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Solution to this Week's Puzzle

20230117 – Towers

Reverse Transposition Cipher

In a reverse transposition cipher, the proverb is written backwards and then divided into groups of 3 or 4 letters.

DNUO RGEH TTAN IGEB SREW OTTS EHGI HEHT NEVE

To solve the cipher, write the proverb beginning at the end.

EVEN THEH IGHE STTO WERS BEGI NATT HEGR OUND

Then try regrouping the letters.  It may help to write the cipher as one line.

EVENTHEHIGHESTTOWERSBEGINATTHEGROUND

Some words in the cipher may jump out at you: Even or ground

Some words may jump out that aren’t part of the cipher:  high or round

You just keep working the words and letters until something makes sense.

 

The solution to this week’s cipher is:

Even the highest towers begin at the ground. ~ Chinese Proverb