Monday, 31 August 2026
Cipherline
Work out the swap and read the saying back, as quickly as you can.
3 of 14 coded letters placed. Nothing here says right or wrong.
So far: tblank o blank blank oblank blank blank blank o blank ot blank ablank blank a blank blank blank blank t
Tap a coded letter in the line above
Today’s board
Time, best firstNobody with an account has finished this one today. Make one and your name goes up here. Guests still count towards the standings, they just have no name to show.
Cipherline
Work out the swap and read the saying back, as quickly as you can.
- Pick a coded letter, then say which real letter it stands for.It fills in everywhere that coded letter appears, which is what makes the next word readable.
- Start with the short words and the three letters you were given.A one-letter word is A or I. A three-letter word with the commonest letter at the end is very often THE.
- Change your mind whenever the line stops making sense.This is the one people get wrong. Nothing here tells you a letter is right, on purpose, because a game that did would just be guessing with a tick next to it. Say a letter, read what it does to the other words, and take it back if it made nonsense. Taking it back costs nothing.
Scored on time.
What the words mean
- The line:
- the short saying you are trying to read. It is an old proverb or a plain sentence of ours, never a quotation from anybody
- Coded letter:
- a letter as it appears in the line. Each one stands for one real letter, the same one everywhere
- The swap:
- which real letter each coded letter stands for. It is the same swap all the way through, and no letter ever stands for itself
- Given:
- the 3 letters filled in for you at the start, so there is somewhere to begin
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