Solved cryptogram
"important - unimportant - unimportant - important - " as if he were trying which word sounded best.
Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, chapter 12.
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The passage it comes from
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"Unimportant, of course, I meant," the King hastily said, and went on to himself in an undertone,
"important - unimportant - unimportant - important - " as if he were trying which word sounded best.
Some of the jury wrote it down "important," and some "unimportant." Alice could see this, as she was near enough to look over their slates; "but it doesn't matter a bit," she thought to herself.
Text from the Project Gutenberg edition, which is in the public domain in the United States.
- Written byLewis Carroll
- Taken fromAlice's Adventures in Wonderland
- Difficultyhard
- Length76 letters, 19 unique
Nearby in the book
The puzzles either side of this one in the novel.
- Chapter 7easy, 80 letters
- Chapter 8easy, 80 letters
- Chapter 11medium, 63 letters
- Chapter 12medium, 82 letters
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