H I I G F T N G H I N T 3 H I I G F T N G H 2 C V N I E I O T C Y I F 5 I N T C V N I E I 4 Y L H A E A E S N B A E 6 O T C Y I F Y L H 2 E E E N R W G B N Y D E 4 A E A E S N B A E 6 L R O A E S G R N E B O 5 E E E N R W G B N 3 V N L D A I C A O A L C 5 Y D E L R O A E S 4 N D T I R G V A C D O I 4 G R N E B O V N L 2 E S E R E C D V P E I A 6 D A I C A O A L C 5 F I F L R I N E H E T T 4 N D T I R G V A C 2 D O I E S E R E C 5 D V P E I A F I F 4 L R I N E H E T T 3 The vowel count of the lines shows the first arrangement to be the more likely. We will now number the columns and try pairing off certain ones which in no line would give impossible combinations of letters. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 H I I G F T N G H I N T C V N I E I O T C Y I F Y L H A E A E S N B A E E E E N R W G B N Y D E L R O A E S G R N E B O V N L D A I C A O A L C N D T I R G V A C D O I E S E R E C D V P E I A F I F L R I N E H E T T These combinations appear among others: 1 6 2 4 5 2 H T I G F I C I V I E V Y A L A E L E W E N R E L S R A E R V I N D A N N G D I R D E C S R E S F I I L R I The word FIGHT stares at us from the first line; let us arrange the columns thus: 5 2 4 1 6 3 F I G H T I E V I C I N E L A Y A H R E N E W E E R A L S O A N D V I L R D I N G T E S R E C E R I L F I F