Puzzle 1
Starter clue: A = S
WLFBFWYFIVQAPUEUFRWWBBFUAA,GLRICHIDARWIAAQAR.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Calvin Coolidge 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.
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: Z = T
VNKLDUVDAHPZVHJNWAZHPZIKVUPWHZLSBDZQPWZDJKVOA.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 3
Starter clue: N = S
KZKQODRNLFKNNIPNLWNQLNBPFALWNWLJKNHYAKCQKNNLHF.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 4
Starter clue: X = E
INMCRIERLXVLRXTMCVIMCXXPYXIQRMDTXNBYDUWRGZNIXO.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 5
Starter clue: O = E
ROQULKKJOWQOBOWOMFROKK-CPMFZ,FPGHISPWYO,HEGHIWOLQPF.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 6
Starter clue: J = N
THDGSJHJZBEUUHBBILHBLJIMUSI,DSZQHDZQSJJSZLMJSISUZLMJ.
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)
- “Our program is never to oppress, but always to assist.”— Calvin Coolidge, 1925, Inaugural AddressCipher key: A=S B=P C=L D=Y E=V F=R G=B H=W I=A J=Z K=D L=U M=H N=C O=J P=N Q=I R=T S=X T=K U=E V=M W=O X=Q Y=G Z=F
- “America is not and must not be a country without ideals.”— Calvin Coolidge, 1926, State of the Union AddressCipher key: A=S B=W C=K D=I E=X F=G G=J H=N I=B J=D K=E L=R M=Z N=M O=L P=O Q=H R=F S=Y T=Q U=C V=A W=U X=P Y=V Z=T
- “Every business has its risk and its times of depression.”— Calvin Coolidge, 1924, State of the Union AddressCipher key: A=D B=K C=P D=B E=X F=N G=L H=O I=H J=M K=E L=I M=J N=S O=Y P=A Q=R R=U S=Z T=W U=Q V=C W=T X=G Y=F Z=V
- “Nothing is easier than the expenditure of public money.”— Calvin Coolidge, 1926, State of the Union AddressCipher key: A=J B=F C=H D=U E=G F=Q G=C H=Z I=N J=V K=W L=S M=T N=O O=Y P=X Q=D R=I S=K T=R U=B V=A W=L X=E Y=P Z=M
- “We shall persevere in well-doing, not by force, but by reason.”— Calvin Coolidge, 1923, State of the Union AddressCipher key: A=K B=V C=D D=Q E=U F=N G=T H=B I=Y J=P K=L L=A M=I N=Z O=E P=O Q=S R=W S=F T=J U=H V=X W=R X=M Y=C Z=G
- “Permanent success lies in local, rather than national action.”— Calvin Coolidge, 1926, State of the Union AddressCipher key: A=K B=S C=B D=R E=U F=W G=M H=E I=L J=N K=J L=I M=O N=Y O=X P=V Q=H R=D S=A T=P U=C V=F W=Z X=G Y=Q Z=T