# Each word is a fragment of a verbose cipher

> Disputed: The written words are fragments of a verbose cipher of a known language: each word is one or more segments of glyphs, each segment encoding one…

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# Each word is a fragment of a verbose cipher

The written words are fragments of a verbose cipher of a known language: each word is one or more segments of glyphs, each segment encoding one plaintext unit, with the segmentation unknown and plaintext spaces not written.

**Disputed** Answers **1** questionAbductiveTested0

## Where it stands

**Disputed** None pieces of evidence for, one against. It needs two reviews to be accepted.

## What it predicts

- a solver that learns the segmentation jointly with the key
- validated on planted affix-table ciphers
- decodes held-out sheets to text that scores within the control's margin of the language and is covered by dictionary words at the control's rate

## Evidence none for · 1 against

[The fragmenting-cipher solver finds no key when each written word is one plaintext unit;…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/voynich-manuscript/evidence/EVD0D8GDQSY17GW/the-fragmenting-cipher-solver-finds-no-key-when-each-written)

Established · weighs some · F-028

AGAINST

## Tested by 14 runs

| Run | Measured | Result | Against | Decision | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RUN-051 | paragraphs, Italian: held-out gap (own minus decoded), segments 953, 1.57 per word | 0.907 | Permuted keys mean gap 1.486 · control gap see T16a | See note | 22 Oct |
| RUN-050 | paragraphs, Latin.novowel: held-out gap (own minus decoded), segments 722, 1.47 per word | 0.353 | Permuted keys mean gap 0.381 · control gap see T16a | See note | 22 Oct |
| RUN-045 | paragraphs, Latin: held-out gap (own minus decoded), segments 927, 1.56 per word | 0.775 | Permuted keys mean gap 4.992 · control gap see T16a | See note | 22 Oct |
| RUN-049 | paragraphs, Latin: held-out gap (own minus decoded), segments 927, 1.56 per word | 0.775 | Permuted keys mean gap 1.527 · control gap see T16a | See note | 22 Oct |
| RUN-036 | planted affix-table cipher of Latin, k=4, 1 letter(s)/word: held-out word accuracy | 0.1661953784297265 | Chance 0.127 | Control fails | 22 Oct |
| RUN-046 | planted affix-table cipher of Latin, k=4, 1 letter(s)/word: held-out word accuracy | 0.8087719298245614 | Chance 0.126 | Control fails | 22 Oct |
| RUN-041 | planted affix-table cipher of Latin, k=4, 1 letter(s)/word: held-out word accuracy | 0.8097007223942209 | Chance 0.126 | Control fails | 22 Oct |
| RUN-042 | planted affix-table cipher of Latin, k=4, 2 letter(s)/word: held-out word accuracy | 0.0173374613003096 | Chance 0.020 | Control fails | 22 Oct |
| RUN-047 | planted affix-table cipher of Latin, k=4, 2 letter(s)/word: held-out word accuracy | 0.04767801857585139 | Chance 0.020 | Control fails | 22 Oct |
| RUN-044 | planted affix-table cipher of Latin, k=4, 2 letter(s)/word: held-out word accuracy | 0.04767801857585139 | Chance 0.020 | Control fails | 22 Oct |
| RUN-048 | planted affix-table cipher of Latin.novowel, k=4, 1 letter(s)/word: held-out word accuracy | 0.8667291471415183 | Chance 0.154 | Control fails | 22 Oct |
| RUN-043 | planted affix-table cipher of Latin.novowel, k=4, 1 letter(s)/word: held-out word accuracy | 0.08959700093720713 | Chance 0.154 | Control fails | 22 Oct |
| RUN-053 | rings, Latin.novowel: held-out gap (own minus decoded), segments 133, 2.03 per word | 0.29 | Permuted keys mean gap 0.338 · control gap see T16a | See note | 22 Oct |
| RUN-052 | rings, Latin: held-out gap (own minus decoded), segments 159, 2.06 per word | 1.039 | Permuted keys mean gap 1.782 · control gap see T16a | See note | 22 Oct |

## The questions it answers

[Is it a cipher of a known language?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/voynich-manuscript/questions/QST08JG2PB04SQP/is-it-a-cipher-of-a-known-language)

Part of [What kind of text is it?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/voynich-manuscript/questions/QST08JG1S1G6D9T/what-kind-of-text-is-it)

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## Cite it

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**ANS** 0D8FZZC67P7G

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[Session 7](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/voynich-manuscript/sessions/SES0D8CZNK07S90/session-7-phase-3-procedures-fragments-lists-transliteration) · 22 Oct 2026

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