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🔐 Caesar's Secret

★★  Medium · 200 pts

Over 2000 years ago, Julius Caesar sent secret messages to his generals by shifting each letter in the alphabet. For example, with a shift of 1: A becomes B, B becomes C, C becomes D... and Z wraps around to A.

💡 Your mission: The encrypted message below was shifted by 3 letters forward. To decode it, shift each letter 3 letters backward. Only letters are shifted – symbols like { } _ stay the same!

Encrypted message:

IODJ{mxolxv_zrxog_eh_surxg}

📋 Alphabet Cheat Sheet (shift = 3)

Find the encrypted letter on top → read the decoded letter below it.

✏️ Decode Workspace

Use the cheat sheet above to decode each letter. Type the decoded letter in each box:

🤔 Stuck? Click for an extra hint

Let's decode the first letter together:

The first letter is I. Count 3 letters backward: I → H → G → F

The second letter is O. Count 3 back: O → N → M → L

Keep going! You've got this! 💪

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