Below are five words all encoded with the same substitution cypher. The plaintext has the words in alphabetical order. As a start: H stands for B and Q stands for W.

      B
      H R F F V Z


      P N X G C Z

          B W
      X N H Q R D


      N Z P V X Z

      W
      Q C C G F D

Please complete the decoding.

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From Mensa Puzzle Calendar 2021 by Fraser Simpson, Workman Publishing, New York. Puzzle for May 24.

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HRFFVZ  PNXGCZ  XNHQRD  NZPVXZ  QCCGFD

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
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Posted by Dej Mar on 2021-06-10 03:49:15