Daily Intercept
#73 · Thursday 12 November 2026
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Pigpen keyunused
Each letter is drawn as the walls around its spot. A–I sit in the first grid, J–R in the dotted grid, S–V in the X, W–Z in the dotted X. Try reading the shapes first: opening the key shows on your result.
Two-letter solverunused
An affine key is two numbers: multiply by a, then shift by b. Two letter pairs fix the key. One pair is given free and already in the first row, so guess what one more cipher letter stands for: try the next most common as T, then A, O, I or N. When the preview reads as English, apply it.
Frequency analyzerunused
The most frequent cipher letter usually stands for E or T. A one-letter word is almost always A or I, and THE is the most common three-letter word.
Shift testerunused
Moves every letter back by this many places. When the preview reads like English, apply it.
Mirrorunused
Folds the alphabet in half (A↔Z, B↔Y). Only works on mirror ciphers.
Known-word sliderunused
Slide a word you think is in the message along the ciphertext. At each spot it shows the keyword letters that word would need. The spot where those letters spell something real is your answer. Tap a row to put its letters in the keyword.
How it works
Three transmissions a day, the same for everyone, new at midnight Eastern. Easy rotates between mirror, shift and Beaufort ciphers, Medium between affine, pigpen and Beaufort, and Hard is always a keyword substitution. Tap a box, then a letter: every matching cipher letter fills in at once.
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