Puzzle 1
Starter clue: E = A
WEFTANUU,GVUZXWN,EAOWSAUXONQEZXSAUKSVFOWKEQEWZNQXHNSVQOXJFSTEWL.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Benjamin Harrison Cryptograms Set 2
5 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: N = E
NBNOMRHNDHCANPXRWPQNOHINUKRNOBCHXUPUJCPXPHNVVXLNPHCPQTCHZIJWVDNUDVN.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 3
Starter clue: I = E
FSIDUOOIOBHBRQEIBECIUQIVIFFIQHIN,JCBFSIN,UPNSBROINFSUPFSIGQHUFSIQOLIQI.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 4
Starter clue: R = E
HTXVRLZNTHNHTVFATVHZFOAYHCRYZFRLZRWAREZVETHZIRUNFGCYLRTUDVLZNARYHMTUZIRQYJ.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 5
Starter clue: F = A
BCUJFTMCWCFGNWJUBWSUOFSQBCUXFAAWBXWVFGFRYOOAUS'GCFBCFGSUTWYTNUQCPGFAAUOPFTNU.
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 (5 solutions)
- “Calmness, justice, and consideration should characterize our diplomacy.”— Benjamin Harrison, 1889, Inaugural AddressCipher key: A=N B=K C=W D=G E=A F=L G=J H=Z I=F J=P K=H L=Y M=Q N=E O=D P=X Q=R R=V S=O T=M U=S V=U W=C X=I Y=B Z=T
- “Every step taken is under the observation of an intelligent and watchful people.”— Benjamin Harrison, 1889, First Annual Message to CongressCipher key: A=K B=V C=A D=P E=M F=Z G=X H=T I=H J=F K=B L=G M=Y N=E O=R P=N Q=D R=S S=Q T=W U=O V=L W=U X=I Y=J Z=C
- “The masses of our people are better fed, clothed, and housed than their fathers were.”— Benjamin Harrison, 1889, Inaugural AddressCipher key: A=X B=O C=L D=M E=P F=T G=I H=F I=E J=C K=Y L=W M=Z N=D O=S P=N Q=R R=U S=H T=Q U=A V=B W=J X=G Y=K Z=V
- “No question in our country can be at rest except upon the firm base of justice and of the law.”— Benjamin Harrison, 1889, First Annual Message to CongressCipher key: A=C B=Z C=B D=J E=P F=R G=M H=N I=H J=W K=G L=S M=D N=I O=Y P=V Q=L R=E S=K T=O U=F V=U W=X X=Q Y=A Z=T
- “The man who has come to regard the ballot box as a juggler's hat has renounced his allegiance.”— Benjamin Harrison, 1889, Inaugural AddressCipher key: A=L B=T C=H D=Z E=K F=A G=S H=V I=Q J=M K=F L=Y M=W N=C O=G P=I Q=D R=J S=R T=N U=E V=X W=O X=B Y=U Z=P