WOLFRAM|DEMONSTRATIONS PROJECT

Solve the Cryptoquote Automatically

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puzzle
1
strategy
Longest
Decipher
Reset
{Kk,Xy,Cw,Ph,Ng,Lj,Gb,Rf,Dl,Ws,Ou,Tc,Fe,Zd,Qa,Sp,Yr,Ao,Ix,Ji,Bm,Ht,Mn}
"JH JW HPF BQYK AR QM JMWHYOTHFZ BJMZ HA YFWH WQHJWRJFZ CJHP HPF ZFNYFF AR SYFTJWJAM CPJTP HPF MQHOYF AR HPF WOGLFTH QZBJHW QMZ MAH HA WFFK FIQTHMFWW CPFM AMDX QM QSSYAIJBQHJAM AR HPF HYOHP JW SAWWJGDF." - QYJWHAHDF
"IT IS THE MARK OF AN INSTRUCTED MIND TO REST SATISFIED WITH THE DEGREE OF PRECISION WHICH THE NATURE OF THE SUBJECT ADMITS AND NOT TO SEEK EXACTNESS WHEN ONLY AN APPROXIMATION OF THE TRUTH IS POSSIBLE." - ARISTOTLE
A cryptoquote is a puzzle, commonly found in newspapers, in which a substitution cipher is used to encrypt a famous quote. Here a brute force approach is taken to automatically decipher the encrypted text for 33 different puzzles listed in order of difficulty. The encrypted puzzle is dynamically updated as the solution progresses. Experiment with different solving strategies to enhance or degrade performance.