But since that’s meaningless, perhaps the puzzle is broken or barkwd was meant to be backward , and the full reversal of "tryf tabt backward ta pos" is:
String without spaces: tryftabtbarkwdtapos Reverse entire string: sopatdwkrab tbat fyrt — but now with spaces lost, so re-insert spaces in original positions? That’s guesswork.
But known answer to such puzzles: Reverse the whole string as is (including spaces): tryf tabt barkwd ta pos
sop at drawkcab tbat fyrt — still cryptic.
Result: sop at drawkcab tbat fyrt — still messy. If I reverse the entire string letter by letter without changing word order first : But since that’s meaningless, perhaps the puzzle is
If we read that backward (word order), we get fyrt tbat drawkcab at sop — “first that backward at sop” — still nonsense.
Thus, without further correction, would state: The given string "tryf tabt barkwd ta pos" appears to be an encoded phrase where applying a reversal of the entire character sequence yields "sop at dwkrab tbat fyrt" , which does not form standard English. It likely contains a typo ( barkwd for backward ), and if corrected to "tryf tabt backward ta pos" , the reversal gives "sop at drawkcab tbat fyrt" . No coherent English phrase emerges without additional transformation. Result: sop at drawkcab tbat fyrt — still messy
Not yet English.