JoJo Stratton released 8 codes in the WOTD posts spanning from March 12 to 19, 2016. These posts had a common theme: transposition.
March 12: Theriac
[1] <code style="line-height:3">AWJEACMEKFESYTHAFTAENYOSIOEYYFEHNTURSXU</code>
March 13: Duende
[2] <code style="line-height:2">くびぢヴにゆんえさいよえ 。 ーー イ 。 え 。 いん ー んふ </code>
March 14: Ludic
[3] <code style="line-height:3;visibility:none">2gkqirt6kimsggtmxwkusmlgkiwewwusa2p</code>
March 15: Lïmina
[4] <code style="line-height:4">NjZnczVV93JZdndmdmZ2j1CK</code>
March 16: Conflate
[5] <code style="line-height:7">122869.139274.210270.180368.8290.50461.232367</code>
March 17: Ambigram
[6] <code style="line-height:5">421312131213121315124215541534341213131114111313142828131113161311325416145324242353111343171213131114111712342432165213121352131213121316121625213133431</code>
March 18: Amaranthine
[7] <code style="line-height:5">1PRCCMUKM.2POBKA4J-3P9FFLJ.V5C4RIN2-VLRBURFIK</code>
March 19:Epistemic
[8] <code style="line-height:3">61c5561t551t351t73661671t7751o541o161oc026o251oc641c561c3561to5</code>
Code #1
Observations
<code style="line-height:3">AWJEACMEKFESYTHAFTAENYOSIOEYYFEHNTURSXU</code>
39 characters, hint is a line height of 3.
Make 3 rows of 13 characters
awjeacmekfesy
thaftaenyosio
eyyfehntursxu
Reading down
ate why jay eff ate cah men ent kyu for ess six you
Reading phonetically
8yjf8comintq4s6u
Make 3 rows of 13 characters
awjeacmekfesy
thaftaenyosio
eyyfehntursxu
Reading down
ate why jay eff ate cah men ent kyu for ess six you
Reading phonetically
8yjf8comintq4s6u
Code #2
Observations
<code style="line-height:2">くびぢヴにゆんえさいよえ 。 ーー イ 。 え 。 いん ー んふ </code>
24 kanas, hint is a line height of 2
Make 2 rows of 12 characters
くびぢヴにゆんえさいよえ
。 ーー イ 。 え 。 いん ー んふ
Reading down
く。 びー ぢー ヴイ に。 ゆえ ん。 えい さん いー よん えふ
Search every pairs of Kana for their meaning
Ku Be Ji Vi To Yue N Ei San E Shi F
From Japanese numerals , Ku=9, To=2, San=3, Shi=4
The rest can be read phonetically
9bgv2yuena3e4f
Make 2 rows of 12 characters
くびぢヴにゆんえさいよえ
。 ーー イ 。 え 。 いん ー んふ
Reading down
く。 びー ぢー ヴイ に。 ゆえ ん。 えい さん いー よん えふ
Search every pairs of Kana for their meaning
Ku Be Ji Vi To Yue N Ei San E Shi F
From Japanese numerals , Ku=9, To=2, San=3, Shi=4
The rest can be read phonetically
9bgv2yuena3e4f
Code #3
Observations
<code style="line-height:3;visibility:none">2gkqirt6kimsggtmxwkusmlgkiwewwusa2p</code>
35 characters. Line height of 3. 35 can’t be divided by 3 but the second hint give it away: “Visibility:none”. How can you read if you can’t see !
Braille is the answer, but a few steps to get there
Convert the code morse
..--- --. -.- --.- .. .-. - -.... -.- .. -- ... --. --. - -- -..- .-- -.- ..- ... -- .-.. --. -.- .. .-- . .-- .-- ..- ... .- ..--- .--.
Remove spaces and make groups of 6
..---- -.-.-- -.-... -.--.. ..-.-. .--... --.--. ----.. -.---. -..-.. .--.-. .--.-. -...-- ..--.- -..-.. ..-..- --.--.
Each group represents a Braille character and should be read like so:
123456
12
34
56
.. -. -. -. .. .- -- -- -. -. .- .- -. .. -. .. --
-- -. -. -- -. -. .- -- -- .- -. -. .. -- .- -. .-
-- -- .. .. -. .. -. .. -. .. -. -. -- .- .. .- -.
Convert Braille shorthand to text (- are bumps, . are spacers)
7vbh2ingressu4e5n
Braille is the answer, but a few steps to get there
Convert the code morse
..--- --. -.- --.- .. .-. - -.... -.- .. -- ... --. --. - -- -..- .-- -.- ..- ... -- .-.. --. -.- .. .-- . .-- .-- ..- ... .- ..--- .--.
Remove spaces and make groups of 6
..---- -.-.-- -.-... -.--.. ..-.-. .--... --.--. ----.. -.---. -..-.. .--.-. .--.-. -...-- ..--.- -..-.. ..-..- --.--.
Each group represents a Braille character and should be read like so:
123456
12
34
56
.. -. -. -. .. .- -- -- -. -. .- .- -. .. -. .. --
-- -. -. -- -. -. .- -- -- .- -. -. .. -- .- -. .-
-- -- .. .. -. .. -. .. -. .. -. -. -- .- .. .- -.
Convert Braille shorthand to text (- are bumps, . are spacers)
7vbh2ingressu4e5n
Code #4
Observations
<code style="line-height:4">NjZnczVV93JZdndmdmZ2j1CK</code>
24 characters, capitals letters, lowercase letters and numbers. All the ingredients for Base64.
Converting Base64 to text gives: 66gs5U÷rYvwfvfvP
Not good to work with and include a few invisible characters.
