Can you crack the code?
Detective Charlie James is popular for his deductive skills. He now is confronted with a code. It is stated as,
"
BALL
means
OOZY
,
FISH
means
SHRU
,
HOLE
means
VOLS
,
then what does
VROIZSX
mean ?"
Can you help Charlie by cracking this code?
If A corresponds to 1, B corresponds to 2, ..., Z corresponds to 26, then find the sum of the numbers each alphabet of your answer corresponds to?
Assumptions and clarifications
- If your answer is
JAMES
, then you must enter 10+1+13+5+19=48
The answer is 56.
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1 solution
A <=> Z, B <=> Y, C <=> X, D <=> W, and so on until M <=> N.
The code is CHARLIE (encoded and flipped backwards). The answer is 3+8+1+18+12+9+5 = 56