Cipher #224 hints — Wednesday, 12 August 2026
Stuck on today's wheel? Here are three nudges that get harder, then the answer at the very bottom. Nothing above the last section spoils the word.
Standard band — A midweek puzzle: ordinary letters, no tricks.
The ciphertext
This is what the board shows you before any guess. Repeated symbols mean repeated letters.
Hint 1 — The shape of it
Today's word has 6 different letters across six positions, all of them different. The vowels sit at positions 1 and 3 and 4.
Hint 2 — Where to start
It begins with E and ends with H. If you can place either of those, the wheel hands you that mapping and the ciphertext starts reading back at you.
Hint 3 — Narrowing it down
The word contains more than one vowel and its letters are all fairly ordinary. First three letters: ENO…
Show the answer to Cipher #224
The word was ENOUGH.
Which means the wheel mapped E→N, N→L, O→B, U→D, G→R, H→U.
Want to try this one yourself instead? Play #224 as practice — no hints, and it won't touch your streak.