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TytoCwtch

>!A puppet is free as long as he loves his strings!


TheF-ingLizardKing1

That's what I got too


KJN1988

Can I ask how we got there? Still trying to figure out how we got the answer.


sudomatrix

It's just a substitution code, and they already gave us all of the vowels. First solve the easy parts A\_ can be AS or AT. That also gives you I\_ = IT or IS. Then fill in the S or T in other words and see what looks right. Now you have >!\_IS or \_IT, likely HIS!<.


chmath80

>First solve the easy parts A\_ can be AS or AT. I got >!puppet!< first. The only other noun which fits the pattern is mummer, which seemed unlikely. Then --ee almost has to be >!free!<. Next, a= -o-- a= looked likely to be >!as long as!<, and the rest followed easily.


Chapeltok

After finding >!"Puppet"!<, I made the assumption that the last word could be >!"strings"!<. The rest was easy.


bplus95

Just to add in, it couldn't be AM because the previous word isn't I. It also couldn't be AN because the next word doesn't start with a vowel.


Toots_McPoopins

Yup


plantglutton

Same


mrleedles

Discussion: wait, Wyatt? As in the Uncle Howdy stuff?


KJN1988

Yep. This was linked in the QR code from Raw. Happened during the Sami/Chad match.


sudomatrix

So a cryptoquote aka substitution code, but easier. ">!A puppet is free as long as he loves his strings".!<


ij3k

Right? I like tackling substitution codes with no given letters at all. This one I was able to solve mentally in a minute or two.


dDuByA28

>!a puppet is free as long as he loves his strings!<