Puzzle 1
Starter clue: W = E
VKVCOKVBWXCNNTWQCQASOVCAW,QRLZTRQRWLXFWOIWWSACNWFQ.
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Danish proverb Cryptograms Set 22
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: F = T
FDJQAPFDTFYLVAMBJQYHFAFDJNAAQLNYXXHAFDRHFOTHIQJJM.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 3
Starter clue: T = A
RTMKTIMPZIYXNXGJPVIXTKBGFIZMFBTRPIMTMIVBPLRTM'FETUJ.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 4
Starter clue: A = T
AIKIZTPKQRPAMZAZAIKQFOMKT,FOJOZAAIKQFOMKTAZAIKIZTPK.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 5
Starter clue: D = O
YUEDUMAGBYUZDMAUDGBYNMETBAMHIYZDFIDCGEMAYNMDIYLDUM.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 6
Starter clue: N = A
ZFMCNZDBMQZFMLYFFLDNINVXDQNQBVJT,RMQXFQNINVXDQNGVNL.
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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)
- “A fair face will get its praise, though the owner keep silent.”— Danish proverb, 1857, Recorded with English translation in Henry G. Bohn, A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs (London, 1857)Cipher key: A=S B=C C=I D=X E=M F=N G=B H=J I=K J=Q K=F L=O M=Y N=L O=R P=Z Q=T R=H S=P T=G U=V V=A W=E X=W Y=D Z=U
- “The dog that is forced into the woods will not hunt many deer.”— Danish proverb, 1857, Recorded with English translation in Henry G. Bohn, A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs (London, 1857)Cipher key: A=O B=C C=K D=H E=X F=T G=Z H=N I=Y J=E K=Q L=S M=R N=W O=M P=G Q=D R=U S=J T=A U=V V=F W=B X=L Y=I Z=P
- “Many a one would like to lay his own shame on another man's back.”— Danish proverb, 1857, Recorded with English translation in Henry G. Bohn, A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs (London, 1857)Cipher key: A=V B=H C=X D=Q E=B F=S G=I H=F I=O J=K K=Y L=R M=N N=D O=Z P=E Q=J R=M S=G T=A U=C V=T W=P X=L Y=U Z=W
- “The horse must go to the manger, and not the manger to the horse.”— Danish proverb, 1857, Recorded with English translation in Henry G. Bohn, A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs (London, 1857)Cipher key: A=T B=F C=K D=J E=X F=A G=P H=V I=H J=D K=E L=B M=G N=Z O=N P=S Q=M R=U S=I T=R U=Y V=C W=Q X=W Y=L Z=O
- “An honest man does not make himself a dog for the sake of a bone.”— Danish proverb, 1857, Recorded with English translation in Henry G. Bohn, A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs (London, 1857)Cipher key: A=S B=M C=R D=O E=H F=G G=T H=L I=F J=V K=Q L=B M=E N=K O=Y P=X Q=U R=J S=C T=I U=N V=Z W=P X=W Y=A Z=D
- “You may shut your doors against a thief, but not against a liar.”— Danish proverb, 1857, Recorded with English translation in Henry G. Bohn, A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs (London, 1857)Cipher key: A=P B=H C=M D=S E=Q F=O G=L H=K I=G J=E K=X L=R M=U N=A O=W P=C Q=T R=B S=Z T=F U=V V=I W=J X=N Y=D Z=Y