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- artemvideoscratch
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Can you decode this? (3.5) {LEADERBOARD FINALLY AVAILABLE}
Cipher: ༽遄䮣丁༽䮣靆뫞遄脇䮣༽䮣丁뫞靆脇カU䮣カ༽遄丁脇遄丁遄
Description/hint: A text that's encrypted using Python 3.
Here are the first 4 lines, with the fourth line cut off.
should be replaced with a null char.
def encrypt(plaintext,keytext):
text = plaintext
for key in :
step1 = “”.join([chr(((ord(character) * k
Description/hint: A text that's encrypted using Python 3.
Here are the first 4 lines, with the fourth line cut off.
should be replaced with a null char.
def encrypt(plaintext,keytext):
text = plaintext
for key in :
step1 = “”.join([chr(((ord(character) * k
Last edited by artemvideoscratch (Oct. 13, 2025 17:57:28)
- BigNate469
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Can you decode this? (3.5) {LEADERBOARD FINALLY AVAILABLE}
Cipher: Lynnq
Description/hint: Squares.
Manually encoded (which is why it's so short), so expect some errors.
If you solve this, please post the method by which you solved it due the high frequency of the word I encoded.
I guess the topic should be revived at some point, right?
Description/hint: Squares.
Manually encoded (which is why it's so short), so expect some errors.
If you solve this, please post the method by which you solved it due the high frequency of the word I encoded.
I guess the topic should be revived at some point, right?
- MonkeyBean2
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Can you decode this? (3.5) {LEADERBOARD FINALLY AVAILABLE}
Cipher: Description/hint: Squares.
㤱ⓁⓁ㤱Ѐ㤱〡㕹Ѐ㎩〡ⶐ㙤⟙✐Ѐ⬑㒐
- davidtheplatform
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Can you decode this? (3.5) {LEADERBOARD FINALLY AVAILABLE}
Cipher:Plaintext: [yaay you solved it]Description/hint: Squares.㤱ⓁⓁ㤱Ѐ㤱〡㕹Ѐ㎩〡ⶐ㙤⟙✐Ѐ⬑㒐
Solution: [convert each character to decimal, take the square root, convert back to ascii]
I tried this method with bignate469's cipher but it doesn't work, I'm guessing you did too?
- nembence
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Can you decode this? (3.5) {LEADERBOARD FINALLY AVAILABLE}
Cipher: LynnqPlaintext: [Hello]
Description/hint: Squares.
Manually encoded (which is why it's so short), so expect some errors.
If you solve this, please post the method by which you solved it due the high frequency of the word I encoded.
I guess the topic should be revived at some point, right?
Solution: [For each letter, get it's index in the English alphabet (A=1, Z=26), find the numbers whose squares are that index modulo 26, then get the letters at that index in the alphabet.]
JS code: [[..."Lynnq"].map(x=>parseInt(x,36)-9).map(x=>{var arr=[]; for(let i=0; i<26; i++) {if(i*i%26==x%26)arr.push(i);} return arr.map(x=>(x+9).toString(36));})]
- nembence
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Can you decode this? (3.5) {LEADERBOARD FINALLY AVAILABLE}
Cipher: (#9)
Description: It's a graphical encoding, I encrypted it by hand on a square grid
Hint: 3x5
(if the box drawing characters don't line up in the cipher, try using a different monospace font)
┌─────┐ ┌─┐ ┌─────┐
│ ┌─┐ │ ┌───┼─┼───┐ │ ┌─┐ │
┌─┼─┘ │ │ └─┐ │ └─┐ │ └─┼─┘ └─┐
│ │ ┌─┘ │ ┌─┘ │ ┌─┘ │ ┌─┼─┐ ┌─┘
│ └─┘ │ └─┐ └─┘ │ └─┼─┘ └─┐
│ ┌─┐ │ ┌─┘ ┌─┐ │ ┌─┘ ┌─┘
└─┐ │ └─┼─┼───┼─┼───┘ └───┐ │
└─┘ └─┘ └─┘ └─┘
Hint: 3x5
(if the box drawing characters don't line up in the cipher, try using a different monospace font)
- Goldking9
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Can you decode this? (3.5) {LEADERBOARD FINALLY AVAILABLE}
60, 59, 58, 59, 58, 59, 58, 57, 58, 57, 59, 58
Hint: This represents music
Last edited by Goldking9 (Oct. 14, 2025 22:52:06)
- Goldking9
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Can you decode this? (3.5) {LEADERBOARD FINALLY AVAILABLE}
Oops.
