| Welcome to the Little Fish Company's Trivia Page Each week we will post a cryptogram on this page. The first person to correctly decode the cryptogram and submit the answer to the question will receive one free pound of fish. The winner and results will be posted as soon as we are able to get to the computer after we have a winner. Winners are not eligible to participate again until 30 days after winning. A few decoding tips: Consider letter frequency. The most common letters in the English language are: E, T, A, O, I, N, S, H, R, D, L, U. Consider letter position. E, for instance, is more likely to appear at a word's end than at its beginning. Punctuation may provide clues. A single letter after an apostrophe is usually S or T. A comma is often followed by a conjunction; if a 3-letter word, try AND, BUT, or FOR. A letter standing alone is almost always either A or I. Look for repeated letter combinations that might represent common words; words like THE & AND are bound to show up often. Double letters at the end of a word will often be LL or SS. Double letters in the middle of a 4-letter word will often be EE or OO. The most common 4-letter word with letter pattern ABCA is THAT. Don't hesitate to use some trial-and-error guesswork, but don't hesitate to abandon your initial guesses if they're not working out. Riddle for 2-10 LMEI SEKLWJ IGCJL QULWI NJCR GJWMEILCJEF LERWI, UKQ SUI WZLJWRWDT GCGBDUJ NJCR LMW DULW 1800'I BKLED UJCBKQ LMW 1930'I, SMWK ELI GCGBDUJELT SUI JWGDUFWQ HT IXEEKA. EL SUI UK CDTRGEF IGCJL LSEFW, EK 1928 UKQ 1948. SMUL EI LMW IGCJL? |



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