Hi, I received this cryptogram and was wondering if someone can assist looking at it. I've tried a few things but have been unable to detect a pattern. Unfortunately, I have to try and decrypt it quickly but have run out of time. If anyone can assist it would be appreciated. Thanks Much!

 

RHNTK XLHRN FFRBV HNEWX TMRHN NI. PATMT KXRHN WHBGZ GXQMY KBWTR? BPBEE UKBGZ MAXHB ETGWM AXVTG WEXL.

Just how much time do you mean by "quickly"?

 

Assuming this is not meant to be a programming challenge and 1 letter is replaced by one other letter:

 

'E' is the most common letter in English, and is commonly found at the end of words.

 

Try to guess what the small words might be. For example, I notice that there is a two-letter word at the end of the first sentence. Normally, a preposition (in, on, at, to, of...) or the words "if" and "or" would not be found at the end of a sentence. This should considerably narrow down the possiblities.

 

This string contains a question. Therefore, there's a good chance that this sentence will contain a question word- who, what, where, when, why.

 

The letter combinations may be clues. Try to find patterns for common letter combinations such as 'th'. Also look at the word FFRBV. Try to think of a 5-letter word which begins with a double letter. I can't think of any right now, and I'm sure there aren't many. If you can guess this word it will give you four letters, which will be a good start.

Im not much of a help in decrypting this. But i have taught myself a few simple ciphers and to me that almost looks like a rail cipher (think thats what that cipher is called)...

 

Try running that text through some of the programmed ciphers on this site -- http://www.antilles.k12.vi.us/math/cryptotut/intro.htm

What ciphers have you tried so far? I used to do quite a bit of cryptography on an amateur level, but the message seems too short to attack from a statistical standpoint without any clues.

I really don't think the lengths of the words will help you. They seem to have been bunched into five letter strings (except at the ends of sentences).

HAHA

 

a=h

b=i

e=l

f=m

g=n

h=o

i=p

k=r

l=s

m=t

n=u

p=w

q=x

r=y

t=a

u=b

v=c

w=d

x=e

y=f

z=g

 

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Have fun on friday;)