Daily Casefile · Cipher

Decode the note. Name the encoder.

A short message intercepted at the scene, encoded by hand. Six clues tell you about the encoder — their habits, their methods, what they might have substituted for what. Decode the message. Name the encoder. One shot.

Today’s Cipher

Cipher #001 · The Window Note

The Verdant Research Lab — rare-plants wing, after hours

A folded paper note was found taped inside the glass of the rare-plants greenhouse, facing out toward the corridor. The note is hand-written in block capitals and clearly encoded. The lab director wants to know what it says and who left it.

Open the cipherTakes around 10 minutes