Helpful Links

This is a list of websites you may find helpful in solving or decrypting Cash Trove clues.

Anagram Generators
An anagram is a type of word play, the result of rearranging the letters of a word or phrase to produce a new word or phrase, using all the original letters exactly once; e.g., orchestra = carthorse, A decimal point = I'm a dot in place. Anagram generators can help solve a multitude of puzzles. Just plug in the letters you know, and page through the list of words that can be created from the jumble of letters.

Some anagram generators are better at solving certain types of puzzles. For instance, I find that thewordfinder.com is very good at giving me a starting point for solving those tricky "pyramid" word mazes. If you're not having any luck with one, try a different one.

Cipher Solvers
Ciphers are ways of encoding text so that it can't be easily read by an outside observer. Think of it like a code. For most cyphers, you have to know the key, in order to decrypt the code. The simplest cipher is the number cipher, where each letter of the alphabet is replaced by a number. A=1, B=2, C=3.. and so on. Most people learn this simply cipher as school children, and it is still a very useful way to encode a document so that it can't be read by the casual observer. Of course, the Cash Trove puzzle ciphers are a little trickier. I have found the following cypher solvers to be useful in decrypting past Cash Trove clues.