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Word Ladder # 13 Hippo to Rhino Mystery Cache

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reader125: After checking some of this series a few days ago I found that 7 of the 10 I checked were missing. So, I have decided to archive all of them. The remaining caches will be gathered during the next few weeks.

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Hidden : 7/26/2021
Difficulty:
2.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:


Hippo to Rhino

A simple little puzzle for those who like word games. Your aim is to change HIPPO to RHINO in ten moves by changing one letter at a time. And then transfer the letter value you have changed to a number, i.e.: if you change the letter S to a B the numerical value will be 2. A=1 B=2 etc. In the case of a number value having two digits add the digits together i.e. T=20 U=21 they then become T=2 U=3.

Remember the letter value you change it to, NOT from.

There are clues for the word you need to change the previous word to.

Here is the puzzle: There's a slight twist, you are working from K to A

HIPPO to RHINO in 10 moves

    K       Person of unconventional appearance

    J        Not sad

    H       A shrewish person

    G      Stringed musical instruments

    F      More than one fish

    E      Stone memorial mounds

    D      Belonging to the first child born in the Bible

    C      Lower parts of the face

     B     A strong fabric used for making clothes

    A     The creature you are looking for

The cache can be found here: N51 31. (G-J) (D-F) (B-1) W000 38.(A-1) H (C-K+E)

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Fznyy ghor urnq uvtu (6sg) va oraql gerr.

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)