Answer: Secret Code #154

The secret message says:

I CAN CODE

The shift was 11.

The secret note decoded: I CAN CODE
The note, decoded.

Letter by letter

Secret letterLNOPTYZ
Real letterACDEINO

Decode it with Python

This program does the decoding for you. Change the secret and the shift to crack other messages!

secret = "T NLY NZOP"
shift = 11
message = ""

for letter in secret:
    if letter.isalpha():
        number = (ord(letter) - ord("A") - shift) % 26
        message = message + chr(number + ord("A"))
    else:
        message = message + letter

print(message)

When you run it, it prints:

I CAN CODE

Did you know? Shift codes are very old. A Roman writer called Suetonius said that Julius Caesar wrote secret letters by shifting the alphabet by three. That’s why it’s often called the Caesar cipher.