Alphabet Codes

In these questions, you need to find the code that has been applied to the letter combinations.
Once you figure out how the code has been applied, you can find what the next letters are in
the sequence.

Example:
If UYTC = WAVE then RMLC =

To find the code with these letters, we must look at each letter of the word individually.

With the first example, we need to count on two letters of the alphabet for each
of the letters to decode it to the word it is. We can see this on the alphabet line as
shown with the first letter from the code below:

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

With the second letter, Y, as we reach the end of the alphabet, we go back to the start
to continue counting.

As we count on two letters for each letter in the code, we can find that RMLC
decoded is TONE.

Use the alphabet below to help you find your answers. Remember that you can count backwards
as well as forwards and that there will always be a pattern, but the same rule might not apply
to every letter in the word.

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. If MFQY = HALT then GNWI =

2. If ZMYR = BOAT then AMBC =

3. If EHRG = FISH then GDQN =

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 Alphabet Codes

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

4. If LKQK = KING then OGZW =

5. If ULVN = RISK then BHDU =

6. If YKUJ = WISH then OGPW =

7. If CYVO = DAYS then EYZA =

8. If LOBM = OPEN then INPS =

9. If GMXC = CITY then KEMR =

10. If FWFX = HALF then PKUV =

11. If XQLG = ZONE then UCPO =

12. If ORDI = TWIN then MVXZ =

13. If EZDF = FACE then KHOL =

14. If XYDD = EDGE then YDIL =

15. If XBFQ = SEAT then BFSA =

16. If RFCV = VIEW then LBYJ =

17. If LXTL = PARK then SXKU =

18. If XTXV = AWAY then YBIQ =

19. If HEOT = FAIL then FEZM =

20. If IVLQ = JUMP then MPRF =

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 Alphabet Codes Answers
1. BIRD (Rule: -5)
2. CODE (Rule: +2)
3. HERO (Rule: +1)
4. NEWS (Rule: -1 -2 -3 -4)
5. YEAR (Rule: -3)
6. MENU (Rule: -2)
7. FACE (Rule: +1 +2+ 3+ 4)
8. LOST (Rule: +3 +1 +3 +1)
9. GAIN (Rule: -4)
10. ROAD (Rule: +2 +4 +6 +8)
11. WARM (Rule: +2 -2 +2 -2)
12. RACE (Rule: +5)
13. LINK (Rule: +1 +1 -1 -1)
14. FILM (Rule: +7 +5 +3 +1)
15. WIND (Rule: -5 +3 -5 +3)
16. PEAK (Rule: +4 +3 +2 +1)
17. WAIT (Rule: +4 +3 -2 -1)
18. BELT (Rule: +3)
19. DATE (Rule: -2 -4 -6 -8)
20. NOSE (Rule: +1 -1 +1 -1)

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