Puzzle 1
Starter clue: B = T
BZGRCVMZUBCFGYBZGPKTGHBNBUPKIGKYYWOGHKUHBUCPPBZGPCMY,TNIKHBWGUDZKYHGPCBKUVBUBZGPCM-RCFGH.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Character Cryptograms Set 15
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
CBVROQUYXTZDVXSCBVYVTUVPORKGVMLGVYYQUEYGQVYQUCBVQUCVEZQCWOUMDBOZODCVZXSCBVORVZQDOUKVXKGV.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 3
Starter clue: L = E
ZTLWLBWLBSAAXRBQJTBWXZDRLCDQZTDCUDPLAPAMWC,YMZGLOBQBUGBJCYLBWZTLRDPGLBCITLUFDQZTLWDSTZGBJ.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 4
Starter clue: D = E
XQXGQIDYKBGQDOXWKVQKKCXDWLXPNZPLXPLDSXGXODZSIZBZSQDB,QIZQPKXPVWADPSDKODBXQSZPJDLDUDPLDLKP.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 5
Starter clue: P = E
RVPTPYMAFHVQTQHRPT,VFJMFPWPTSFFKQAKZYAP,ENRYRHQAEPKPMRTFOPKEOTYKYHNUP,VFJMFPWPTBFFTQAKJYRUPMM.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 6
Starter clue: L = O
LNQZDKDF,FLWZQZFKZGYX,MLFXPNQX,WLQZHHJXPXEM,RZQJTLQBDESKXE,XINZHDMGLWLVVLQMNEDMGZEJXINZHDMGLWYNQJXE.
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 man who takes the liberty to live is superior to all the laws, by virtue of his relation to the law-maker.”— Henry David Thoreau, 1862, WalkingCipher key: A=C B=T C=A D=F E=Z F=K G=E H=R I=V J=X K=I L=G M=W N=Y O=P P=L Q=J R=M S=D T=B U=O V=N W=U X=Q Y=S Z=H
- “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=J B=H C=T D=C E=G F=K G=L H=Q I=W J=Z K=P L=B M=D N=V O=A P=X Q=I R=M S=F T=U U=N V=E W=Y X=O Y=S Z=R
- “There are a good many hard times in this life of ours, but we can always bear them if we ask help in the right way.”— Louisa May Alcott, 1868, Little WomenCipher key: A=O B=A C=S D=I E=J F=P G=W H=V I=K J=Y K=X L=E M=U N=Z O=C P=F Q=N R=M S=G T=H U=L V=Q W=R X=D Y=B Z=T
- “It is the worst evil of too yielding and indecisive a character, that no influence over it can be depended on.”— Jane Austen, 1817, PersuasionCipher key: A=U B=R C=Y D=E E=X F=M G=S H=J I=H J=B K=O L=D M=K N=G O=V P=N Q=T R=Z S=C T=Q U=P V=F W=L X=I Y=W Z=A
- “There is no character, howsoever good and fine, but it can be destroyed by ridicule, howsoever poor and witless.”— Mark Twain, 1894, The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead WilsonCipher key: A=N B=P C=Q D=Z E=B F=O G=K H=C I=X J=W K=D L=M M=S N=U O=Y P=E Q=A R=T S=G T=R U=L V=H W=V X=J Y=I Z=F
- “Our aim is, so far as may be, to secure, for all decent, hard working men, equality of opportunity and equality of burden.”— Theodore Roosevelt, 1906, Sixth Annual Message to CongressCipher key: A=V B=K C=X D=I E=N F=S G=Y H=L I=Q J=D K=M L=O M=T N=U O=Z P=C Q=R R=H S=G T=W U=J V=P W=F X=E Y=B Z=A