Easy Substitution Cipher
This cipher is one of the easiest substitution ciphers to write and to break. Because it is easy to break, it is not used very often.
You write 1 through 26 and write the alphabet next to the numbers – A=1, B=2, Y=25, Z=26. To make the code more difficult, you could write the alphabet backwards. Then 1 would equal Z, 2=Y, 25=B and 26=A.
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M |
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14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 |
N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z |
9 / 18 5 6 21 19 5 / 20 15 / 1 12 12 15 23 / 1 14 25 / 13 1 14 – 13 1 4 5 / 4 9 6 6 5 18 5 14 3 5 19 / 20 15 /
19 5 16 1 18 1 20 5 / 13 5 / 6 18 15 13 / 1 14 25 / 15 20 8 5 18 / 8 21 13 1 14 / 2 5 9 14 7 19
Then you write the message in numbers instead of letters.
This week’s proverb is:
I refuse to allow any man-made differences to separate me from any other human beings. Maya Angelou