# No plaintext: a procedure produced it

> Still possible: The text has no plaintext; a procedure (tables, self-copying, grille) produced it, steered by section.

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Answer · Voynich Manuscript

# No plaintext: a procedure produced it

The text has no plaintext; a procedure (tables, self-copying, grille) produced it, steered by section.

**Still possible** Answers **1** questionLiteratureScreened0

## Where it stands

**Still possible** Its tests haven't settled it: five pieces of evidence for, five against. It needs two reviews to be accepted.

## Evidence 5 for · 5 against

[Adjacent identical and near-identical words are common](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/voynich-manuscript/evidence/EVD0D8GDKN465TE/adjacent-identical-and-near-identical-words-are-common)

Established · weighs some · F-011

FOR

[No repeated four-word phrases](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/voynich-manuscript/evidence/EVD0D8GDMW61R3Z/no-repeated-four-word-phrases)

Established · weighs some · F-016

FOR

[The hands are interchangeable in variant choice](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/voynich-manuscript/evidence/EVD0D8GDPTP36PJ/the-hands-are-interchangeable-in-variant-choice)

Established · weighs some · F-024

FOR

[Word order carries almost no information](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/voynich-manuscript/evidence/EVD0D8GDN405FYV/word-order-carries-almost-no-information)

Established · weighs some · F-017

FOR

[Words spelled alike are used alike](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/voynich-manuscript/evidence/EVD0D8GDMMC3M2G/words-spelled-alike-are-used-alike)

Established · weighs some · F-015

FOR

[Adjacent pages share vocabulary, as in languages](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/voynich-manuscript/evidence/EVD0D8GDQJ46FS3/adjacent-pages-share-vocabulary-as-in-languages)

Established · weighs heavily · F-027

AGAINST

[Glyph order carries usable structure](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/voynich-manuscript/evidence/EVD0D8GDSGM4QGA/glyph-order-carries-usable-structure)

Supported · weighs some · F-035

AGAINST

[Herbal pages open with a word found on no other page](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/voynich-manuscript/evidence/EVD0D8GDYWG2XHY/herbal-pages-open-with-a-word-found-on-no-other-page)

Established · weighs some · F-114

AGAINST

[No simulated procedure reproduces the statistics](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/voynich-manuscript/evidence/EVD0D8GDQ2G7EGT/no-simulated-procedure-reproduces-the-statistics)

Established · weighs heavily · F-025

AGAINST

[Vocabulary clusters by section, not by scribe](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/voynich-manuscript/evidence/EVD0D8GDKWY3R6B/vocabulary-clusters-by-section-not-by-scribe)

Established · weighs little · F-012

AGAINST

## The questions it answers

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

Most likelyA notation or memory system

## Cite it

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Mysteries Department. (2026). No plaintext: a procedure produced it [Answer ANS0D8G04R26QE0]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ANS0D8G04R26QE0
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**ANS** 0D8G04R26QE0

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Answer · hypothesis

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[Session 9](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/voynich-manuscript/sessions/SES0D8EPKD059SN/session-9-the-inquiry-framework-the-inductive-battery) · 22 Oct 2026

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