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Word Ladder # 20 Lattes to Coffee 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:   other (other)

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Geocache Description:


LATTES to COFFEE

 

A simple little puzzle for those who like word games. Your aim is to change LATTES to COFFEE 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. S=19 T=20 U=21 they then become S=10 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:

LATTES to COFFEE in 10 moves   

    A       Near or nearer the end

    B       That which occupies space, and has mass

    C       The male head of a school

    D      Sugar can be Icing, granulated or this

    E      Between a trot and a gallop

    F      A destructive fungal disease of trees

    G     Fruit of the Horse Chestnut tree

    H      Have a discussion or exchange opinions

    J       A strong box or chest for holding valuables

    K      What you looking for

The cache can be found here: N51 31.(B÷F) (D+G) (H÷2) W000 37.(A-K) (C-1) (J-E)

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Va gur ohfu, oruvaq gur cbfg. Lbh ner ybbxvat sbe n wne bs pbssrr. Bcra naq gnxr n favss! Zzzzz

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)