Codes

1: A1Z26
A1Z26
The A1Z26 code is a very simple code. As you know there are 26 letters in the American
alphabet so Z would equal 26 because it is the 26th letter in the alphabet.
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
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26
2: ASCII
ASCII
ASCII is a computer code that is similar to binary. Instead of using 1's and 0's like binary it uses
the numbers from 1-256
A=65 B=66 C=67 D=68 E=69 F=70
G=71 H=72 I=73 J=74 K=75 L=76
M=77 N=78 O=79 P=80 Q=81 R=82
S=83 T=84 U=85 V=86 W=87 X=88

Y=89 Z=90
a=97 b=98 c=99 d=100 e=101 f=102
g=103 h=104 i=105 j=106 k=107 l=108
m=109 n=110 o=111 p=112 q=113 r=114
s=115 t=116 u=117 v=118 w=119 x=120
y=121 z=122
0=48 1=49 2=50 3=51 4=52 5=53
6=54 7=55 8=56 9=57
Step 3: Atbash
Atbash
The Atbash code is just the alphabet backwards. For example A would equal Z.
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
ZYXWVUTSRQPONMLKJIHGFEDCBA
4: Binary
Binary
The Binary code is a code that the computers recognize using only 1's and 0's. It is a very
complicated code because they are different for lowercase and capital.
Braille
Braille is what blind people read. It is a series of raised dots that tell you what letter, number, or
word it is.
6: Caesar Cipher
Caesar Cipher
The Caesar cipher is a code Julius Caesar invented when he mailed letters. He invented it so if
his messenger was robbed of that letter and the robber wouldn't be able to read it. It is probably
one of the most simple codes ever. It is 3 letters back so A would be X. The Rot Cipher is
almost the same as the Caesar Cipher.
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
XYZABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVW
7: Columnar Cipher
Columnar Cipher
The Columnar Cipher is a type of transposition cipher.
1. Get Keyword
2. If your keyword is Zebras, that is 6 letters. You would write 632415 because Z is the 6th
highest letter in the word and E is the 3rd highest letter and so on
3. Then message under the numbers in rows of 6, because Zebra is a 6 letter word.
4. Write out 123456. Under the number write the letters from each column that match the
numbers in the original line of numbers.
8: Combination Cipher
Combination Cipher
A Combination Cipher is a Cipher using 2 or more codes. For example if you wanted to make
the best code ever, you could do Atbash, Caesar Cipher, Vigernere Cipher, and then A1Z26.
9: Dice Cipher
Dice Cipher
The Dice Cipher is not dice, it's just squares with dots in certain places.
10: Digraph Cipher

Digraph Cipher
The Digraph Cipher is kind of like the Vigenere Cipher. When you write a sentence you would
write it in pairs of twos, li ke th is, and if there is a letter left over add an x to it. The pairs of
letters will be the coordinates for the two letters. An example would be "IA MT RY IN GT OE
XP LA IN TH IS" = "VG ZN EI VT TN BC KR YG VT GZ VO". To decipher it the decoded
letters will be the coordinates.
11: Dorabella Cipher
Dorabella Cipher
The Dorabella was made by Edward Elgar on July 14, 1897 for his young friend Dora Penny. It
is not confirmed a solved code.
12: Francis Bacons Substitution Cipher

Francis Bacons Substitution Cipher
One of Bacons best code was a code that used bold and regular fonts in a certain order to make
a new letter. For example "code" would be something like this "FrancisBacon was acool guy".
After you see the sentence put all of the letters in to groups of 5, like this "Franc isBac onwas
acool" leave out any extra letters. Once you have it like this you are ready to decode.
*= Regular Letter B= Bold Letter
A= *****
B=****B
C=***B*
D=***BB
E=**B**
F=**B*B
G=**BB*
H=**BBB
I=*B***
J=*B**B
K=*B*B*
L=*B*BB
M=*BB**
N=*BB*B
O=*BBB*
P=*BBBB
Q=B****
R=B***B
S=B**B*
T=B**BB
U=B*B**
V=B*B*B
W=B*BB*
X=B*BBB
Y=BB***
Z=BB**B
13: Grid Transposition Cipher
G
rid Transposition Cipher
The Grid Transposition cipher is just another type of transposition cipher. First make a grid that
can fit all of the letters, you can do that by taking the square root of the total number of letters,
if it comes out as a decimals round up. If there are extra spaces add X's. Then you scatter the
numbers in a random order. Then Match the coordinates onto the second grid. Best codes would
come out as EDSEBSCTO. To decode it all you need to do is make another grid with the letters
in the correct order. Finally Match the coordinates onto the correct grid.
14: Keyboard Code

Keyboard Code
The Keyboard Code is just the order of letters your keyboard.
QWERTYUIOPASDFGHJKLZXCVBNM
15: Morse Code
Morse Code
Morse code was invented by Samuel Morse and was used in the early 1800's to message people
in a telegram. It is a series of beeps that are short and long. For example _ is called a dash and it
would be a long beep, and . would be dot and it would be a short beep.
16: Phone Code

