Puzzle 1
Starter clue: M = E
DQMXAQMZKTCVMEYQMLAKAQMUKKLMQMVXMYIOLOXJEXUMV.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Danish proverb Cryptograms Set 14
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: D = T
DMYXQSJNUENBSGDQODYJGSOOYTOQTCMWDDMYQFLGQCLEL.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 3
Starter clue: Q = E
OQKXRRZQFQWCQLXZLELOQKEEVKOEYLIWLYILQFQWTHGYO.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 4
Starter clue: C = T
CVBPRMUCVXCKTCXDBUCRXZXJAKYY,GKYYZBZXJYIWMRFUJ.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 5
Starter clue: W = E
IUVHLRLWXWQTWIOPPVUWOOYTIYYTWPEIQEILLVYKWPWWL.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 6
Starter clue: K = O
DKMQFDYZLWKQZLEURYKSSFIKRZ,IMLRKLEURYKSSFWLKRZ.
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)
- “When the fox preaches to the goose her neck is in danger.”— Danish proverb, 1857, Recorded with English translation in Henry G. Bohn, A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs (London, 1857)Cipher key: A=T B=Z C=P D=W E=A F=J G=L H=V I=K J=D K=O L=S M=E N=U O=I P=Y Q=H R=M S=Q T=X U=G V=R W=B X=N Y=C Z=F
- “The young pig must often suffer for what the old sow did.”— Danish proverb, 1857, Recorded with English translation in Henry G. Bohn, A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs (London, 1857)Cipher key: A=Z B=M C=W D=T E=I F=L G=S H=Q I=C J=N K=J L=D M=H N=G O=F P=X Q=O R=V S=U T=R U=P V=B W=A X=Y Y=E Z=K
- “He will never get into the wood who starts at every bush.”— Danish proverb, 1857, Recorded with English translation in Henry G. Bohn, A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs (London, 1857)Cipher key: A=K B=C C=G D=Z E=O F=V G=U H=B I=A J=P K=W L=T M=F N=M O=H P=Q Q=E R=L S=X T=Y U=J V=D W=R X=I Y=S Z=N
- “The corn that is taken to a bad mill, will be badly ground.”— Danish proverb, 1857, Recorded with English translation in Henry G. Bohn, A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs (London, 1857)Cipher key: A=M B=E C=T D=K E=X F=U G=W H=V I=Y J=D K=I L=F M=R N=J O=Q P=C Q=P R=O S=Z T=S U=N V=H W=G X=A Y=L Z=B
- “A wound never heals so well that the scar cannot be seen.”— Danish proverb, 1857, Recorded with English translation in Henry G. Bohn, A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs (London, 1857)Cipher key: A=Z B=G C=Q D=P E=C F=Y G=I H=U I=A J=X K=B L=N M=K N=M O=L P=S Q=R R=D S=J T=H U=W V=O W=E X=V Y=T Z=F
- “You may get something off a bone, but nothing off a stone.”— Danish proverb, 1857, Recorded with English translation in Henry G. Bohn, A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs (London, 1857)Cipher key: A=V B=W C=D D=Y E=H F=A G=P H=Z I=B J=K K=O L=T M=U N=J O=R P=L Q=M R=N S=F T=Q U=I V=X W=S X=C Y=G Z=E