Puzzle 1
Starter clue: A = O
RAATPLAHQL,UWKPLAHGAE;RAATPLBSZQL,UWKPLAHPL.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Large Print Cryptograms Set 1
6 cryptograms to solve with a pencil. Each letter of the quote has been swapped for another letter, and the same swap holds all the way through.
26 pt ciphertext with wide letter spacing and room to write. 34 pt ciphertext — readable across the table, one or two puzzles a page. Both sizes print on US Letter with the answer key on its own page.
Printing this web page instead? Press Ctrl+P (⌘+P on a Mac). The navigation and buttons drop away, and the answer key prints on its own page — open it below first if you want it included.
The puzzles
Puzzle 2
Starter clue: B = O
DXAIVACDUBSBZCDXBYKCSRZBVAKDKUKUSBSACIBVS.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 3
Starter clue: C = T
RICCIXCYXIIYQDXPCQQPQQUCYVUVTWUDCICQQNVCI.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 4
Starter clue: E = T
UMCNJEVBJEUNTBZJEOUIWENZBCEUNSMMPMTABJQMX.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 5
Starter clue: J = O
BDODSLPUJYYPBUWCUJQJSSJIINGURJPZGBVJUJVGR.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 6
Starter clue: K = S
TGVTDVFMGKIWPOPMVTIWEKKTDFFLMKGJRPMVTSFGDK!
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Solver's cheat sheet
- Most common letters
- E T A O I N S H R D L U
- Most common 1-letter words
- A I
- Most common 2-letter words
- OF TO IN IT IS BE AS AT SO WE HE BY OR ON DO IF ME MY UP AN GO NO US AM
- Most common 3-letter words
- THE AND FOR ARE BUT NOT YOU ALL ANY CAN HER WAS ONE OUR OUT DAY GET HAS HIM HIS HOW MAN NEW NOW OLD SEE TWO WAY WHO BOY DID ITS LET PUT SAY SHE TOO USE
- Common double letters
- LL EE SS OO TT FF RR NN PP CC
- Common word endings
- -ING -ION -ENT -TION -LY -ED -ER -EST
- After an apostrophe
- T (don't) S (it's) RE (we're) VE (I've) LL (we'll) D (I'd)
Want this on its own sheet? Print the letter frequency chart.
Show the answer key (6 solutions)
- “Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me.”— Proverb, 1650, English proverbCipher key: A=O B=T C=J D=K E=U F=V G=Y H=N I=D J=P K=A L=E M=B N=X O=Q P=M Q=C R=F S=W T=L U=S V=R W=H X=Z Y=G Z=I
- “The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn.”— Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1841, HistoryCipher key: A=E B=O C=A D=T E=G F=K G=V H=Y I=C J=L K=S L=M M=Z N=Q O=J P=W Q=B R=D S=N T=P U=I V=R W=X X=H Y=U Z=F
- “Better three hours too soon than a minute too late.”— William Shakespeare, 1597, The Merry Wives of WindsorCipher key: A=X B=Q C=T D=U E=P F=Y G=K H=G I=E J=F K=V L=W M=Z N=L O=D P=S Q=O R=B S=J T=M U=N V=A W=I X=R Y=H Z=C
- “Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.”— Thomas Jefferson, 1819, Letter to Nathaniel MaconCipher key: A=W B=I C=N D=G E=T F=Q G=V H=U I=A J=S K=X L=J M=O N=E O=C P=K Q=D R=Z S=B T=F U=H V=Y W=P X=M Y=L Z=R
- “Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.”— Proverb, 1742, English proverbCipher key: A=X B=N C=L D=E E=S F=J G=A H=Z I=W J=O K=G L=P M=Q N=H O=V P=U Q=M R=Y S=R T=B U=T V=D W=I X=K Y=F Z=C
- “He that lies down with dogs shall rise up with fleas!”— Benjamin Franklin (ed.), 1733, Poor Richard's AlmanackCipher key: A=K B=J C=Y D=A E=G F=L G=E H=X I=D J=U K=S L=R M=I N=Z O=N P=W Q=V R=P S=F T=H U=B V=T W=O X=C Y=M Z=Q