Puzzle 1
Starter clue: D = N
DTDATJYWOBDUBSABWKBDRSFNQYAWBWQUAJTYDQBFD-GAD,TNUBVJFQWOYWWAPDAWW;CYQHAOBDQNR.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Character Cryptograms Set 13
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: V = E
VNWOYOJBVKOEPLWXPTEVXGUWYBEGOCOEPVCTIVOYYUWCTJPVCEUWCXVDTPGRUCVTZJEUWJPCTVX.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 3
Starter clue: U = N
GTUVFCR,HKBKHMCR,KUJMUJPFCNRKNVUTIGVNVATNVMUJMFBVUFKXSVCGKUMUBPXSMHVABSTRAVUC.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 4
Starter clue: J = E
JMBFNSAIULXBJJTSYTJLXUJYXUUXLISYZIZJAMYTEZIFMCMZLULXAUJBIXCJBXYXNZBJVSMRZIO.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 5
Starter clue: Z = E
ZMSRNYPFHAUYVEPJBSJPWUZKRYN,RIXHSUNRDJCZRNDRFJRIXZKZUFDEZUZUZJWZQPZXRIXHCZFZX.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 6
Starter clue: X = E
SMAQXLMADQQGKXDPMDODPSXOLMHPMYAXQCASFXVACTSASMXK,ACVNKDZXSMXKQXVIXQOHYHPGVAGQ.
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)
- “None of us can have as many virtues as the fountain-pen, or half its cussedness; but we can try.”— Mark Twain, 1897, Following the EquatorCipher key: A=E B=A C=B D=N E=Z F=I G=P H=W I=Q J=F K=M L=X M=K N=R O=C P=D Q=T R=Y S=V T=O U=H V=L W=S X=G Y=U Z=J
- “Equal and exact justice should characterize all our intercourse with foreign countries.”— James K. Polk, 1845, Inaugural AddressCipher key: A=V B=D C=R D=W E=C F=K G=H H=Y I=Z J=N K=X L=J M=B N=Q O=A P=T Q=P R=F S=M T=I U=O V=E W=U X=S Y=L Z=G
- “Honesty, capacity, and industry are nowhere more indispensable than in public employment.”— William McKinley, 1901, Second Inaugural AddressCipher key: A=M B=P C=T D=Z E=Q F=S G=H H=C I=W J=D K=A L=K M=I N=R O=G P=U Q=X R=Y S=L T=O U=N V=E W=V X=B Y=J Z=F
- “Each must proceed under open opportunities and with a fair prospect of economic equality.”— Calvin Coolidge, 1924, State of the Union AddressCipher key: A=S B=C C=F D=B E=W F=H G=Z H=J I=T J=E K=G L=R M=A N=M O=Y P=X Q=K R=L S=U T=D U=P V=Q W=V X=O Y=N Z=I
- “Equality of rights must prevail, and our laws be always and everywhere respected and obeyed.”— William McKinley, 1897, First Inaugural AddressCipher key: A=F B=M C=B D=W E=H F=Y G=Z H=O I=N J=S K=V L=J M=Q N=L O=X P=T Q=C R=A S=U T=K U=R V=G W=P X=D Y=I Z=E
- “Those who assume a character which does not belong to them, only make themselves ridiculous.”— Aesop, 1867, Aesop's Fables (George Fyler Townsend translation, 1867)Cipher key: A=O B=J C=N D=A E=Z F=B G=U H=I I=V J=X K=M L=W M=H N=Y O=R P=C Q=S R=F S=T T=G U=P V=L W=Q X=E Y=D Z=K