The puzzle has several solutions. Here is the one Debussey found:
(simple substition on this one did not yield any result)
ED
TH -> Is a system. If we exchange the letters with their respective number in the alphabet, we get this:
5 4
20 8 Which in turn makes up this system:
y x
4y 2x
If we exchange these letters with alphabet letters, we basically get 6 options for Y, and 13 options for X (given that we do not go backwards) This gives a whole range of possibilities, all of which must be accepted, since elimination with these alternatives = an easy task.
For example:
A D
E F
-> = FADE and DEAF
There are several other possibilities as well.
Since the puzzle system is NOT determined by the riddle maker, it means that ANY system for finding a solution MUST count, which in turn makes every solution that can be found a good solution to the riddle. (Vince claiming the only solution is a 9 letter word = BS, since any solution derived from a logical process must count here, since there was no restrictions given with the original riddle)
Gary Busey has spoken (and won).
