Get cracking!
- POSTED ON: 22 Jul, 2020
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- POSTED BY: Madhumitha Srinivasan
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Here is a super simple word encryption method – ROT13 (“rotate by 13 places”). It is a super-simple coding system wherein you replace a letter with the 13th letter after it. Since the English alphabet has 26 letters, it basically means a letter’s inverse. So the method is applied to code and decode. It is derived from the ‘Caesar cipher’ which was developed in ancient Rome.
Below is the coding system for your reference:
Using the above code for reference, try and have a go at decoding the following words. (Clue: They’re all names of common objects found around the house.)
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