Answer · Voynich Manuscript

One or two glyphs are nulls

One or two glyph units are nulls (meaningless insertions); the remaining text is a plain alphabet.

Ruled outAnswers 1 questionDeductiveTested0

Where it stands

Ruled outNone pieces of evidence for, one against.

What it predicts

deleting the null unit(s) raises conditional character entropy into the attested-language range (at least 2.51 bits)

Evidence none for · 1 against

Word-as-letter, periodic transposition, position-keyed alphabets, single nulls and sorted…

Established · weighs some · F-022

AGAINST

Tested by 2 runs

Run	Measured	Result	Against	Decision	Date
RUN-012	max h2 after deleting one glyph unit	2.403	Attested minimum 2.51 (languages lose 0.1-0.4 bits when their commonest letter is deleted)	Not supported	22 Oct
RUN-026	max h2 after deleting one glyph unit	2.749	Attested minimum 2.51 (languages lose 0.1-0.4 bits when their commonest letter is deleted)	Consistent	22 Oct

The questions it answers

Is it a cipher of a known language?

Part of What kind of text is it?

Most likelyNo answer ahead

Cite it

Mysteries Department. (2026). One or two glyphs are nulls [Answer ANS0D8FZWY254ZW]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ANS0D8FZWY254ZW

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  title     = {One or two glyphs are nulls},
  author    = {{Mysteries Department}},
  year      = {2026},
  note      = {Answer, catalog key ANS0D8FZWY254ZW},
  url       = {https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ANS0D8FZWY254ZW}
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