Puzzle 1
Starter clue: T = E
LTPQFFGSPGFSHFMTSZTATEBHVVHQFSAMPPTAATAHFSZTNMSMBT,MFVTAALTPGFSHFMTSGVTQBFNBGXSZTOQAS.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Calvin Coolidge 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.
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The puzzles
Puzzle 2
Starter clue: C = E
XTCCIJYCTRFCRHDWZRJITCWHCTFCRWECHDWRGUZTCZACEHXJTWNHDJTUHPWRGEJRHURNWSYUJSWHUJRJXSWV.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 3
Starter clue: L = E
VQCBZHQBZVUOOVQLTLLSRLCKLYGLTPLQUMLLYOUCHLNBZCXCLLNBE,PLQUMLTVCLYHVQLYLNBZCKYNLRLYNLYGL.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 4
Starter clue: W = E
CGWLIOBYETNQWEKCGWYWTBWSILUZWADZWYYOBVYZOWYOBCGWOBCWVNOCHIBAQGINIQCWNEKCGWILWNOQIBUWEUZW.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 5
Starter clue: G = E
KSIGGVHGNQZQPGWRQZWGBUZMZYWSEKWMGRREMCOYRQKNGIGXYRQRPZIQPEQIGWGBUZMQPGKWSEKWMGRREMCOYRQKNG.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 6
Starter clue: Q = E
POQPGNAQLBQVNQINHVOLQBINPZQVMQXFQIFONAQQMPOPTFMZBQIIYBQNPJAFMAZQPZXQGFOHNAQTIQXWQIIYKCQMNQH.
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)
- “We can not continue these brilliant successes in the future, unless we continue to learn from the past.”— Calvin Coolidge, 1925, Inaugural AddressCipher key: A=S B=R C=Z D=Q E=B F=N G=O H=I I=K J=Y K=G L=W M=U N=F O=P P=C Q=A R=J S=T T=E U=V V=L W=X X=M Y=D Z=H
- “Free government has no greater menace than disrespect for authority and continual violation of law.”— Calvin Coolidge, 1923, State of the Union AddressCipher key: A=P B=K C=E D=H E=C F=M G=D H=T I=G J=O K=B L=J M=Q N=U O=X P=Y Q=Z R=N S=L T=R U=I V=W W=A X=F Y=V Z=S
- “Throughout all these experiences we have enlarged our freedom, we have strengthened our independence.”— Calvin Coolidge, 1925, Inaugural AddressCipher key: A=Z B=O C=R D=Q E=M F=B G=C H=G I=J J=Y K=I L=E M=V N=D O=L P=W Q=H R=P S=X T=S U=A V=T W=K X=F Y=N Z=U
- “The main source of these unexampled blessings lies in the integrity and character of the American people.”— Calvin Coolidge, 1928, State of the Union AddressCipher key: A=D B=N C=T D=B E=O F=Z G=H H=Y I=A J=K K=F L=M M=W N=R O=I P=J Q=C R=V S=X T=U U=P V=G W=E X=Q Y=S Z=L
- “If we expect others to rely on our fairness and justice we must show that we rely on their fairness and justice.”— Calvin Coolidge, 1925, Inaugural AddressCipher key: A=K B=L C=D D=V E=A F=Z G=E H=P I=W J=G K=I L=B M=N N=C O=J P=H Q=T R=S S=F T=Q U=Y V=X W=R X=M Y=U Z=O
- “One of the greatest dangers to peace lies in the economic pressure to which people find themselves subjected.”— Calvin Coolidge, 1925, Inaugural AddressCipher key: A=H B=R C=J D=X E=K F=I G=F H=D I=S J=W K=B L=G M=C N=T O=N P=O Q=E R=Q S=Y T=M U=Z V=A W=V X=L Y=U Z=P