Solve the hidden messages
You're going to see how the body knows how to work, using a bit of machinery called the spliceosome. Gain points from decoding the hidden messages and see how good a spliceosome you are!
Intro
Can you read the messages below?
Find a hidden word in each line and put them together to build the message.
There's a hint underneath to show you how many letters should be in each word of the message. All the answers are available at the bottom of the page.
Want to know more about the science? There's a video at the bottom as well!
Question one
Hidden message #1
KDOLWBUCYOURIQEHFBGPLIGKDBVZXW
4 letter word
SAHGFIPLTRDNBHGDVBODYVOJUYSMNH
4 letter word
CONTAINSJVXCDEQWPOYUJFHYRTEMDI
6 letter word
MONCIKJEYXOTGWDINSTRUCTIONSWYH
13 letter word
LNAFXFORQSNYQNVZODSLWKKDJFENAI
3 letter word
JNZNCQPTYIWBGLNCKMPLIFEXXGHKML
4 letter word
Did you decode it?
Question two
Hidden message #2
KDOLWBUCMITHESEFBGPLIGKDBVZXW
5 letter word
AHGFIPLTRDNBHGDVINSTRUCTIONSVO
12 letter word
YISMNHGAREJVXCDEQWPOYUJFHYRTE
3 letter word
IUMKNCIKJEYXQFGWDHIDDENHLLNAFN
6 letter word
TQSBDLWITHINPGHKJSHDGRWNFHHDSL
6 letter word
HQKMDHLPQMNCDHGFGIBBERISHGQNL
9 letter word
Did you decode it?
Question three
Hidden message #3
LKJDXMKDJWBVYGBJXWNSBNKHIDDENF
6 letter word
DXZJCBWORDSVXZMBSNLKLDCQPNCFW
5 letter word
FWIJKSFYZDRGWITHINCBVNMVXNBLKJ
6 letter word
INSTRUCTIONSVNZMPQMCVNMXVCNLK
12 letter word
GDFLHZCLKJHFVDNCVBUILDXZDJVLKD
5 letter word
FFMEANINGFULVKHNVZXMVNDKJHJFFT
10 letter word
KMZQWSIWXNMJEDVBMESSAGESREGF
8 letter word
Did you decode it?
The answers
Video explainer
The science
- We are made of cells and they need instructions to work.
- Instructions are genes, which are made of DNA. But the useful bits are hidden among gibberish.
- Our cells have to find, cut and paste the right words within the instructions to build messages that make sense
- This process is known as splicing and the spliceosome the bit of the cell that is responsible for this job.
