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Plaintext in Order (Posted on 2018-11-14)

A random substitution cypher has been used to list five common 6-letter words. The words are listed alphabetically by their original plaintext. As a start: G stands for W and H stands for N. What were the original words?

ZQEGHC
PHZJEG
QXHGMK
GMJHXB
GPHBQK

From Mensa Puzzle Calendar 2018 by Fraser Simpson, Workman Publishing, New York. Puzzle for October 29.

See The Solution Submitted by Charlie

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FROWNS

INFLOW

RUNWAY

WALNUT

WINERY

Posted by Steve Herman on 2018-11-14 13:06:33

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