H H IN IF NCOURA *
* *
* EW OVWX L OFLMMHB EMWQ TFEOF LBB QWFHK WFQVJFWX LKH NKLEMHN. *
* I CU S A CHANN L IN O WHICH ALL O H R HOU H S AR RAIN *
* *
* LKWFVK XQAHKX KQOFH *
* AR HUR SO RS ROCH *
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G
* *
* LMSEHWP EX L WFEM XWKHLA QG GHLK WKEOCBEMJ WFKQVJF WFH AEMN. EG HMOQVKLJHN, *
* AN I IS A HIN S R A OF F AR RIC LING HROUGH H IN IF NCOURAG *
* *
* EW OVWX L OFLMMHB EMWQ TFEOF LBB QWFHK WFQVJFWX LKH NKLEMHN. *
* I CU S A CHANN L IN O WHICH ALL O H R HOUGH S AR RAIN *
* *
* LKWFVK XQAHKX KQOFH *
* AR HUR SO RS ROCH *
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D
* *
* LMSEHWP EX L WFEM XWKHLA QG GHLK WKEOCBEMJ WFKQVJF WFH AEMN. EG HMOQVKLJHN, *
* AN I IS A HIN S R A OF F AR RIC LING HROUGH H IND IF NCOURAG D *
* *
* EW OVWX L OFLMMHB EMWQ TFEOF LBB QWFHK WFQVJFWX LKH NKLEMHN. *
* I CU S A CHANN L IN O WHICH ALL O H R HOUGH S AR DRAIN D *
* *
* LKWFVK XQAHKX KQOFH *
* AR HUR SO RS ROCH *
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M
* *
* LMSEHWP EX L WFEM XWKHLA QG GHLK WKEOCBEMJ WFKQVJF WFH AEMN. EG HMOQVKLJHN, *
* AN I IS A HIN S R AM OF F AR RIC LING HROUGH H MIND IF NCOURAG D *
* *
* EW OVWX L OFLMMHB EMWQ TFEOF LBB QWFHK WFQVJFWX LKH NKLEMHN. *
* I CU S A CHANN L IN O WHICH ALL O H R HOUGH S AR DRAIN D *
* *
* LKWFVK XQAHKX KQOFH *
* AR HUR SOM RS ROCH *
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K
* *
* LMSEHWP EX L WFEM XWKHLA QG GHLK WKEOCBEMJ WFKQVJF WFH AEMN. EG HMOQVKLJHN, *
* AN I IS A HIN S R AM OF F AR RICKLING HROUGH H MIND IF NCOURAG D *
* *
* EW OVWX L OFLMMHB EMWQ TFEOF LBB QWFHK WFQVJFWX LKH NKLEMHN. *
* I CU S A CHANN L IN O WHICH ALL O H R HOUGH S AR DRAIN D *
* *
* LKWFVK XQAHKX KQOFH *
* AR HUR SOM RS ROCH *
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Y
* *
* LMSEHWP EX L WFEM XWKHLA QG GHLK WKEOCBEMJ WFKQVJF WFH AEMN. EG HMOQVKLJHN, *
* AN I Y IS A HIN S R AM OF F AR RICKLING HROUGH H MIND IF NCOURAG D *
* *
* EW OVWX L OFLMMHB EMWQ TFEOF LBB QWFHK WFQVJFWX LKH NKLEMHN. *
* I CU S A CHANN L IN O WHICH ALL O H R HOUGH S AR DRAIN D *
* *
* LKWFVK XQAHKX KQOFH *
* AR HUR SOM RS ROCH *
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X
* *
* LMSEHWP EX L WFEM XWKHLA QG GHLK WKEOCBEMJ WFKQVJF WFH AEMN. EG HMOQVKLJHN, *
* ANXI Y IS A HIN S R AM OF F AR RICKLING HROUGH H MIND IF NCOURAG D *
* *
* EW OVWX L OFLMMHB EMWQ TFEOF LBB QWFHK WFQVJFWX LKH NKLEMHN. *
* I CU S A CHANN L IN O WHICH ALL O H R HOUGH S AR DRAIN D *
* *
* LKWFVK XQAHKX KQOFH *
* AR HUR SOM RS ROCH *
Now there are just little spacemen left in the spaces to reveal, say "Roswell" three times, sprinkle Reese’s Pieces – and - poof
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ET
* *
* LMSEHWP EX L WFEM XWKHLA QG GHLK WKEOCBEMJ WFKQVJF WFH AEMN. EG HMOQVKLJHN, *
* ANXIETY IS A THIN STREAM OF FEAR TRICKLING THROUGH THE MIND IF ENCOURAGED *
* *
* EW OVWX L OFLMMHB EMWQ TFEOF LBB QWFHK WFQVJFWX LKH NKLEMHN. *
* IT CUTS A CHANNEL INTO WHICH ALL OTHER THOUGHTS ARE DRAINED *
* *
* LKWFVK XQAHKX KQOFH *
* ARTHUR SOMERS ROCHE *
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ET - Phonetically Honed
Visit Cryptogram Corner:
URL: http://www.geocities.com/cryptogramcorner/
Technical Notes & Credits:
The form part of Cryptogram Corner did not work with my Firefox browser version 2.0.0.7, had to use Internet Explorer.
Each game play step was copied and pasted and then colorization and formatting performed post-game play, so there may be some typos.
Enjoy!
E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial is a trademark of Universal Studios
Firefox is a trademark of Mozilla Foundation
Reese's Pieces is a trademark of The Hershey Company
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