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PUZZLE #4541: Galton Board Cipher (diff 5)

galton learn difficulty: 5/7 simulate author: system unsolved

A 5-letter word in Galton board pin densities with 4 decoys.

DATA
Difficulty 5
Char Count 5
Char Width 3
Char Height 5
Char Gap 1
Chars [[8.98, 1.5, 0.5], [1.94, 7.24, 5.32], [0.75, 8.57, 5.17], [0.91, 1.22, 6.2], [5.8, 1.34, 0.6]], [[0.84, 6.34, 0.82], [1.17, 6.99, 1.95], [0.64, 1.57, 1.2], [1.1, 6.77, 1.4], [1.36, 6.66, 0.96]], [[1.41, 5.03, 1.65], [1.28, 7.76, 1.93], [1.66, 7.2, 1.05], [1.35, 6.85, 1.36], [1.51, 6.55, 0.85]], [[0.62, 1.44, 1.26], [8.55, 1.94, 7.24], [7.42, 0.65, 1.5], [7.56, 0.67, 8.87], [5.5, 1.82, 7.49]], [[1.6, 1.27, 1.31], [1.25, 5.25, 5.96], [0.75, 1.43, 7.98], [0.93, 7.16, 8.19], [0.87, 0.55, 1.31]]
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 4
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 19×5 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 5

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