This week’s cipher is a Rail Fence Cipher. It was used during the Civil War and is based on zigzag of a rail fence. You write this cipher in zigzag pattern.
Draw a zig zag :
Then write your message (WE INHABIT) from peak to dip
: W I H B T
E N A I
Your code would be: W I H B T
E N A I
To decode: Write the first letter on the top row, then the first letter on the bottom row, second letter on top row, second letter on bottom row, etc. The result is WEINHABIT. Then you must try to figure which letters go together to make the words in the cipher.
W I H B T U I E S T A I C A A T R Z D Y I E S T
E N A I A N V R E H T S H R C E I E B D V R I Y
WEINHABITAUNIVERSETHATISCHARACTERIZEDBYDIVERSITY
Watch out for words that aren’t part of the cipher like: habit, verse, char, or act.
This week’s proverb is:
We inhabit a universe that is characterized by diversity. Desmond Tutu