Puzzle 1
Starter clue: B = E
KOBSFBQKPBBCAXARFGBFDOQPKGQFJPBJWPAKXAFGAFBWOJHWERKXAFGAFBXFBJSOK.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Calvin Coolidge Cryptograms Set 4
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: T = E
FMXNONSKPDTZTOKJMWKZMNCTOFSNKZNMFIKOTWTOSFNZCTPTZMTSBFZDOTFSFOIFITZSM.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 3
Starter clue: U = N
CFJLAMJIVUMIVUHLXHCUFEHUHJVEOHAVMVHU,CFJLAMPFRFUPHLXHCUUIMVHUIQVUMFTXVMZ.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 4
Starter clue: G = E
PEFLGNGCTLQWGBGZLQ,LEGJGCTLQHQLGJTQZGCLFTIVHLYRGACGBGCCGWLYLEGQAYTVQQHQLGJ.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 5
Starter clue: M = E
LMZHMPUQZHODMBACOSWIMSUOAZXXABJSWCDJMHBZVMVOTAAEWQLMJHAXMMELWODBAEMHZOWAV.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 6
Starter clue: Y = E
MQJYQAHXYGYMHHXQDIXHQAJCWFZWUXCMBQWIGYYWMYYFZWIAQKCAQKJDBCAQKEYKJCWYWHEYCOY.
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)
- “The great need of our merchant marine is not for more ships but for more freight.”— Calvin Coolidge, 1926, State of the Union AddressCipher key: A=O B=E C=D D=C E=B F=R G=M H=P I=Q J=I K=T L=Z M=W N=L O=H P=N Q=A R=U S=G T=X U=K V=J W=S X=F Y=V Z=Y
- “A spirit of generous consideration is a more certain defense than great armaments.”— Calvin Coolidge, 1927, State of the Union AddressCipher key: A=L B=H C=D D=G E=W F=A G=B H=V I=M J=U K=O L=Q M=S N=I O=R P=F Q=J R=K S=T T=E U=Y V=X W=C X=P Y=Z Z=N
- “We must maintain our own economic position, we must defend our own national integrity.”— Calvin Coolidge, 1924, State of the Union AddressCipher key: A=S B=J C=W D=V E=C F=E G=Z H=O I=A J=M K=B L=U M=T N=K O=P P=D Q=L R=F S=H T=G U=N V=I W=X X=R Y=Q Z=Y
- “Whatever its defects, the merit system is certainly to be preferred to the spoils system.”— Calvin Coolidge, 1924, State of the Union AddressCipher key: A=P B=F C=R D=U E=H F=A G=E H=Y I=N J=M K=Q L=T M=Z N=V O=X P=W Q=S R=B S=G T=I U=K V=L W=D X=J Y=O Z=C
- “We are by far the most likely to accomplish permanent good if we proceed with moderation.”— Calvin Coolidge, 1925, State of the Union AddressCipher key: A=O B=M C=S D=H E=D F=J G=Z H=R I=K J=P K=V L=W M=E N=X O=T P=B Q=F R=U S=L T=G U=Y V=N W=I X=C Y=Q Z=A
- “Some of the best thought of mankind has long been seeking for a formula for permanent peace.”— Calvin Coolidge, 1925, Inaugural AddressCipher key: A=F B=L C=A D=U E=P F=K G=B H=T I=G J=M K=R L=Q M=S N=Z O=C P=V Q=O R=X S=W T=J U=D V=Y W=N X=H Y=E Z=I