add 5 sequences of letters to HJIZT it will give you MONEY, H=(I,J,K,L,M) the fifth alphabet is M, and so on, Lets do it with NOVGZ

N=(O,P,Q,R,S) the fifth alphabet is S the the first alphabet in the required word is S.

O=(P,Q,R,S,T) the fifth alphabet is T the the second alphabet in the required word is T.

V=(W,X,Y,Z,A) you can see that we began from the beginning after Z, the fifth alphabet is A, then the third letter is A

G=(H,I,J,K,L) the fifth letter is L then the fourth letter is L

Z=(A,B,C,D,E) the fifth letter is E then the fifth letter inthe required word is E.

And now we have STALE.

This puzzle is based on one of the most famous ciphers, known as Caesar's cipher or "Caesarian shift" because Julius Caesar employing this method in his private correspondence. Note that many other possible ciphers could 'just happen' to encode "MONEY" as "HJIZT" but it is very reasonable to try Caesar's cipher as a test solution, because Caesar's cipher is both simple and well known. (and seems in fact to be the solution the problem's author intended).

One can think of this cipher as follows: 1. Assign sequential numbers to each letter, e.g. A=1, B=2, ... Z=26 2. Shift the letters by a certain offset. In this case we find the offset by looking how MONEY (13-15-14-5-25) encodes to HJIZT(8-10-9-26-20). Note that we must employ modular arithmetic done in a base (26) based on the number of symbols in the cipher's table of symbols or alphabet.

We can immediately see that the offset is -5 for every letter and that this is quite reversible, by adding +5 to each letter's number in the ciphertext (NOVGZ), recovering the original if somewhat STALE cleartext original.

Note 1: Caesar and others in olden times probably did this cipher by using letters written on strips of some material either laid side by side or wrapped around a cylinder or in the form of concentric circles. Then one strip with an alphabet on it is slid along or rotated a certain number of spaces, in this case five, and the two alphabets side by side were used as a lookup table, rather than employing modular arithmetic per se. The answers come out the same. The cipher is also simple enough that someone who used it often could just get used to doing it mentally.

Note 2: This cipher seems simple to us now but in a world where literacy itself was relatively rare, it might have been quite puzzling.

Note 3: This is a good starting point for studying the history of cryptography and cryptanalysis. It is one of a general class called substitution ciphers, which were historically rather important but little used now except for the special case of "one time pads", still used today. Note 4: The phrase "code language" in the problem statement is misleading; the distinction between ciphers and codes is important in cryptography and is roughly "ciphers deal with encryptiing messages by manipulating individual letters" and "codes deal with encryption of larger units of language such as words or sentences". The given problem would be a cipher, while a code language would have code words or phrases, often innocuous sounding, that translate to more sensitive information. Like "sour milk" might decode as "I am in danger, please extract me."

var x="NOVGZ",y=""; for(i=0;i<5;i++) y+= String.fromCharCode(((o(x[i])-o("A")+5)%26)+o("A"));

From HJIZT $\Rightarrow$ MONEY, we note that the three sequential letters HIJ of the code correspond with sequential letters MNO of the deciphered word. We presume that the code precedes the word by 5 places. Therefore the codes for ABC...EFG...XYZ are VWX...ZAB...STU respectively. And NOVGZ is deciphered as STALE.

Between each of the letters there are 5 letters missing so the inverse of STALE would be NOVGZ

Move each up 5 leters

You just have to change each letter with the one that comes five letters after it, so

• N=S
• O=T
• V=A (Because we just reached the end of the alphabet and have to start from the beginning. The same rule applies with the fifth letter)
• G=L
• Z=E

This is known as Caesar Cipher or "Caesarian Shift".

It's the alphebete 5 letters ahead

Broke the code using only two of the letters, z is the same which is e, then using h =m makes g = l, and seeing how they gave you answer choices, and only one ends with an -le, stale is the answer

Stale is right answer because HJIZT and MONEY letter M is coming 5th letter after H so Novgz leter 5th letter difrence is stale... *

Just move each letter 5 spaces in the alphabet. For Example. If you have A you move five spaces B, C, D, E, and F will be the fifth letter thus your answer.

As "HJIZT" to "MONEY"

We skip 4 letters after each letter as following H = M (after skip I,J,K,L) J = O (after skip K,L,M,N) I = N (after skip J,K,L,M) Z = E (after skip A,B,C,D) T= Y (after skip U,V,W,X)

"NOVGZ" will be "STALE."

We skip 4 letters after each letter as following N = S (after skip O,P,Q,R) O= T (after skip P,Q,R,S) V= A (after skip W,X,Y,Z) G= L (after skip H,I,J,K) Z= E (From the previous exp. ("HJIZT" to "MONEY" Z=E) OR (after skip A,B,C,D)

In every letter we have to go next four letters like they given NOVGZ now,we have to go next four letters on,we start (N=O,P,Q,R and then,the next letter like this go on and on We will get the answer stale.