Friday, 4 October 2013

cipher - A very short story, with letter swaps


Part of the community metapuzzle.





I wrote a very short story. To make it harder to read, I made some letter swaps throughout.



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Answer



The answer is:



Idiotic, which has length 7>5 and 7 is a prime number




The text is:



Once upon a time, a carpenter made a peanut butter and pickle sandwich for lunch, but his idiotic kitten ate it.
Which word in this story has length a prime number bigger than five?



Changing key with translation:



|ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ|
|abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz|

O

|ABCDEFGHIJKL M N OPQRSTUVWXYZ|
|abcdefghijkl>n<>m

Once

| A BCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRST U VWXYZ|

|>ua

Once upon

|ABCDEFGHIJKLMN O PQRST U VWXYZ|
|ubcdefghijklnm>ao

Once upon a

|ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQ R S T UVWXYZ|
|ubcdefghijklnmapq>tr

Once upon a time,

|A B CDEFGHIJKLMN O PQRSTUVWXYZ|
|u>ab

Once upon a time, a ca

|ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQR S T UVWXYZ|
|uacdefghijklnmbpqt>r<>s

Once upon a time, a carpenter mad

|ABCD E FGHIJ K LMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ|
|uacd>ke

Once upon a time, a carpenter made

|A B CDEFGHIJKLMN O PQRSTUVWXYZ|
|u>mb

Once upon a time, a carpenter made a pe

|ABCDEFGHIJKLM N OPQRSTUV W XYZ|
|umcdkfghijeln>wa

Once upon a time, a carpenter made a peanut

|ABCDEFGHIJKL M N O PQRSTUVWXYZ|
|umcdkfghijel>bn

Once upon a time, a carpenter made a peanut butter and

|ABCDEFGHIJKLM N O P QRSTUVWXYZ|
|umcdkfghijelb>pw

Once upon a time, a carpenter made a peanut butter and pickle

|ABCDEF G HIJKLMNOPQRS T UVWXYZ|

|umcdkf>sg

Once upon a time, a carpenter made a peanut butter and pickle s

| A BCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUV W XYZ|
|>au

Once upon a time, a carpenter made a peanut butter and pickle sandwich

|ABCDE F GHIJK L MNOPQRSTUVWXYZ|
|amcdk>lf

Once upon a time, a carpenter made a peanut butter and pickle sandwich for lunc

|ABCDEFG H IJKLMNO P QRSTUVWXYZ|
|amcdkls>wh

Once upon a time, a carpenter made a peanut butter and pickle sandwich for lunch,

|ABCDEFGHIJKL M NOPQRS T UVWXYZ|
|amcdklswijef>gb

Once upon a time, a carpenter made a peanut butter and pickle sandwich for lunch, but hi

|ABCD E F G HIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ|
|amcd>sk

Once upon a time, a carpenter made a peanut butter and pickle sandwich for lunch, but his

|ABCDE F GH I JKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ|
|amcds>il

Once upon a time, a carpenter made a peanut butter and pickle sandwich for lunch, but his idiotic ki

|ABCDEFGHIJKLM N OPQ R STUVWXYZ|
|amcdsikwljefg>tp

Once upon a time, a carpenter made a peanut butter and pickle sandwich for lunch, but his idiotic kitten

| A BCD E FGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ|
|>sa

Once upon a time, a carpenter made a peanut butter and pickle sandwich for lunch, but his idiotic kitten ate

|ABCDE F GHIJ K LMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ|
|smcda>ei

Once upon a time, a carpenter made a peanut butter and pickle sandwich for lunch, but his idiotic kitten ate it.

W

|ABCDEFGHIJKLMNO P QRSTUVWX Y Z|
|smcdaekwljifgtn>yh

Once upon a time, a carpenter made a peanut butter and pickle sandwich for lunch, but his idiotic kitten ate it.
Which

|ABCDEFG H IJKLMNOPQRSTUVWX Y Z|
|smcdaek>hw

Once upon a time, a carpenter made a peanut butter and pickle sandwich for lunch, but his idiotic kitten ate it.
Which word

|AB C DEFGHIJ K LMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ|
|sm>ic

Once upon a time, a carpenter made a peanut butter and pickle sandwich for lunch, but his idiotic kitten ate it.
Which word in th

|AB C DEFGHIJKLMN O PQRSTUVWXYZ|
|sm>ni

Once upon a time, a carpenter made a peanut butter and pickle sandwich for lunch, but his idiotic kitten ate it.
Which word in this

| A BCDEFGHIJKLMNOP Q RSTUVWXYZ|
|>qs

Once upon a time, a carpenter made a peanut butter and pickle sandwich for lunch, but his idiotic kitten ate it.

Which word in this stor

|ABCD E FGHIJKLMNO P QRSTUVWXYZ|
|qmnd>ya

Once upon a time, a carpenter made a peanut butter and pickle sandwich for lunch, but his idiotic kitten ate it.
Which word in this story ha

|ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOP Q RS T UVWXYZ|
|qmndyekhljcfgtia>bs

Once upon a time, a carpenter made a peanut butter and pickle sandwich for lunch, but his idiotic kitten ate it.
Which word in this story has leng

|ABCDEFGHIJKLM N OPQRS T UVWXYZ|
|qmndyekhljcfg>st

Once upon a time, a carpenter made a peanut butter and pickle sandwich for lunch, but his idiotic kitten ate it.
Which word in this story has length

|ABCDEF G HIJKLMNO P QRSTUVWXYZ|
|qmndye>ak

Once upon a time, a carpenter made a peanut butter and pickle sandwich for lunch, but his idiotic kitten ate it.
Which word in this story has length a p

|AB C DEFGHIJKLMNOPQR S TUVWXYZ|
|qm>rn

Once upon a time, a carpenter made a peanut butter and pickle sandwich for lunch, but his idiotic kitten ate it.

Which word in this story has length a prime num

|ABCDEFGHIJKL M NOP Q RSTUVWXYZ|
|qmrdyeahljcf>bg

Once upon a time, a carpenter made a peanut butter and pickle sandwich for lunch, but his idiotic kitten ate it.
Which word in this story has length a prime number bi

|ABCDEFGHIJKLM N OP Q RSTUVWXYZ|
|qmrdyeahljcfb>gs

Once upon a time, a carpenter made a peanut butter and pickle sandwich for lunch, but his idiotic kitten ate it.
Which word in this story has length a prime number bigger tha

|AB C DEFGHIJKLMNOPQR S TUVWXYZ|
|qm>nr

Once upon a time, a carpenter made a peanut butter and pickle sandwich for lunch, but his idiotic kitten ate it.
Which word in this story has length a prime number bigger than

|ABCDEFGH I JK L MNOPQRSTUVWXYZ|
|qmndyeah>fl

Once upon a time, a carpenter made a peanut butter and pickle sandwich for lunch, but his idiotic kitten ate it.
Which word in this story has length a prime number bigger than five?




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