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PUZZLE #5197: Galton Board Cipher (diff 7)

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

A 8-letter word in Galton board pin densities with 4 decoys.

DATA
Difficulty 7
Char Count 8
Char Width 3
Char Height 5
Char Gap 1
Chars [[0.68, 7.46, 1.0], [1.52, 0.7, 1.61], [1.79, 7.64, 1.83], [1.77, 5.59, 0.93], [1.53, 5.59, 1.31]], [[7.27, 0.97, 7.92], [1.68, 6.0, 1.42], [1.37, 8.23, 1.19], [1.34, 6.2, 0.77], [8.87, 1.27, 8.26]], [[1.68, 5.34, 0.92], [1.47, 0.61, 0.96], [1.73, 6.4, 1.62], [1.54, 6.26, 1.81], [1.17, 8.84, 1.18]], [[0.63, 1.06, 1.76], [1.78, 5.2, 7.11], [0.91, 1.48, 5.35], [1.87, 6.14, 7.32], [0.58, 1.65, 1.56]], [[0.89, 5.67, 0.77], [1.04, 0.6, 1.21], [1.69, 1.65, 1.22], [1.57, 5.82, 1.25], [1.81, 0.91, 1.87]], [[0.67, 0.52, 0.74], [5.14, 1.43, 5.55], [6.01, 0.86, 6.39], [6.8, 0.86, 8.81], [8.69, 1.39, 8.81]], [[0.78, 7.67, 1.42], [1.04, 8.58, 0.52], [0.74, 7.84, 1.21], [1.21, 6.88, 1.87], [1.95, 0.78, 1.51]], [[1.16, 6.33, 0.59], [0.71, 0.67, 0.68], [0.57, 6.99, 1.1], [0.75, 5.15, 1.93], [1.23, 6.49, 0.78]]
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 31×5 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 7

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