Last edited by Goldking9 (Oct. 14, 2025 22:51:42)
- kRxZy_kRxZy
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Can you decode this? (3.5) {LEADERBOARD FINALLY AVAILABLE}
PlainText:[ C B A# B A# B A# A A# A B A#]60, 59, 58, 59, 58, 59, 58, 57, 58, 57, 59, 58
Hint: This represents music
Solution: [These are MIDI notes, so just learn music and you'll know]
I swear this is jingle bells
Last edited by kRxZy_kRxZy (Oct. 15, 2025 17:28:13)
- IDidAFard
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Can you decode this? (3.5) {LEADERBOARD FINALLY AVAILABLE}
Cipher:
Hint: 285
䍋餉͉Λ⬩ϋ箩͛獻뤃䍻뤃ፋꎙλ箓夁튃㭻笡ͻ焃쭻꤃㍻鄃⌫᭻⍋猹Σ
- nembence
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Can you decode this? (3.5) {LEADERBOARD FINALLY AVAILABLE}
Cipher:
Hints:
011111001110111011001011101100011010000000011111001110110110111110111001110110001101001101100000001001111100010001111101111001001001111111011011110
- I = 1
- <-S^-
- [each bit describes the color of something]
Last edited by nembence (Dec. 11, 2025 12:58:55)
- BigNate469
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Can you decode this? (3.5) {LEADERBOARD FINALLY AVAILABLE}
Correct.Cipher: LynnqPlaintext: [Hello]
Description/hint: Squares.
Manually encoded (which is why it's so short), so expect some errors.
If you solve this, please post the method by which you solved it due the high frequency of the word I encoded.
I guess the topic should be revived at some point, right?
Solution: [For each letter, get it's index in the English alphabet (A=1, Z=26), find the numbers whose squares are that index modulo 26, then get the letters at that index in the alphabet.]
JS code: [[..."Lynnq"].map(x=>parseInt(x,36)-9).map(x=>{var arr=[]; for(let i=0; i<26; i++) {if(i*i%26==x%26)arr.push(i);} return arr.map(x=>(x+9).toString(36));})]
sorry for taking so long to confirm that; I've been busy lately.
- CodeComet6161
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Can you decode this? (3.5) {LEADERBOARD FINALLY AVAILABLE}
Cipher:Description: Keyboard
#[+&}!|;_!|([+\ ,[; \[_:%$ (|
- mtnif
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Can you decode this? (3.5) {LEADERBOARD FINALLY AVAILABLE}
can i create a new topic for this because the creator went inactive
- IDidAFard
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Can you decode this? (3.5) {LEADERBOARD FINALLY AVAILABLE}
Cipher:gotta love how i forgot how to solve this one and the solution, if you can get something that looks like english you solved it.Hint: 285䍋餉͉Λ⬩ϋ箩͛獻뤃䍻뤃ፋꎙλ箓夁튃㭻笡ͻ焃쭻꤃㍻鄃⌫᭻⍋猹Σ
- IDidAFard
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Can you decode this? (3.5) {LEADERBOARD FINALLY AVAILABLE}
just decoded it, i'm a real jokester…Cipher:gotta love how i forgot how to solve this one and the solution, if you can get something that looks like english you solved it.Hint: 285䍋餉͉Λ⬩ϋ箩͛獻뤃䍻뤃ፋꎙλ箓夁튃㭻笡ͻ焃쭻꤃㍻鄃⌫᭻⍋猹Σ
