The Columnar Cipher is a type of transposition cipher.
1. Get Keyword
2. If your keyword is Zebras, that is 6 letters. You would write 632415 because Z is the 6th highest letter in the word and E is the 3rd highest letter and so on
3. Then message under the numbers in rows of 6, because Zebra is a 6 letter word.
4. Write out 123456. Under the number write the letters from each column that match the numbers in the original line of numbers.
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