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A keyword cipher is a form of . A is used as the key, and it determines the letter matchings of the cipher alphabet to the plain alphabet. Repeats of letters in the word are removed, then the cipher alphabet is generated with the keyword matching to A,B,C etc. until the keyword is used up, whereupon the rest of the ciphertext letters are used in alphabetical order, excluding those already used in the key.
Plaintext: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y ZEncrypted: K R Y P T O S A B C D E F G H I J L M N Q U V W X Z
With KRYPTOS as the keyword, all As become Ks, all Bs become Rs and so on. Encrypting the message "knowledge is power" using the keyword "kryptos":