- mtnif
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Can you decode this? (3.5) {LEADERBOARD FINALLY AVAILABLE}
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ERR11028328.24161095 272 chrUn_KI270340v1 109 0 189S32M5S * 0 0 NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNTATATATAGTATACTGTACATAAAATATCAAANNNNN ?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? RG:Z:Bai8-4917F60F NH:i:4 NM:i:0
ERR11028328.21574562 256 chrUn_KI270340v1 110 0 156S35M * 0 0 NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNATATATAGTATACTGTACATAAAATATCAAAGTAC ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? RG:Z:Bai8-76DEF171 NH:i:2 NM:i:0
ERR11028328.24189168 16 chrUn_KI270340v1 214 0 42M * 0 0 AGTGGATACTTGGAGCGATATGAGGCCTTTGGTGGAAAAGGA ?????????????????????????????????????????? RG:Z:Bai8-C535E2A NH:i:1 NM:i:2
ERR11028328.5634624 272 chrUn_KI270340v1 407 4 55S70M109S * 0 0 NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNTATTATGTACTGCACATAAAATAACAAATTTCACCAAATATGTATTACATACTGTACATAATATATCAAANNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN ?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? RG:Z:Bai8-76DEF171 NH:i:4 NM:i:8
ERR11028328.24189169 16 chrUn_KI270340v1 684 0 8S82M * 0 0 AATCTTCGTTTGATAGAGCAGTTTTGAAAAATTCTTTTTGTAGAATCTGCAAGTGTTGATTTGCAGCACTTTGAAGCCTATGGTGGAAAA ?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? RG:Z:Bai8-C535E2A NH:i:1 NM:i:6
ERR11028328.24189170 0 chrUn_KI270340v1 82 0 56M * 0 0 GTACATAAAATATCAATGTACCCAAAATATACATACTATACTGTACATAAAATATC ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????? RG:Z:Bai8-C535E2A NH:i:1 NM:i:4
ERR11028328.24189171 0 chrUn_KI270340v1 106 10 35M18S * 0 0 AAATATATATAGTATACTGTACATAAAATATCAAATTTCTCTAAATATATATT ????????????????????????????????????????????????????? RG:Z:Bai8-4917F60F NH:i:1 NM:i:1
ERR11028328.24189172 0 chrUn_KI270340v1 106 10 35M18S * 0 0 AAATATATATAGTATACTGTACATAAAATATCAAATTTCTCTAAATATATATT ????????????????????????????????????????????????????? RG:Z:Bai8-4917F60F NH:i:1 NM:i:1
ERR11028328.24189173 0 chrUn_KI270340v1 109 18 13S30M * 0 0 AAACTACACCAAATATATATAGTATACTGTACATAAAATATCA ??????????????????????????????????????????? RG:Z:Bai8-43A76CE9 NH:i:1 NM:i:0
ERR11028328.24189174 0 chrUn_KI270340v1 110 14 2S35M3S * 0 0 AAATATATAGTATACTGTACATAAAATATCAAAGTACACG ???????????????????????????????????????? RG:Z:Bai8-667C378F NH:i:1 NM:i:0
ERR11028328.24189175 16 chrUn_KI270340v1 197 0 36M16S * 0 0 TATTGTGTACTGTATATAAAATATCAAAGTACCCAATCTATATGTTATGAAC ???????????????????????????????????????????????????? RG:Z:Bai8-C535E2A NH:i:1 NM:i:2
ERR11028328.24189176 0 chrUn_KI270340v1 206 0 103M22S * 0 0 CTGTATATAAAATATCAAAGTAGCCAAACTATATGTTATGAACTGTACATAAAACATCAAATTACCCAAACTATATATTCAATACTGTACATAAAATATCAAACTATACCTAATATATATTCTAT ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? RG:Z:Bai8-667C378F NH:i:1 NM:i:13
