Sometimes ciphers shift each letter by word position number. Word1: t t b y q (positions 1–5) Shift back by pos: t(19)-1=18→s, t(19)-2=17→q, b(1)-3=-2→24→y, y(24)-4=20→u, q(16)-5=11→l → sqyul — not right.
‘a’ appears 4 times, likely ‘e’ in plaintext. So a→e. Let’s try: ttbyq wyak mhkr akhr asdar Replace a with e: ttbyq wyek mhkr ekhr esder
Shift back 11: t(19)-11=8→i, t→i, b(1)-11=-10→16→q, y(24)-11=13→n, q(16)-11=5→f → ‘iiqnf’ no. ttbyq wyak mhkr akhr asdar
But looking at akhr → anagram of kahr → ‘kh ar’ — or hark backwards krah — akhr is hark with a=k? Possibly. I think the intended solution might be a or a simple cipher with a key like "friend" . Without more clues, the best I can offer is: It looks like a 5-word phrase in English, possibly a quote or common saying, enciphered with a substitution cipher where frequent ‘a’ might be ‘e’. Trying asdar = ender fails with akhr = earth unless r≠t. So maybe akhr = each ? Then k=c, h=a, r=h — works, then asdar : a=e, s=?, d=d, a=e, r=h → ‘e ? d e h’ → ‘edged’ if s=g? Possibly. Then ttbyq = quick ? q→t, u→t, i→b, c→y, k→q? No.
If the key is short, maybe ttbyq could be hello or there ? Check ttbyq vs hello : h(7) to t(19) = +12; e(4) to t(19) = +15; l(11) to b(1) = -10; l(11) to y(24) = +13; o(14) to q(16) = +2 — not a constant shift, so not Caesar. But repeating key? Sometimes ciphers shift each letter by word position number
Given symmetry, maybe it’s a simple Atbash first, then read? Atbash whole thing: t→g, t→g, b→y, y→b, q→j → ggybj w→d, y→b, a→z, k→p → dbzp m→n, h→s, k→p, r→i → nspi a→z, k→p, h→s, r→i → zpsi a→z, s→h, d→w, a→z, r→i → zhwzi
Given the ambiguity, I'll stop here. If this is a puzzle from a known set, the answer is likely scrambled differently. So a→e
So we have: a=e, k=a, h=r, r=t, m=m, w=w, y=h, d=d, s=n. Check ttbyq — t unknown, b unknown, y=h, q unknown.