Cipher Clocks
Cipher clocks can be made to correlate the value of a letter to another letter, number,
or symbol. Start by making a linear list of cipher values. See the examples below:
Offset by four: Counting the letter you start with, count forwards 4 letters.
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
D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z A B C
Letters represented by numbers:
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
Random letter substitution:
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
D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z A B C
Random letters substituted by numbers:
A C B Z R T W N O M L J P U E I D K F V G H S X Y Q
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
Random letters substituted by symbols:
A C B Z R T W N O M L J P U E I D K F V G H S X Y Q
A C B Z R T W N O M L J P U E I D K F V G H S X Y Q
Making Your Cipher Clock
Once you have a cipher you like, make a cipher clock from two circular pieces of paper.
Place the smaller piece of paper on top of the larger piece. Then write your alphabet,
with desired punctuation on one piece of paper, your cipher equivalents on the other. Make sure you space all the letters out equally so that the cipher letters/symbols
align with the alphabet as you turn your clock. Put a paper faster in the middle
and start en/deciphering!
Larger Piece of Paper Smaller Piece of Paper Completed Clock!
Can you figure to how to have more than one cipher on a cipher clock?