ERR11028328.24189177 0 chrUn_KI270340v1 316 54 23S35M14S * 0 0 TAAATACAATATCGCAGAACAGCAAGTATGTAGTATATACTGTCCATAAAATATAAAATACACCAAATATAT ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? RG:Z:Bai8-76DEF171 NH:i:1 NM:i:1
ERR11028328.24189178 16 chrUn_KI270340v1 361 0 7S31M10S * 0 0 CACAAAATATGTATTATATACTGTACATAAAGTATCAAAGAACACTAA ???????????????????????????????????????????????? RG:Z:Bai8-44E4AA40 NH:i:1 NM:i:0
ERR11028328.24189179 16 chrUn_KI270340v1 363 0 29M3D1M4I6M1D27M15S * 0 0 TATATTATATACTGTACATAAAGTATCAAATTTCACCAAATATGTATTATATACTATACATAAAATACGACAGTACACTACA ?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? RG:Z:Bai8-76DEF171 NH:i:1 NM:i:10
ERR11028328.24189180 16 chrUn_KI270340v1 363 0 29M3D1M4I6M1D27M15S * 0 0 TATATTATATACTGTACATAAAGTATCAAATTTCACCAAATATGTATTATATACTATACATAAAATACGACAGTACACTACA ?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? RG:Z:Bai8-667C378F NH:i:1 NM:i:10
ERR11028328.24189181 16 chrUn_KI270340v1 400 0 11S38M * 0 0 CGAAGGAAACCAATTATATATTATATACTGTACATAAAATAACAAAGTA ????????????????????????????????????????????????? RG:Z:Bai8-4917F60F NH:i:1 NM:i:1
ERR11028328.24189182 0 chrUn_KI270340v1 415 0 36S53M25S * 0 0 TACATAAAATATCAAACTTTAAAAAATATATAATACACTGTACATAAAATAACAAATTACCCAATATATGTATTATATACTGTACATAAATATGAAAGAACACTAAATATATAT ?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? RG:Z:Bai8-222C8CBD NH:i:1 NM:i:3
ERR11028328.24189183 16 chrUn_KI270340v1 524 0 38M18S * 0 0 CAAAATATGTATTATACACTGTACATAAAATATGAAAGAAAACTAAATATATATTA ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????? RG:Z:Bai8-4917F60F NH:i:1 NM:i:1
ERR11028328.24189186 16 chrUn_KI270340v1 529 10 5S37M * 0 0 CCAACTATGTATAATACACTGTACATAAAATATGAAAGTATC ?????????????????????????????????????????? RG:Z:Bai8-44E4AA40 NH:i:1 NM:i:2
ERR11028328.24189184 0 chrUn_KI270340v1 529 16 10S36M2S * 0 0 TTTCAACAAATATGTATTATTCACTGTACATAAAATATGAAAGTACAT ???????????????????????????????????????????????? RG:Z:Bai8-44E4AA40 NH:i:1 NM:i:1
ERR11028328.24189185 16 chrUn_KI270340v1 529 1 5S36M * 0 0 CGAAATATGTATTATACACTATACATAAAATATGAAAGTAC ????????????????????????????????????????? RG:Z:Bai8-44E4AA40 NH:i:1 NM:i:1
ERR11028328.24189187 0 chrUn_KI270340v1 607 0 34M5S * 0 0 CAAAATATATACTGTATATAAAATATCAAAGTACACCAA ??????????????????????????????????????? RG:Z:Bai8 NH:i:1 NM:i:0
ERR11028328.24189188 0 chrUn_KI270340v1 625 2 61M1I2M2D44M * 0 0 TAAAATATCAAAGTACCAAAAATGTATATTCTATATTATACATAAATTATCAAAGTACTAATAAATGTATTCTATAGTGTACATAAAATACCAAAGTACCCAAAATAT ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? RG:Z:Bai8-667C378F NH:i:1 NM:i:15
ERR11028328.24189189 0 chrUn_KI270340v1 833 0 102M24S * 0 0 CAGAAAATATCAAATTTCACAAAATATGTATTATATACTGTACATAAAATATAAAATTTCACCAAATATGTATTATATACTATACATAAAATATGAAAGTACAGTACATATATATTATATACTATA ?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? RG:Z:Bai8-222C8CBD NH:i:1 NM:i:12
