BREAKING THE CODE

GAMES/World of Puzzles

October, 2015 

Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon

There is something about each letter as represented here that gives it the numerical value assigned. Can you "break the code" and find the only letter of the alphabet that, according to this system, would have the value of 1?

A = 2       E  = 3       I = 2      

B = 0       F = 3        J = 2

C = 2       G= 2        K = 4

D = 0       H= 4        L = 2

Answer:

 

The answer is P. The numbers have been assigned according to the number of unattached end points of strokes used to make up the letters. So M = 2, N = 2, O = 0, P = 1, Q (in block lettering) = 2, etc.