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I have thought up one simple cipher. Hope it didn't exist before. Try to crack it!

Here is encoded one sentence in English consisting of three words.

$(2_ 2,5_ 2,7_ 5,8_ 5,9_ 4,14_ 4),(6_ 2,7_ 1),(3_ 2,5_ 4,30_ 4,70_ 2)$

  • Number with index corresponds to one letter

Hint:

Numbers are not numbers

Somnium
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  • 7
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  • Do each number translate into it's own letter? – warspyking Dec 02 '14 at 01:35
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    Decoding a cipher like this is very boring unless it has either a very clear direction to start working, or at least a full paragraph of ciphertext, preferably more. I do not want to spend an hour throwing random crap at your puzzle and checking whether the result is English. (Credit to @Lopsy for the copy-paste text.) – xnor Dec 02 '14 at 04:51
  • @xnor I actually tried to disprove you for a while, but after that last edit, I do believe you are right. – dmg Dec 02 '14 at 14:23
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    I vote for re-opening, but I would like to ask Somnium to edit it with more information (not hints) to make it a better/solvable puzzle. I also think the additional encryption of the solution is not a good idea. – BmyGuest Dec 02 '14 at 15:28
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    Nice! A very clever puzzle. – A E Dec 02 '14 at 21:43

1 Answers1

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The answer is:

winter is here

Method:

- spell each integer (excluding index numbers) - two five seven eight etc.
- select letters from each word using index numbers - w i n t etc.

Len
  • 8,936
  • 2
  • 30
  • 65