Guest Posted December 4, 2008 Report Share Posted December 4, 2008 One day a wife find's her husband dead at the dining room table, understandably upset she calls the police. After investigating the scene the only clue the police find is a piece of paper in the man's hand that simply reads: CIPHER PGPDNX HIXIXR SXY TE HMPUJR There were no signs of violence or a struggle. How did the man die? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 andromeda Posted December 4, 2008 Report Share Posted December 4, 2008 HMPUJR HMPUJR H=CO J=TE You get computer! Am I on to something?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted December 4, 2008 Report Share Posted December 4, 2008 HMPUJR HMPUJR H=CO J=TE You get computer! Am I on to something?! Glorious lateral thinking thourgh that is unfortunately not. I don't do many code-style puzzles so I'm not sure how much info to give, I think someone will probably get it though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted December 4, 2008 Report Share Posted December 4, 2008 I think it's more like a cryptogram - replace the letters with the appropriate one. In which case the 2nd word is probably key. I've gone through possible words (killed, murder, poison, hunger, sister) and words not 6 letters (died, suicide, wife) but haven't had any luck yet with these. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted December 4, 2008 Report Share Posted December 4, 2008 MY WIF E HAS POISON ED ME You get that if you subtract the above letter from "CIPHER" from each letter in the message, with zeros equaling spaces. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Prime Posted December 4, 2008 Report Share Posted December 4, 2008 Obviously, he died from exhaustion while trying to decipher the message. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted December 4, 2008 Report Share Posted December 4, 2008 He died of a stroke, that's why he couldn't spell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted December 31, 2008 Report Share Posted December 31, 2008 Is the word CIPHER important at all? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted January 1, 2009 Report Share Posted January 1, 2009 This one is a real challenge. My only ideas are that Sxy means her, his or the and Te means at or is. ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted January 1, 2009 Report Share Posted January 1, 2009 1. Why do some people just have to write in code? 2. (If iBrendan is true (which I agree with)) the poison must have been slow-working (or else he wouldn't have been able to write it)but if I were the wife I'd be more sensible and kill him instantly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted January 1, 2009 Report Share Posted January 1, 2009 1. Why do some people just have to write in code? 2. (If iBrendan is true (which I agree with)) the poison must have been slow-working (or else he wouldn't have been able to write it)but if I were the wife I'd be more sensible and kill him instantly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted January 1, 2009 Report Share Posted January 1, 2009 If the person didn't write in code, there would be no puzzle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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One day a wife find's her husband dead at the dining room table, understandably upset she calls the police.
After investigating the scene the only clue the police find is a piece of paper in the man's hand that simply reads:
CIPHER
PGPDNX
HIXIXR
SXY TE
HMPUJR
There were no signs of violence or a struggle.
How did the man die?
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