Ask HN: Need help to Decipher a Line for school assighment

by aviral190694 on 1/15/2015, 9:08:01 AM with 2 comments
ZYEMOUSOUSIZWYIXOKSOTZQSOBSYLSWDKHTMOWARMSKSRRSILISFESWBHSTOISQISRRZWSOIRYRMSOUSIODSTLYISWDKHTMOWAWYEWBYXXYWSWDKHTMGYIATOISQISTSWRRMSYRMSIRSVRTGHKKWYRJSTYSOTZOWAXOZJSMOIARYAYJISONHWDRMHTBHQMSIJZMOWATMYEKAWYRJSAHLLHBEKRRYAYMYGSUSIRMHTSVSIBHTSOTNTZYERYGIHRSOQIYDIOXRMORORROBNTBHQMSITOERYXORHBOKKZOWAJISONTRMSXGHRMYEROETSIMOUHWDRYPEXQHWOWAXONSOBMOWDSOTHXQKSJIERSLYIBSOQQIYOBMHTWYRWSBSTTOIHKZRMSWHBSTRGOZRYAYWSRMHTRMSRIHBNRYAYHWDRMHTGHKKJSRYASRSBRGMSWRMSTEJTRHRERHYWHTWYRIHDMROWARYLHWAOJSRRSIYWSETHWDRMSLISFESWBHSTRYDEHASZYEDYYAKEBN

This is the text to decipher please help if anyone can.. or tips how i can solve this

  • by smt88 on 1/15/2015, 9:54:59 AM

    Z is not a space, nor is N. That's all I've got for you, buddy. I can think of some code that would help, but I don't have time to write it.

    Were you told that this is a traditional cipher, where characters are substituted 1:1?

    Generally speaking, thinking really hard about this (and possibly failing) is going to be better for you than having someone on HN tell you the answer.

  • by painisRelative on 1/15/2015, 10:52:43 AM

    looks to me like the distribution of characters follows the normal distribution of alphabetical characters.. i suspect its a substitution cypher