ERR11028328.24189190 0 chrUn_KI270340v1 833 0 102M24S * 0 0 CAGAAAATATCAAATTTCACAAAATATGTATTATATACTGTACATAAAATATAAAATTTCACCAAATATGTATTATATACTATACATAAAATATGAAAGTACAGTACATATATATTATATACTATA ?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? RG:Z:Bai8-222C8CBD NH:i:1 NM:i:12
ERR11028328.24189192 0 chrUn_KI270340v1 861 24 10S70M3S * 0 0 ACCATATACATATTATATACCGTATATAAAATATAAAAATACCCAAAATATGTATTATATACCGTACATAAAATATCAAAAGA ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? RG:Z:Bai8-C535E2A NH:i:1 NM:i:4
ERR11028328.24189191 0 chrUn_KI270340v1 861 0 26S33M * 0 0 TACATAAAATATCACAATACACCATATATTATATACTGTACATAAAATATAAAAATACG ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? RG:Z:Bai8-76DEF171 NH:i:1 NM:i:1
ERR11028328.24163043 256 chrUn_KI270340v1 863 0 88S35M1D8M * 0 0 NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNTTATATACTGTACAGAAAATATAAAAATACCCAAATATATATT ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? RG:Z:Bai8-43A76CE9 NH:i:2 NM:i:3
ERR11028328.24189193 0 chrUn_KI270340v1 866 0 65M6S * 0 0 TATACTGTACATAAAATATAAAAATACACCAAGTATATATTATATACTGTACAGAAAATTTCAAATTTCAG ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? RG:Z:Bai8-4917F60F NH:i:1 NM:i:5
ERR11028328.24189194 0 chrUn_KI270340v1 868 19 14S33M * 0 0 AAAAATATATTACGTACTGTACATAAAATATAAAAATACCCAAAATA ??????????????????????????????????????????????? RG:Z:Bai8-667C378F NH:i:1 NM:i:1
ERR11028328.24189195 0 chrUn_KI270340v1 879 6 53M11S * 0 0 AACTATAAAAATACCCAAAACATGTATTATATACTGTACATAAAATATCAAAGGACACCAAACA ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? RG:Z:Bai8-44E4AA40 NH:i:1 NM:i:3
ERR11028328.24189196 0 chrUn_KI270340v1 884 0 48M23S * 0 0 TCAAAATACCCCAAATATGTATTATATACTGTACATAAAATATCAAAGGGCACCAAATATACATTATATGC ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? RG:Z:Bai8-76DEF171 NH:i:1 NM:i:3
ERR11028328.24189197 0 chrUn_KI270340v1 885 14 47M11S * 0 0 AAAAATACCCAAAATATGTATTATATACTGTACATAAAATATCAAAGGACACCAAACA ?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? RG:Z:Bai8-76DEF171 NH:i:1 NM:i:1
ERR11028328.24189198 0 chrUn_KI270340v1 899 0 12S42M31S * 0 0 AAGTACTCCAAATATGTATTATATACTGTACATAAAATATCAAAGTAACCAAAGATATATACTGTACACAGACTATCAAAGTACA ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? RG:Z:Bai8-667C378F NH:i:1 NM:i:1
ERR11028328.24189199 0 chrUn_KI270340v1 916 0 60M13S * 0 0 AAATAAAATATCAAAATACCCCAAATATGTATTATATACTGTACATAAAATATCAAAGTATACCAAACAGACA ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? RG:Z:Bai8 NH:i:1 NM:i:4
hint: it's an ape
hint: ERR11028328
Last edited by mtnif (Sept. 15, 2026 21:57:11)
- whitnlan000
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Can you decode this? (3.5) {LEADERBOARD FINALLY AVAILABLE}
This is a fun one. Ofxhw Obivd Rwur Knf Ek!
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