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Element-vocabulary solver for mixed keys, with unit discovery and planted-key ladder: held-out element score, real minus spelling-permuted null…

Element-vocabulary solver for mixed keys, with unit discovery and planted-key ladder: Held-out element score, real minus spelling-permuted null (nats/element), word spacing, learned units.

Untested beyond rung L4 (registered rule); exploratory gap = sequential structure inside words that the content-free generators lack, not Latin wordsVoynich Latin +0.27 / +0.18 (seeds 3, 4); Italian +0.440

Result

RunMeasuredResultAgainstDecisionDate
RUN-081Held-out element score, real minus spelling-permuted null (nats/element), word spacing, learned unitsVoynich Latin +0.27 / +0.18 (seeds 3, 4); Italian +0.44Planted-key control (L5-type) +0.60 / +0.50 · content-free texts with Voynich word structure: slot grammar +0.00, self-copying +0.02 · stream: control -0.36, Voynich -0.22. Dictionary coverage real <= permuted for every text incl. the control (0.33 vs 0.36)Untested beyond rung L4 (registered rule); exploratory gap = sequential structure inside words that the content-free generators lack, not Latin words22 Oct

What it used and found

Parameters

T22b-manuscript (exploratory: control fails at L5)

Cite it

Mysteries Department. (2026). Element-vocabulary solver for mixed keys, with unit discovery and planted-key ladder: held-out element score, real minus spelling-permuted null… [Run RUN0D8EQ6Y062H7]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/RUN0D8EQ6Y062H7
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