Answer: Secret Code #52

The secret message says:

KEEP TRYING

The shift was 3.

The secret note decoded: KEEP TRYING
The note, decoded.

Letter by letter

Secret letterBHJLNQSUW
Real letterYEGIKNPRT

Decode it with Python

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

secret = "NHHS WUBLQJ"
shift = 3
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:

KEEP TRYING

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.