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Cipher Pi Mystery Cache

Hidden : 5/1/2009
Difficulty:
3.5 out of 5
Terrain:
2.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

Freddo’s contribution to Mad May. Although the 31st of April would have been the most appropriate date.
The "Alphabet Cipher" series of geocaches is designed to give you the geocacher experience in hand solving simple transposition ciphers.



Cracking transposition ciphers
Although typically shown as being laid out in a rectangle there is no reason other shapes can't be used. A way to start is to construct a chart of different sized and sided polygons and the number of letters they could contain. You should find some geometric patterns in the size of polygons that help you work out the initial shape.

Now you have hopefully solved Cipher Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta and Zeta, try solving this one without using the clue.

The cipher for Cipher Pi is

OEFEO TXPVX VFNXX ENIXI IESOS NXPXI EXONV OWXIW TYFTX TXXEF TYNIN TOFIR X


Additional Hints (Decrypt)

pbhag gur yrggref

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)