GCHQ Christmas Card 2019

Part 1 - Find the message within the Snowflake.

Part 2 - Complete the Snowflake.

Part 3 - Using a ruler, line up the same coloured snowflakes

              around the Christmas Card.

Part 4 - Find the Secret Message within the Hexagons.

Answers Below

Part 1 - Find the message within the snowflake.

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from everyone at GCHQ in our Centenary Year of foundation.

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from everyone at GCHQ in our Centenary Year of foundation.

Part 2 - Complete the snowflake.

Part 3 - Using a ruler, line up the different colour snowflakes

              around the Christmas Card.

Red Stars      – O N E

Orange Stars – H U N

Yellow Stars  – D R E

Green Stars   – D Y

Blue Stars      – E A

Pink Stars      – R S

ONE HUNDRED YEARS

Part 4 - Find the Secret Message within the 25 Hexagons.

Letters of a Particular Colour

OREICEAMNYAOE

UHHUNFANRYHRW

NYMNOTORDEAPR

CQESGDOAOAEEY

RRNAETTNRAMEN

 ICRTFSYIAVYPF    

Letters around each of the 25 Hexagons

Hexagon 1 - OURQIN

Hexagon 2 - YCHRRR

Hexagon 3 - RCENHQ

Hexagon 4 - MEUNEC

Hexagon 5 - RRIOUE

Hexagon 6 - HNTEGC

Hexagon 7 - ENDNTN

Hexagon 8 - UOFADN

Hexagon 9 - ISTFFO

Hexagon 10 - ATYONE

Hexagon 11 - GENRYT

Hexagon 12 - TNOANE

Hexagon 13 - DATION

Hexagon 14 - FFORTA

Hexagon 15 - TMDAOF

Hexagon 16 - ASANDM

Hexagon 17 - NARVER

Hexagon 18 - OIYYRA

Hexagon 19 - TRAEYI

Hexagon 20 - OAHAAR

Hexagon 21 - RYAREV

Hexagon 22 - YEYEAY

Hexagon 23 - AAPWYE

Hexagon 24 - ERFROM

Hexagon 25 - PPYNEW

Use a SIX letter Word Wheel.

https://nineletterword.tompaton.com/wkbmooors/?wheel

Columnar Transposition Cipher

https://crypto.interactive-maths.com/columnar-transposition-cipher.html#

Ciphertext

OURQIN YCHRRR RCENHQ MEUNEC RRIOUE HNTEGC ENDNTN UOFADN ISTFFO ATYONE GENRYT TNOANE DATION FFORTA TMDAOF ASANDM NARVER OIYYRA

TRAEYI OAHAAR RYAREV YEYEAY AAPWYE ERFROM PPYNEW

Key: ONEHUNDREDYEARS

Key Length: 6

Plaintext

anhgaoretuftoarseneyrrrnnrfueyadtnatroueofryanaera

aciocmoqirdtgypteyfrpaioemictwmnyarptnavnoetydhr

diyyyhyannneaqanonocaerfdoeomtiuenhayvfnarferse

werre

Congraulations you have solved the

      CGHQ Christmas Card 2019.