The UK’s top secret service sent a Christmas greeting card to colleagues again this year, but in order to understand the message they have to solve a puzzle, he writes CNN.
After the card was distributed to all employees, the Government Contact Center (GCHQ) also published the VIP puzzle.
Problem solving is the soul of what we do. If someone tries to solve this puzzle, he will feel what the analyst will be with us
GCHQ wrote in a statement on Friday.
The mission is as follows:
Complete the nine lines of letters below, then place the answers you receive into the gilded blank dots in the ornament shown in the image. Follow the arrows from some half-hearted parts to get the message.
The letters are as follows: GFEDCB_; NOHHPQ _; MDCLXV_; POIUYT_; DPLLMS_; HHELIB_; Namoon_; EOEREX_; And GMRDPR_.
However, the spherical decoration in which the answers must be placed are here:
Complete #birthday Ornaments while in your Christmas bubble! 🎄
Invite the wise and the wise into your annual home #GCHQChristmasPuzzle Here 🎉
Complete the sequence, draw your answers on the ornaments and find the hidden message!
➡️ https://t.co/dsT9sTIn4L pic.twitter.com/X3HksK7Q1N– GCHQ (@GCHQ) December 18, 2020
GCHQ will soon post the solution on its official social media sites, but for the time being, it will leave some time for everyone to think. It should be, because at first glance it doesn’t look easy, and many commentators quickly gave up on trying.