Puzzle 1
Starter clue: F = T
SBNLEFJBKNWFYGRWXWEWGYGVQTDEEBEWYFZWEQGLYFKP,SWFZGYBGQQLJDFWGYEFKWXWYIFGEBQLKBDRXDYFDIBGXBKDYGFZBK.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Calvin Coolidge Cryptograms Set 9
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.
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: J = E
DJLURDBEGBYJGNJNRZJXQVRZERUJXBPGUKQGMVKJGCMUH,QVRZZRKJVGBMRU,GUKGHJUJVRFXVJHGVKQRVBEJVMHEBXRQRBEJVX.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 3
Starter clue: K = E
CKFTDHZUKATKMHYNHLGKJTURKLUPMVDZUJFHSKDKZPWKIDHLUDJZJTUQJYPHPELYZPUFLFKMHPZCKKWQKEHHJSJYILHUTKEJTUDK.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 4
Starter clue: F = E
AIFAYBFIKWJLBFVLHKBLHFUHKJAYJKRTWFLVBLHKRULXFH,KDZBLHFHFRYKDJFTULDAIFUHYDJYURFAIKAHYEIABKNFWYAWLXDBYEIA.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 5
Starter clue: K = I
KVFQKVHHQQF,KVGLZXKVHWSCTZA,KVNSNBLKVKVHKBNQGVMJQMZJKVCKVKNBJPKVHBQQBWJPVLBKQVN,LCJPKILGKZZGQPXQSBKBNQGVCKHWBAFJNBKVA.
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)
- “We must permit no division of classes in this country, with one occupation striving to secure advantage over another.”— Calvin Coolidge, 1924, State of the Union AddressCipher key: A=X B=E C=Q D=A E=S F=T G=O H=J I=G J=P K=R L=U M=Z N=M O=B P=Y Q=C R=D S=W T=L U=K V=F W=I X=V Y=N Z=H
- “We know that peace comes from honesty and fair dealing, from moderation, and a generous regard for the rights of others.”— Calvin Coolidge, 1927, State of the Union AddressCipher key: A=Z B=T C=L D=W E=H F=U G=A H=G I=X J=E K=D L=K M=I N=C O=V P=Y Q=F R=O S=J T=Q U=N V=R W=B X=S Y=P Z=M
- “We must frequently take our bearings from these fixed stars of our political firmament if we expect to hold a true course.”— Calvin Coolidge, 1925, Inaugural AddressCipher key: A=Q B=V C=W D=S E=C F=M G=K H=T I=D J=O K=E L=A M=N N=Y O=J P=I Q=P R=B S=H T=U U=R V=G W=X X=Z Y=L Z=F
- “The time has come for a more practical use of moral power, and more reliance upon the principle that right makes its own might.”— Calvin Coolidge, 1923, State of the Union AddressCipher key: A=T B=M C=J D=N E=G F=E G=Z H=R I=H J=C K=A L=O M=Y N=K O=Q P=B Q=V R=L S=X T=U U=P V=F W=S X=W Y=I Z=D
- “In doing good, in walking humbly, in sustaining its own people in ministering to other nations, America will work out its own mighty destiny.”— Calvin Coolidge, 1927, State of the Union AddressCipher key: A=Y B=T C=M D=Q E=Z F=D G=W H=G I=C J=E K=I L=A M=P N=S O=F P=R Q=O R=X S=U T=B U=V V=N W=H X=K Y=J Z=L