Coding Decoding Quiz Set 23

'food' is common to items 1 and 2. From their codes we can see that '274' is common, and therefore the required answer.

In the code, each letter of the original word have the same position in the alphabet from the end, as the original word is from the beginning.

A-Z, B-Y, C-X, D-W, E-V, F-U, G-T, H-S, I-R, J-Q, K-P, L-O, M-N, N-M, O-L, P-K, Q-J, R-I, S-H, T-G, U-F, V-E, W-D, X-C, Y-B, Z-A.

Letters of the basic word are written in the coded word in such a way that last and first letters, second last and second letters, third last and third letters and so on are written together in the coded word.

Letters for the basic word have been moved in forward direction in the coded word with a gap of 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 letters as their position in the alphabet. So SIMPLE is coded T K P T Q K.