Each Monday, MysteriousWritings releases a Puzzle to exercise the mind on the MW Forum. These are for practice in thinking outside the box, which is often beneficial when trying to solve Armchair Treasure Hunts. Morse Code was used in MW Puzzle Fun #15. The puzzle is below.
There are lots of ways Morse Code can be given. It doesn’t always have to be Dots and Dashes, but only something used to represent those symbols. In a previous Codes and Ciphers segment we saw how Dandelion Seeds can be used to hide a message in Morse Code. The different positions of the seeds represented a dot or a dash. Straight up/down for Dot. Sideways for a Dash.
In the case of MW Puzzle Fun #15 it was the use of colors.
The title of the puzzle hinted to Morse Code being used. SOS is the most famous Morse Code message so it suggested that could be the cipher used to discover the message.
Also, the S, which in morse code is of DOTS, is in RED. The O, which in morse code is of DASHES, is in DARK BLUE. This was the KEY.
In the columns are seen RED and BLUE squares placed together amongst the many other colors. They represent the DOTS and DASHES of the Morse Code key. Decoding these squares to letters give:
RESCUE US.
