# Sunday Morning Puzzle # 25 **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 5, 2001, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sunday-morning-puzzle-25/74987 "2001-08-05T14:27:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2001, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sunday-morning-puzzle-25/74987/1 "2001-08-05T14:27:48Z")
Rating: **Challenger!!** This week’s puzzle consists of a list of movie titles with something in common. These titles, however, have undergone “Key Word Encoding”. Here’s how Key Word Encoding works: A key word with no repeating letters is selected. Any time a letter from the key word appears in the text to be encoded, that letter is replaced with the next letter from the key word. The final letter of the key word is replaced with the first letter. * * * Example: Key word: THREAD Key code: T=H, H=R, R=E, E=A, A=D, and D=T Title to be encoded: THE STRAIGHT DOPE MESSAGE BOARD Encoded title: HRA SHEDIGRH TOPA MASSDGA BODET Second title to be encoded: GENERAL QUESTIONS Second encoded title: GANAEDL QUASHIONS ## Note that only the letters that appear in the key word change. All other letters remain the same. The 7-letter key word in this week’s puzzle describes the common factor in the 16 movie titles. Another meaning of the key word relates to a certain aspect of moviemaking. All movie titles below are encoded using this same key word. To complicate matters, the encoded movie titles have been broken into pieces of two, three, and/or four letters and then alphabetized according to piece length. Can you determine the original movie titles and the key word? * * * 1. AT AT KD PK PO DPS FTH ILL TAE TDM 2. AELD ANGP EKWD OKDO 3. EH ON OP TH ILU NDF PED 4. IN GO LB TS ARP GGI PAT POT WHA 5. GG MR RL TH ANG LIN PAR PUC 6. DR GO LU PA PO PRR THP TWA 7. BY MA OD OY SP SBA 8. ID TH NFI PDN PLU 9. LU OA ST WI OIPS WBPO 10. CNU DDN HPE HPO OYM POT 11. AGP COR DFT HPR LPS OIU POS 12. AEH HGP IAN JAM NUT PSA TRP 13. AS BA HP PG DPS NAN OBI 14. AYA FGO NTD PPN RAR SEP THP 15. DNU KIU LPM ODR THP 16. AN FO IP TH ANU PBP PPB ---
**Author:** ![kniz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c37758/32.png) [@kniz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kniz)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2001, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sunday-morning-puzzle-25/74987/2 "2001-08-05T15:52:45Z")
[list][list][list][list][list][list][list] **NEXT SUNDAY!** …:rolleyes:… ---
**Author:** ![Andy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/aeb1de/32.png) [@Andy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2001, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sunday-morning-puzzle-25/74987/3 "2001-08-05T16:55:33Z")
Fuck that, I’m off for a beer. ---
**Author:** ![Peregrine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a6a055/32.png) [@Peregrine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peregrine)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2001, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sunday-morning-puzzle-25/74987/4 "2001-08-05T18:50:01Z")
I think your puzzle is peachy! But number 12 seems spoiled. Lettuce replace the HGP with HPG, and then it should be easy picking. ---
**Author:** ![Myrr21](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Myrr21](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Myrr21)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2001, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sunday-morning-puzzle-25/74987/5 "2001-08-05T19:05:11Z")
Hey! My name is in one of those encoded titles! That’s _like_ solving the puzzle, right? ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2001, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sunday-morning-puzzle-25/74987/6 "2001-08-05T21:30:10Z")
Congratulations and sorry for the typo **Peregrine**! I am glad you enjoyed the puzzle. I double my rechecking time in the future to see that it doesn’t happen again. Thanks for your words of encouragement. If you’re ever interested in writing a puzzle, I’d quite enjoy trying to solve it! ---
**Author:** ![aseymayo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a88e57/32.png) [@aseymayo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aseymayo)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2001, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sunday-morning-puzzle-25/74987/7 "2001-08-05T21:40:34Z")
Don’t feel too bad, **Bio** - the mistake wasn’t very gross, cherie! **Peregrine** - any ideas on [Puzzle 24](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=79022)? I’ve been looking at it for two weeks now without a glimmer. ---
**Author:** ![Peregrine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a6a055/32.png) [@Peregrine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peregrine)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2001, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sunday-morning-puzzle-25/74987/8 "2001-08-05T23:38:10Z")
Well, no _good_ ideas, no. I’ll post an account of my non-progress over in the other thread.