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6.2. DECRYPTING MONOALPHABETIC CIPHERS 93<br />

C D F J K Q S T X<br />

SY TQ QJ F. .N .S Q. XD HK<br />

RN N. .J EX XK DS QB XK PT<br />

.U TO .J FX K. YF NI SL JU<br />

JP .N .J FQ U. HE IC US LT<br />

.R QQ XJ FX Q. .K Y. HU UP<br />

QS .X SN FC TN JS QB .S FK<br />

F. .T QQ FX XX .S Q. SD K.<br />

.R T. .J FX B. KK .T .A J.<br />

.U AX QO FX UX .S TH .F PU<br />

SF T. T. P. NF TT XK LP<br />

K. OQ FC QF XP EU<br />

.C Q. AD C. DS KV<br />

.J TF DF TB NB VU<br />

.J Q. UB QT SD H.<br />

N. XQ BS .C UA UR<br />

C. XK .K XF QD LF<br />

SQ KX KU J.<br />

FT<br />

DT<br />

UT<br />

J.<br />

B.<br />

J.<br />

VU<br />

PK<br />

D.<br />

.K<br />

KS<br />

Figure 6.2: Digraph Table<br />

<strong>St</strong>ep 6) Make our first guesses:<br />

(1) X=e: it is common, ends many words, starts few words.<br />

(2) F=t: it is common, starts many words, appears a lot with the one letter J,<br />

which is probably h.<br />

(3) J also mates a lot but starts and ends few words, also like h.<br />

These three guesses I’d be pretty sure <strong>of</strong>, especially after noting the five<br />

times FJX = the appears.<br />

(4) K ends words, does not start them, appears as a double. Maybe s or r<br />

(5) S end words but does not start them. Maybe r or n<br />

(6) Q and T start words but do not end them. Maybe a or i<br />

(7) D doesn’t mate too much, but is common and both starts and ends some<br />

words. Maybe s

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