Puzzle 1
Starter clue: K = E
RXKRYYRXYZRKUIWRKLRXKRYUFMK,CUEQKRRXKQGKKVRYFKRXKH.
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Danish proverb Cryptograms Set 21
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: N = T
NDYZIMYKIWXIJTNDVKUTNDINDYZJGAKQGKYTIZYNDYXDVNYTN.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 3
Starter clue: V = E
LRVWZJXLCZPZJIVR'MWVZIDGTTMWZXIVXSWZRSVRKLBVLCLEVR.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 4
Starter clue: S = T
JXSSXGAUSIXJGOFBISIOSJXFYU,SIOFSIXJGOFBISIOSJGXORU.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 5
Starter clue: T = O
ABLHSRWPPRLTZITDKWRRRDFS,HXOQTHAPXTPTZITDKCTTORDFS.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 6
Starter clue: P = E
PXPFLAIPEPPEYVEEQOFDSAOD,IAAIPEPPEYVEEYFTICPIUPZZL.
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 tooth often bites the tongue, and yet they keep together.”— Danish proverb, 1857, Recorded with English translation in Henry G. Bohn, A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs (London, 1857)Cipher key: A=Z B=V C=A D=W E=D F=G G=K H=R I=B J=X K=E L=S M=U N=C O=Q P=L Q=Y R=T S=M T=J U=N V=P W=I X=H Y=O Z=F
- “The raven always thinks that her young ones are the whitest.”— Danish proverb, 1857, Recorded with English translation in Henry G. Bohn, A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs (London, 1857)Cipher key: A=U B=M C=F D=H E=C F=P G=O H=B I=A J=Y K=N L=Z M=V N=T O=J P=X Q=G R=Q S=D T=S U=K V=I W=L X=W Y=E Z=R
- “One hair of a maiden's head pulls harder than ten yoke of oxen.”— Danish proverb, 1857, Recorded with English translation in Henry G. Bohn, A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs (London, 1857)Cipher key: A=G B=K C=F D=P E=X F=W G=U H=V I=D J=I K=Y L=O M=S N=J O=C P=M Q=Z R=N S=T T=L U=B V=E W=H X=R Y=Q Z=A
- “Better is the branch that bends, than the branch that breaks.”— Danish proverb, 1857, Recorded with English translation in Henry G. Bohn, A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs (London, 1857)Cipher key: A=I B=C C=Y D=V E=P F=N G=R H=M I=H J=B K=W L=J M=Q N=Z O=A P=L Q=X R=K S=T T=G U=S V=U W=F X=E Y=D Z=O
- “Speak little of your ill luck, and boast not of your good luck.”— Danish proverb, 1857, Recorded with English translation in Henry G. Bohn, A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs (London, 1857)Cipher key: A=S B=P C=G D=U E=H F=C G=J H=A I=Y J=Q K=R L=E M=W N=V O=D P=T Q=B R=L S=K T=O U=Z V=M W=I X=N Y=X Z=F
- “Every one sees his smart coat, no one sees his shrunken belly.”— Danish proverb, 1857, Recorded with English translation in Henry G. Bohn, A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs (London, 1857)Cipher key: A=O B=W C=K D=T E=S F=R G=X H=P I=N J=F K=Z L=Y M=G N=D O=A P=E Q=M R=J S=C T=U U=B V=I W=Q X=V Y=H Z=L