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PUZZLE #5206: Galton Board Cipher (diff 4)

galton learn difficulty: 4/7 simulate author: system unsolved

A 4-letter word in Galton board pin densities with 3 decoys.

DATA
Difficulty 4
Char Count 4
Char Width 3
Char Height 5
Char Gap 1
Chars [[5.37, 0.69, 1.86], [1.85, 6.49, 7.72], [0.69, 5.64, 1.96], [0.75, 8.52, 1.65], [7.37, 1.82, 1.45]], [[1.67, 0.7, 0.67], [2.0, 1.46, 6.35], [1.07, 0.67, 6.82], [0.7, 1.75, 8.26], [0.6, 1.88, 0.85]], [[6.34, 1.66, 8.62], [1.15, 6.85, 0.63], [1.36, 1.5, 1.34], [1.18, 8.96, 0.87], [1.15, 8.23, 1.82]], [[1.24, 1.34, 7.9], [1.1, 6.73, 1.91], [1.97, 1.65, 6.14], [0.94, 5.23, 1.13], [1.3, 8.36, 0.56]]
Font
{
  "A": [
    "010",
    "101",
    "111",
    "101",
    "101"
  ],
  "B": [
    "110",
    "101",
    "110",
    "101",
    "110"
  ],
  "C": [
    "011",
    "100",
    "100",
    "100",
    "011"
  ],
  "D": [
    "110",
    "101",
    "101",
    "101",
    "110"
  ],
  "E": [
    "111",
    "100",
    "110",
    "100",
    "111"
  ],
  "F": [
    "111",
    "100",
    "110",
    "100",
    "100"
  ],
  "G": [
    "011",
    "100",
    "101",
    "101",
    "011"
  ],
  "H": [
    "101",
    "101",
    "111",
    "101",
    "101"
  ],
  "I": [
    "111",
    "010",
    "010",
    "010",
    "111"
  ],
  "J": [
    "111",
    "010",
    "010",
    "010",
    "110"
  ],
  "K": [
    "101",
    "101",
    "110",
    "101",
    "101"
  ],
  "L": [
    "100",
    "100",
    "100",
    "100",
    "111"
  ],
  "M": [
    "101",
    "111",
    "101",
    "101",
    "101"
  ],
  "N": [
    "101",
    "111",
    "111",
    "101",
    "101"
  ],
  "O": [
    "010",
    "101",
    "101",
    "101",
    "010"
  ],
  "P": [
    "110",
    "101",
    "110",
    "100",
    "100"
  ],
  "Q": [
    "010",
    "101",
    "101",
    "110",
    "011"
  ],
  "R": [
    "110",
    "101",
    "110",
    "101",
    "101"
  ],
  "S": [
    "011",
    "100",
    "010",
    "001",
    "110"
  ],
  "T": [
    "111",
    "010",
    "010",
    "010",
    "010"
  ],
  "U": [
    "101",
    "101",
    "101",
    "101",
    "101"
  ],
  "V": [
    "101",
    "101",
    "101",
    "010",
    "010"
  ],
  "W": [
    "101",
    "101",
    "101",
    "111",
    "101"
  ],
  "X": [
    "101",
    "010",
    "010",
    "010",
    "101"
  ],
  "Y": [
    "101",
    "010",
    "010",
    "010",
    "010"
  ],
  "Z": [
    "111",
    "001",
    "010",
    "100",
    "111"
  ]
}
Decoy Count 3
Instructions 1. Each character is a 3x5 grid of Galton-board pin densities. 2. Low pin density (<3.5) = balls pass through = pixel ON. 3. High pin density (>3.5) = balls blocked = pixel OFF. 4. DECOYS: some empty cells also have low density. 5. Run 2-means clustering (k=2) on all values to find LOW cluster. 6. Set threshold at (low_mean + high_mean)/2. 7. For each character, try ALL font patterns, pick the closest match.
Hint 2-means cluster 15×5 pin densities. Low cluster ≈ ON, high cluster ≈ OFF. Match each 3×5 bitmap to the 26-letter font.
Answer Format comma-separated bin counts
author's note: Pool fill: galton diff 4

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