Anyone for a codeword game?
 

The following is the opening sentance from a book.

6 22 - 6 4 - 23 11 6 2 18 15 4 19 10 10 13 - 19 21 20 11 12 25 10 18 8 17 18 8, - 22 5 19 22 - 19 - 4 6 11 17 10 18 - 26 19 11 - 6 11 - 16 12 4 4 18 4 4 6 12 11 - 12 9 - 19 -
17 12 12 8 - 9 12 15 22 23 11 18, - 26 23 4 22 - 24 18 - 6 11
- 25 19 11 22 - 12 9 - 19 - 25 6 9 18.

F V - F D - W K F B R...this doesn't make any sense.

Codeword answer is :
It is universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife.

Love codewords :)

Me too. Do you prefer using letters or numbers?

This is intriguing Jenny. Is the person who solves the code responsible for setting the next puzzle? If so - Come on Suze.:laugh:

No way, Kirk. I prefer solving them :laugh:

I prefer the way you have done it Jenny, with the numbers, though that's the only way I have seen them. I like something to tax my brain a bit, I bought a logic puzzle book only a couple of days ago, I love those also.

:laugh: I'm **** at compiling them and solving them Suze.

The key is to first work out which are the vowels. Give them a go, they are fun :laugh:

Good idea Kirk. Yes please Suze, your turn.

Ok just this once :laugh: let me find a quote, then I will numberise it.

A Quote, a nice easy one to solve :hehe:

26, 5, 2 / 18, 7, 8, 12 / 19, 10, 14, 2, 24 / 19, 21, 12, 24, 2, / 10, 11, 23 / 2, 17, 5, 11 / 18, 7, 8 / 14, 10, 11 / 23, 21, 24, 2, 7, 12, 2 / 2, 17, 5, 3 / 10, 24 / 3, 8, 14, 17 / 10, 24 / 18, 7, 8 / 1, 4, 5, 10, 24, 5.

3, 10, 12, 25 / 2, 16, 10, 21, 11

Okay Suze I'm usually ace at codewords, but I've been working on this for awhile now and still no nearer solving it. Can I ask, is the quote in question form?:conf:

It's a quote from a well known US Author, His name is in the quote at the end.

Clue: Mississippi might help in working out who the Author is.

How do you do this D:

You have to try to figure out what letter each number represents, As Suze suggested it's best to try to get the vowels first.
Some codewords use letters insrtead of numbers.
When I've cracked this one of Suze's I'll post a codeword using letters. Have a go, it's fun.

Finally I did it.

'Get your facts first and then you can distort them as you please' Mark Twain.

All being well I'll post a new codeword tomorrow.:wavey:

It doesn't make sense because if the person is Mark Twain, then the "3" is M. But one of the words also begins with a "3" yet the quote you posted doesn't have a word beginning with M.

just checked and it is correct, as it reads as 'Get your facts first, and then you can distort them as much as you please'

Mark Twain

Looking forward to the letters one Jennifer, as I haven't seen one done that way.

The word 'them' has a 3 in it.

Yeah you missed out a couple words so that's why I was confused. :D

Okay here's a quote from David Attenborough.

EXWZYXWZR XNZ XWKRJ PLZ WKBP ZUPYXKYITRXYXYO XGQZ XRI EKWHZPZRP HZKHQZ T VRKS.
PLZO LXNZ PK LXNZ XR TRBTJLP TRPK VXPXYXQ LTBPKYO PLXP JTNZB PLZW X BTUPL BZRBZ KD SLXP PLZ EYZXPCYZ TB JKTRJ PK IK, BK PLZO EXR GZ YZXIO PK DKQQKS.

"Cameramen are among the most extraordinarily able and competent people I know.
They have to have an insight into natural history that gives them a sixth sense of what the creature is going to do, so they can be ready to follow."

Here's a poem from The Book of Counted Sorrows.

INICE - IEI - JIIJ - HXJ - NQO - JMISHLU - NHJHGO;

INICE - ILC - RILCJ - L - PGJX - KHWWICIOX - JGOB,

HO - ILSR - PLO'J - XCGFDUIK - RILCX, - LO - HOSHJHGO - QGFUK -

CINILU - L - FOHYFI, - JRLPIWFU - QCGOB.

JXCLOBIC - WHIOKJ - RHKI - RICI - HO - RFPLO - BFHJI - XRLO - CIJHKI -

HO - XRI - NLUUIEJ - NW - RIUU.

DFX - BGGKOIJJ, - VHOKOIJJ - LOK - UGNI - LCHJI - HO - XRI - RILCX -

GW - XRI - AGGC - DILJX, - LJ - QIUU.