Phone Code
The Phone code is really cool because not a lot of people know it. It is just the number the letter
is on and then what number it is on that number. For example A is on 1st number on 2 so it
would be 2 1
22233344455566677778889999
12312312312312312341231234
17: Pigpen Cipher
Pigpen Cipher
The Pigpen Cipher was created by the Freemasons so they could
keep documents safe. It was also used by the confederate
soldiers during the Civil War. It is called The Pigpen Cipher
because the box's look like pigpens and the dots look like pigs.
It seems complicated but it isn't really. The lines surrounding
the letter and the dots within those lines are the symbols.
18: Rosicrucian Cipher
Rosicrucian Cipher
The Rosicrucian Cipher is almost
exactly like the the Pigpen Cipher. The
symbol that the letter is inside is the
symbol that you put for that letter.
19: ROT Cipher
Rot Cipher
The Rot Cipher is when you take a letter and put it back or
fourth to equal a different letter. An example of this would
be -1 equals A=Z. +1 equals A+B It is Related to the Caesar
Cipher.
This is a Print out of the Rot Cipher Wheel. Cut out the 2
circles leaving the inner circle NOT HOLLOW. Then you
stick a tack or a paper clip through the middle of the inner
wheel. Then you can spin it around to do your cipher.
20: Rout Cipher
Rout Cipher
The Rout Cipher is your message in a patter kind
of like a word search. You make an arrow in the
direction of the first two or three letters and then
leave it to the other person to do the rest. To make
is easier you can make an arrow all the way
through.
21: Scytale
Scytale
The cylinder decodes for you!
To make a cylinder cipher you need long strip of paper

and cylinder.
Wrap the paper around the cylinder so there are no parts

of the cylinder showing.
You can temporarily tape down the edges to help you with this part. write your message across
the cylinder (write 1 or 2 letters on each part of the strip) Then unwrap the paper from the
cylinder.
You can't decode the cipher unless you have a cylinder the same diameter as the one it was
made on.
22: Tap Codes

Tap Code
The Tap Code was used by Vietnam prisoners to
communicate, usually by tapping on metal bars or walls. It
is a combination of Morse Code and the Grid Code
replacing K with a C or X. the dots (.) tell you what
numbers to go to from top to side, and the dash's (/) tell you
when to separate a word.
23: The Grid Code
The Grid Code
The Grid Code is a 5x5 grid. It is very simple.
24: Transposition Cipher

Transposition Cipher
Transposition Ciphers can be words written
backwards for example (you are cool)=(uoy era
looc). It could also be every pair or every 3 letters
a pair of letters are swapped. An example of that
would be (you are cool)=(oya uer oclo)
25: Vigenere Cipher

Vigenere Cipher
The Vigenere Cipher is a 26x26 grid of letters a-z. It is a more complicated cipher so I will have
to try to demonstrate with explaining battle ship.
Directions
1. Choose a code word (any word. no numbers)
2. Write it like this (my code word will be "code") i m t r y i n g t o e x p l a i n h o w t o d o t h
i s it doesn't matter if the code word cant fit evenly c o d e c o d e c o d e c o d e c o d e c o d e c
ode
3. Look at the grid and follow the row i and the column c to the intersection like in battle ship.
the letter they intersect on is k. that is how you encode it. To decode it take the code letter in
this case c and go until you find k. Then go up all the way so you will find i.
26: Wig Wag
Wig Wag
Wig Wag was used in the civil war to communicate
during battles. It is pretty easy to do, you just have to
remember that you don't have to write out all of some
words.

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1: A1Z26

A=65 B=66 C=67 D=68 E=69 F=70

G=71 H=72 I=73 J=74 K=75 L=76

M=77 N=78 O=79 P=80 Q=81 R=82

S=83 T=84 U=85 V=86 W=87 X=88

a=97 b=98 c=99 d=100 e=101 f=102

g=103 h=104 i=105 j=106 k=107 l=108

m=109 n=110 o=111 p=112 q=113 r=114

s=115 t=116 u=117 v=118 w=119 x=120

0=48 1=49 2=50 3=51 4=52 5=53

6=54 7=55 8=56 9=57

10: Digraph Cipher

11: Dorabella Cipher

12: Francis Bacons Substitution Cipher

13: Grid Transposition Cipher

14: Keyboard Code

15: Morse Code

16: Phone Code

18: Rosicrucian Cipher

19: ROT Cipher

The cylinder decodes for you!

To make a cylinder cipher you need long strip of paper

Wrap the paper around the cylinder so there are no parts

22: Tap Codes

The Grid Code

The Grid Code is a 5x5 grid. It is very simple.

24: Transposition Cipher

25: Vigenere Cipher

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