Free 11+ verbal reasoning practice question: Letter codes
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If DOG is written as GSL and HAND is written as KESJ, what word does VAFSW stand for?
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DOG → GSLHAND → KESJ
VAFSW → [ ? ]
💡 Hints
Three letters cannot show whether a pattern grows or repeats. A four-letter word can.
🗝️ Key method
Find the shift at each position.
Use the longer example to settle it.
Step the code letters backwards.
1
DOG to GSL moves the letters on 3, then 4, then 5.
2
HAND moves on 3, 4, 5 and 6, so the shift keeps growing.
3
Step VAFSW back by 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7.
4
That gives SWAMP. A repeating 3, 4, 5 would have given SWAPS.
🎉 Answer: E. SWAMP
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