Puzzle 1
Starter clue: B = N
ECEGBTSGIYEREBVXHTFUXHEIBRKYUCEGDBTKBCTUBIBIFP.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Danish proverb Cryptograms Set 18
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: G = A
GNDMHILXPWTUSGMVIXSUPMS,GHTGNPIISHLXPWTUSGMVGTZY.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 3
Starter clue: O = E
XODBPWDGYPKMKVTEEXOMPPHUXPYHFBSGTUOKWPJOJOGGTSO.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 4
Starter clue: U = E
NUJNRNPFQPHDKCRHFKHWNUTKCU,JKMMMUWFRQURTWNUQLYCH.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 5
Starter clue: F = A
MVRTDRVUSGFRXFWWQSPUM,FTSSHNDURXFU,SHFOPXAWVVUVXI.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 6
Starter clue: G = S
ZNXGFMGQCXSNCJQMGLXCCHZMZMCYGQZNKNGGNCXUZXGZPUY.
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)
- “It is no use hiding from a friend what is known to an enemy.”— Danish proverb, 1857, Recorded with English translation in Henry G. Bohn, A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs (London, 1857)Cipher key: A=J B=N C=T D=K E=I F=M G=S H=R I=E J=Q K=W L=X M=P N=B O=L P=Y Q=C R=D S=U T=O U=A V=G W=Z X=F Y=H Z=V
- “A burnt child fears the fire, and a bitten child fears a dog.”— Danish proverb, 1857, Recorded with English translation in Henry G. Bohn, A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs (London, 1857)Cipher key: A=Q B=J C=X D=U E=Z F=M G=A H=N I=T J=W K=V L=C M=R N=B O=K P=I Q=Y R=P S=E T=D U=F V=S W=L X=H Y=G Z=O
- “He knocks boldly at the door who brings a welcome message.”— Danish proverb, 1857, Recorded with English translation in Henry G. Bohn, A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs (London, 1857)Cipher key: A=Q B=N C=F D=K E=T F=I G=S H=R I=P J=M K=L L=U M=D N=J O=E P=O Q=X R=Z S=G T=A U=W V=Y W=C X=H Y=B Z=V
- “He who has many irons in the fire, will let some of them burn.”— Danish proverb, 1857, Recorded with English translation in Henry G. Bohn, A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs (London, 1857)Cipher key: A=D B=Q C=R D=Y E=C F=S G=Z H=N I=V J=W K=I L=B M=L N=H O=G P=A Q=M R=O S=J T=F U=E V=X W=T X=K Y=U Z=P
- “Despise not a small wound, a poor kinsman, or a humble enemy.”— Danish proverb, 1857, Recorded with English translation in Henry G. Bohn, A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs (London, 1857)Cipher key: A=B B=Q C=Z D=I E=F F=A G=T H=R I=Y J=C K=X L=V M=D N=K O=H P=U Q=W R=S S=O T=P U=N V=E W=L X=M Y=J Z=G
- “He is most likely to spill who holds the vessel in his hand.”— Danish proverb, 1857, Recorded with English translation in Henry G. Bohn, A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs (London, 1857)Cipher key: A=Z B=U C=L D=B E=X F=M G=S H=W I=F J=Y K=V L=P M=O N=E O=G P=A Q=T R=Q S=K T=C U=N V=J W=R X=I Y=D Z=H