5x5 Crypto

Ever heard of the 5x5 secret message system? If not, basically it's a 5x5 grid with all letters of the alphabet in order, without k because c is represented to make the k sound only. Google it if you need to. A letter is identified by Row-Column. All values are in caps. Try: 1-3,4-4,2-1,{,4-4,2-3,4-5,3-2,1-2,4-3,_,4-5,3-5,}

The 5x5 cipher is also known as the Polybius cipher.

+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
|  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  |  Z  |
+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+

We can substitute the numbers using the grid.

1-3 4-4 2-1 { 4-4 2-3 4-5 3-2 1-2 4-3 _ 4-5 3-5 }
 C   T   F  {  T   H   U   M   B   S  _  U   P  }

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