Code Breaker Contest # 13

Right now, there is no way to tell that.





That is an incorrect assumption. If I had strictly used a one-for-one substitution, number for letter, that would be the case, but I did not, so it is not.




No.

Hmm... I guess I wait to see who figures it out

My iPad shows half of the number groups in blue and underlined, like a link, but my laptop shows all numbers in the same color and format. Is my iPad leading me down a rabbit hole?

Moe, is 10242 a two or a three letter word?

Official Hint # 2 "The Indian Killer"

23 86 8 63 41 20 125 = A B R A H A M
123 58 17 62 5 84 11 = L I N C O L N

I don't have time to write it all out, but if you want more, I can provide it (or tell me what you want). Each letter takes on multiple values.

The code is "four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation conceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal abraham lincoln"

Cheers

Well done JG86!


I have to say I'm impressed!!


Can you tell me a bit more on your solving process?


(Just FYI: My coded LINCOLN numbers are 123 58 17 6 25 84 11, so your decoding solution is just a tad off...)

It was quick to see that it wasn't a 1 to 1 relationship between the numbers (of whatever length) and letters. You had ruled out shifts and manipulations, and it ultimately lead to the conclusion that each letter could have multiple numbers associated with it. This makes it difficult to solve without more hints. I assumed that the quoter was the last two words in the quote, and originally, I was looking closely at the "8686", figuring it was a repeat letter. I found a few presidents (e.g. Woodrow Wilson), but was able to rule them all out for one reason or another. I figured it was split up into 8, 68, 6_, or something else. I started looking at the lengths of the words, and even though I was pretty sure not everything was 2 letters (lots of 120, 123, etc), I assumed an average of 2 letters, and figured the president's name was close to 7 letters first name, and 6 letters last name. I made a list of all presidents who had between 6 and 8 letters in each name (paying extra attention to those with 7 in either). Abraham Lincoln stuck out like a sore thumb, so I looked at the Gettysburg address, and after comparing some letters, it worked.