FILE No.93Unsolved
A note reading "VDIH" was found near a safe. Beside it was a message: "Each letter was shifted three places forward in the alphabet."
For example, A becomes D and B becomes E. So to decode, move each letter three places back.
What was the original word?
If you get stuck, open the hints one at a time, in order.
The cipher moved letters forward by three. How do you undo it?
What is three letters before V?
Go one letter at a time.
What was the original word?
Choose the answer closest to the truth.
SAFE
The answer is: SAFE.
Move each letter back three places: V to S, D to A, I to F, H to E. That spells SAFE.
This kind of cipher, shifting each letter by a fixed amount, is called a Caesar cipher. Once you know the shift, it is easy to decode.
People shift in the wrong direction when decoding.
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