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Hockey Crypto-Families

Crypto-families are lists of related words that are encrypted with a letter substitution. In this case, all the lists are related to hockey. Each list uses a different letter substitution. An example of a letter substition encrytion is like this: The word HOCKEY could be encoded to XPQFRO if H=X, O=P, C=Q, etc.

GENERAL HOCKEY WORDS

TOXDT
YQTCYJAE
OXUXOXX
EJOXX CXOGANY
BOGYE YJAE
CABXOCQTS
DXPEOTQ RADX
UTWX-AUU
JTE EOGWV
JAAVGDZ

HOCKEY EQUIPMENT

IBULOI
SOTPOL
MOXB CZUFE
OTQDY JUEI
ADXBILFUJ
SDXBON JUMLI
PDZLSCZUFE
SDXBON ILVXB
ISVM CZUFEI
SDXBON JUMLI

NHL TEAMS

RNGNCOIGL
LIGNDUAL
VNBKI KINYL
UOKIAL
YKNVIL
RNGZREL
CIWOKL
YKXIAL
BIGMZOGL
ANGMIAL

CRYPTO-FAMILIES WORDS

Here are all the words for all 3 lists in alphabetical order. Match the words to the right lists to help figure out the letter substitutions. Any duplicated words appear in more than one list. Cross the words out as you solve the codes.

ARENA
CANADIENS
CANUCKS
DEVILS
ELBOW PADS
FACE-OFF
FLAMES
FLYERS
HAT TRICK
HELMET
HOCKEY PANTS
HOCKEY PANTS
HOCKEY STICK
HOOKING
JOCKSTRAP

MAPLE LEAFS
MOUTHGUARD
NECK GUARD
NEUTRAL ZONE
OILERS
PENGUINS
POWERPLAY
RANGERS
REFEREE
SENATORS
SHIN GUARDS
SKATES
SLAPSHOT
THREE PERIODS
WRIST SHOT