Puzzle 1
Starter clue: K = N
KYQYHACPOSGNJKJKGPNPDJGAKYHJKLRYNZTAKGYQHAJCYKJXVAVAKOGSNYKGJPKAUDHACCDHYFPCPYKCQYHJVVDYCCPXVAMZACGPYKC.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Abraham Lincoln Cryptograms Set 5
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.
20 pt ciphertext — the size a newspaper puzzle page never gives you. 26 pt ciphertext with wide letter spacing and room to write. Both sizes print on US Letter with the answer key on its own page.
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The puzzles
Puzzle 2
Starter clue: D = T
USLVFDHSLDGCVOSASLDRKDURIKRLRADMGBRKAORADCLSDZCORDGUSLUCAVLCAVDGDKCALOSDSDFASOICSKRVQHUSODGUSLLFZZRLLGK.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 3
Starter clue: F = E
BUMBAFHNBYFMJFGKFHFUMAFUHJRCNTCMMFKURMJBUWDRKQJBIJMJFSQRCNTURMQBNNBUWNSZFKFHGRUHBZNFMJKRCWJMBAFPUTBUFMFKUBMS.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 4
Starter clue: J = E
DNXOUODTNDDHASJLQJTJNTSJJPJUGBQJUJDQOSSQOPJLQOLDJIDJNXTJUXJRLDJREUHLGBQHRQHDYNDLXOPNUOASJLNROSYLQNEZQLOIKUJXSJRLHNI.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 5
Starter clue: C = E
LBPXYLTJLTJRQICVLGYCJQAUHMCJLTJKUUPDUIDBCSHCXCTMCLTJYCGUTJDBCHCLMBUICLMBUDBCH,YPDDBCJQIICHCTDSLHDXUIUPHMUPTDHGMLTTUDJUDBQX.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 6
Starter clue: K = E
DOXAXADOKCJADQMHYKMKPNJAQMHEPNAEKPNJAATADKVIOXLONEKMADOKIQTDNQRR,YXFKAONEKDNQRR,QMHLNMAKBJKMDKMKPYTQMHEPNYPKAAQMHXVEPNFKVKMDNULNMHXDXNMDNQRR.
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)
- “No foresight can anticipate nor any document of reasonable length contain express provisions for all possible questions.”— Abraham Lincoln, 1861, First Inaugural AddressCipher key: A=E B=Z C=S D=P E=J F=V G=T H=R I=W J=A K=N L=Y M=Q N=C O=G P=I Q=F R=D S=H T=M U=X V=L W=K X=B Y=O Z=U
- “His duty is to administer the present Government as it came to his hands and to transmit it unimpaired by him to his successor.”— Abraham Lincoln, 1861, First Inaugural AddressCipher key: A=N B=V C=A D=T E=Z F=U G=O H=Y I=P J=L K=R L=S M=G N=F O=M P=J Q=B R=E S=I T=K U=H V=D W=X X=W Y=Q Z=C
- “In times like the present men should utter nothing for which they would not willingly be responsible through time and in eternity.”— Abraham Lincoln, 1862, Second Annual Message to CongressCipher key: A=M B=I C=U D=F E=Q F=E G=P H=S I=C J=H K=R L=J M=T N=L O=Z P=A Q=W R=O S=Y T=D U=N V=X W=G X=V Y=K Z=B
- “So far as possible the people everywhere shall have that sense of perfect security which is most favorable to calm thought and reflection.”— Abraham Lincoln, 1861, First Inaugural AddressCipher key: A=B B=W C=J D=S E=U F=Q G=Y H=I I=N J=E K=D L=T M=Z N=O O=A P=V Q=H R=C S=L T=P U=R V=X W=K X=F Y=M Z=G
- “A husband and wife may be divorced and go out of the presence and beyond the reach of each other, but the different parts of our country can not do this.”— Abraham Lincoln, 1861, First Inaugural AddressCipher key: A=V B=H C=E D=T E=J F=X G=Y H=R I=F J=D K=G L=A M=C N=L O=K P=U Q=I R=W S=P T=N U=O V=M W=Z X=S Y=B Z=Q
- “This is the just and generous and prosperous system which opens the way to all, gives hope to all, and consequent energy and progress and improvement of condition to all.”— Abraham Lincoln, 1861, First Annual Message to CongressCipher key: A=S B=Q C=J D=T E=P F=V G=B H=D I=W J=U K=E L=C M=N N=O O=H P=R Q=A R=L S=Z T=Y U=F V=M W=X X=I Y=G Z=K