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In letter-based coding-decoding questions, each letter of a plaintext word is replaced by a fixed, consistent code letter throughout the passage. To decode or encode a new word, first compare every given plaintext word with its code to build a letter-to-code map, then apply that map letter by letter to the target word.

Compare each given plaintext word with its code to extract the letter-to-code mapping:

1. SLOW is coded as VFMD, so S maps to V, L maps to F, O maps to M, and W maps to D.

2. MOVE is coded as ZMWE, so M maps to Z, O maps to M, V maps to W, and E maps to E.

3. GET is coded as BEN, so G maps to B, E maps to E, and T maps to N.

4. BACKWARDS is coded as PCTLDCOXU, so B maps to P, A maps to C, C maps to T, K maps to L, W maps to D, R maps to O, D maps to X, and S maps to U.

5. FIRE is coded as QHOE, so F maps to Q, I maps to H, R maps to O, and E maps to E.

6. AWAY is coded as CDCI, so A maps to C, W maps to D, and Y maps to I.

The mapping needed for the word FIERCE is:

Reading the codes for F, I, E, R, C, E in order gives Q, H, E, O, T, E, so FIERCE is coded as QHEOTE.

The letter E maps to E consistently across MOVE, GET, and FIRE, and the letter R maps to O consistently across both FIRE and BACKWARDS — every letter used in FIERCE (F, I, E, R, C) has a single, unambiguous code confirmed by at least one of the given pairs above. (The letter S shows a minor mismatch between SLOW and BACKWARDS, but S does not appear in FIERCE, so it does not affect this derivation.) This confirms QHEOTE as the correct code.