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Polar Bear 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 polar bears. Each list uses a different letter substitution. An example of a letter substition encrytion is like this: The word POLAR could be encoded to XPQRO if P=X, O=P, L=Q, etc.

ABOUT POLAR BEARS

EIKOL
PVNNKGL
IFHL
WYVEN
VDWOKW
CMDOILDC
NPVYY OVKY
NPVYY LVDN
JDLXVOMD
OIKWA BFD

HABITAT AND DIET

BPAZOA
YBZMP
DBCV
QYOXXMPQ
QMBDQ
IBPU
QABHMCJM
ABPABQQMQ
YIBDMQ
CBPYIBDQ

BABY POLAR BEARS

CFLEKD UFDEB
VLTC WKL
ECFLV
NHUV
ECT ZKMDV CFEB PTP
EKMNB VHDXFXMQ
YDTEKNEFXK PTP
MUVKLE WMW
EFLZ FLJMLEV
UTDL UQFLW

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.

ABSENT DAD
ARCTIC
ARCTIC
BORN BLIND
CARCASSES
CLAWS
CUBS
HARP
HUGE
LAND
MASSIVE
NARWHALS
NORTHERN
PREDATOR
PROTECTIVE MOM

SCAVENGE
SEALS
SMALL EARS
SMALL TAIL
SNOW DEN
SWIMMERS
TEACH SURVIVAL
THICK FUR
TINY INFANTS
TWINS
TWO YEARS WITH MOM
WATER
WHALES
WHITE
WINTER BIRTH