Looking at the hex value of these characters is a bit better:
36 36 67 73 35 55 f7 72 59 76 77 66 76 66 76 8f 50 8a
Removing the spaces gives 36 characters.
The hint is line height of 4.
Make 4 rows of 9 characters
363667733
555f77259
767766766
6768f508a
Reading down
35 76 65 67 35 76 6f 78 67 6f 77 65 72 70 35 68 39 6a
Convert hex to text
5veg5voxgowerp5h9j
Searching vox gower gave vox clamantis. Clamantis is a know keyword
5veg5clamantisp5h9j
Converting Base64 to text gives: 66gs5U÷rYvwfvfvP
Not good to work with and include a few invisible characters.
Looking at the hex value of these characters is a bit better:
36 36 67 73 35 55 f7 72 59 76 77 66 76 66 76 8f 50 8a
Removing the spaces gives 36 characters.
The hint is line height of 4.
Make 4 rows of 9 characters
363667733
555f77259
767766766
6768f508a
Reading down
35 76 65 67 35 76 6f 78 67 6f 77 65 72 70 35 68 39 6a
Convert hex to text
5veg5voxgowerp5h9j
Searching vox gower gave vox clamantis. Clamantis is a know keyword
5veg5clamantisp5h9j
Code #5
Observations
<code style="line-height:7">122869.139274.210270.180368.8290.50461.232367</code>
7 numbers and a line height of 7. First guess is binary since regular Ascii characters are 7 bits long.
Convert all numbers to binary
122869 : 11101111111110101
139274 : 100010000000001010
210270 : 110011010101011110
180368 : 101100000010010000
8290 : 10000001100010
50461 : 1100010100011101
232367 : 111000101110101111
Longest string has 18 characters. Add padding 0’s to make all the same length
011101111111110101
100010000000001010
110011010101011110
101100000010010000
000010000001100010
001100010100011101
111000101110101111
Transpose
0111001
1010001
1001011
1001010
0110100
1010000
1000001
1010010
1000001
1010011
1001001
1010100
1000101
1011010
0110011
1010011
0110101
1000011
Convert binary to dec
57 81 75 74 52 80 65 82 65 83 73 84 69 90 51 83 53 67
Dec to Ascii
9QKJ4PARASITEZ3S5C
Convert all numbers to binary
122869 : 11101111111110101
139274 : 100010000000001010
210270 : 110011010101011110
180368 : 101100000010010000
8290 : 10000001100010
50461 : 1100010100011101
232367 : 111000101110101111
Longest string has 18 characters. Add padding 0’s to make all the same length
011101111111110101
100010000000001010
110011010101011110
101100000010010000
000010000001100010
001100010100011101
111000101110101111
Transpose
0111001
1010001
1001011
1001010
0110100
1010000
1000001
1010010
1000001
1010011
1001001
1010100
1000101
1011010
0110011
1010011
0110101
1000011
Convert binary to dec
57 81 75 74 52 80 65 82 65 83 73 84 69 90 51 83 53 67
Dec to Ascii
9QKJ4PARASITEZ3S5C
Code #6
Observations
<code style="line-height:5">421312131213121315124215541534341213131114111313142828131113161311325416145324242353111343171213131114111712342432165213121352131213121316121625213133431</code>
Code still live
Code #7
Observations
<code style="line-height:5">1PRCCMUKM.2POBKA4J-3P9FFLJ.V5C4RIN2-VLRBURFIK</code>
Line height of 5 but the . & – separating the strings are probably a better hint
Convert each of the 5 segments to morse
.----.--..-.-.-.-.-.--..--.---
..---.--.----...-.-.-....-.---
...--.--.----...-...-..-...---
...-.....-.-.....-.-...-...---
...-.-...-.-.....-.-...-...-.-
Transpose
.....
-....
--...
-----
---..
....-
---..
---..
.....
.----
---..
.----
---..
.....
-....
.....
---..
...--
--...
...--
---..
-....
.....
..---
-....
--...
.....
-----
----.
-----
Convert morse to numbers
56 70 84 88 51 81 85 65 83 73 86 52 67 50 90
Dec to Ascii
8FTX3QUASIV4C2Z
Convert each of the 5 segments to morse
.----.--..-.-.-.-.-.--..--.---
..---.--.----...-.-.-....-.---
...--.--.----...-...-..-...---
...-.....-.-.....-.-...-...---
...-.-...-.-.....-.-...-...-.-
Transpose
.....
-....
--...
-----
---..
....-
---..
---..
.....
.----
---..
.----
---..
.....
-....
.....
---..
...--
--...
...--
---..
-....
.....
..---
-....
--...
.....
-----
----.
-----
Convert morse to numbers
56 70 84 88 51 81 85 65 83 73 86 52 67 50 90
Dec to Ascii
8FTX3QUASIV4C2Z
Code # 8
Observations
<code style="line-height:3">61c5561t551t351t73661671t7751o541o161oc026o251oc641c561c3561to5</code>
Line height of 3. Notice the letters, only 3 are used c, o & t.
Make 3 rows of 21 characters
61c5561t551t351t73661
671t7751o541o161oc026
o251oc641c561c3561to5
Read down
66o172c155t157o67c156t145o155c145t163o151c163t157o63c160t62o165
Letters are definitely splits and they now spell oct
Convert Octals to Ascii
6zmo7nemesiso3p2u
Make 3 rows of 21 characters
61c5561t551t351t73661
671t7751o541o161oc026
o251oc641c561c3561to5
Read down
66o172c155t157o67c156t145o155c145t163o151c163t157o63c160t62o165
Letters are definitely splits and they now spell oct
Convert Octals to Ascii
6zmo7nemesiso3p2u
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