Puzzle 1
Starter clue: Q = E
LQKZTQIWSAQONEGEWZK,BFQKEFQROQATZALGJZZHHQQH,TGWSEZJQEDAQHWETZAWE.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Aesop Cryptograms Set 7
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.
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: X = T
YXDVIFXYIFDPMKKFJDXPMXVJFIMJPMDMUUXPFXVYU,MJQMJVXPFNMUUXPFKNVHYX.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 3
Starter clue: O = E
FOAOBHMVFOVMZCOYNRZAMDOOKHS-YHVRZVOYHAJQOUVOMDOHQEOUAVZBHAXNQHATIZN.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 4
Starter clue: H = E
PYHCHJGIHBKIGDEMGSEITLHSHBGPJKBPHSGSQKXQHJPYHXKJJKBUIHJHSPLXHJJGSMJ.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 5
Starter clue: B = T
BYSGXYRKTBXOBYRWBEWJJOTOSVBBYRWQYB,XOPPRJBSVJKPPOVBRWVEWEFSTBSCCKVQSN.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 6
Starter clue: Z = E
JZIQAGZIEZLWDKGGDZUWKZYLIOZMSKGPDZMMOQTWLUZGPLIGPZFXQDLWUZJKMAQWGTIZM.
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)
- “Men of evil reputation, when they perform a good deed, fail to get credit for it.”— Aesop, 1867, Aesop's Fables (George Fyler Townsend translation, 1867)Cipher key: A=R B=W C=J D=C E=T F=H G=A H=D I=V J=G K=N L=M M=Z N=U O=P P=K Q=E R=Y S=L T=F U=B V=S W=I X=Q Y=X Z=O
- “It sometimes happens that one man has all the toil, and another all the profit.”— Aesop, 1867, Aesop's Fables (George Fyler Townsend translation, 1867)Cipher key: A=Z B=V C=Q D=S E=J F=E G=U H=F I=M J=N K=P L=W M=A N=R O=X P=H Q=D R=K S=C T=Y U=L V=O W=G X=T Y=I Z=B
- “Benefits bestowed upon the evil-disposed increase their means of injuring you.”— Aesop, 1867, Aesop's Fables (George Fyler Townsend translation, 1867)Cipher key: A=N B=F C=W D=H E=M F=B G=Z H=I I=Y J=C K=V L=X M=T N=U O=E P=Q Q=R R=P S=L T=G U=A V=S W=K X=J Y=D Z=O
- “The desire for imaginary benefits often involves the loss of present blessings.”— Aesop, 1867, Aesop's Fables (George Fyler Townsend translation, 1867)Cipher key: A=U B=F C=D D=M E=A F=W G=I H=E I=R J=S K=O L=B M=G N=Z O=J P=T Q=V R=C S=N T=Y U=P V=Q W=X X=L Y=H Z=K
- “They who act without sufficient thought, will often fall into unsuspected danger.”— Aesop, 1867, Aesop's Fables (George Fyler Townsend translation, 1867)Cipher key: A=X B=T C=D D=J E=S F=P G=Y H=B I=K J=F K=A L=Q M=Z N=R O=I P=L Q=G R=O S=E T=C U=V V=N W=U X=W Y=H Z=M
- “Men often bear little grievances with less courage than they do large misfortunes.”— Aesop, 1867, Aesop's Fables (George Fyler Townsend translation, 1867)Cipher key: A=F B=K C=Z D=L E=B F=Y G=T H=P I=N J=M K=I L=A M=S N=X O=C P=H Q=O R=J S=W T=U U=G V=Q W=R X=D Y=V Z=E