Puzzle 1
Starter clue: S = E
FVSPGVSVUMGMCHASMCUMGTABPXADVSVBMBPSDSGUGVSLNSMG'MQNWMS.
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Danish proverb Cryptograms Set 27
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 = S
QBIQCIQCNZLKLZBFMZQMNVXSNB,NQLXHYQCTBOCMSJLSYNLZQMNHMVN.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 3
Starter clue: S = T
SUCSNUEOUUCAXYYWYCSYWLMSLBSUYILSOCWWLSXYIMSEWSLSUYGEAU.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 4
Starter clue: M = E
RMFRSEUCPGEPMCTURMFSSGJHUUMTLEDLQMDBUSZMRLUZBCEYDLPUMT.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 5
Starter clue: W = E
YPWMEYRWMWGCWQZURYRMWPRJM,EPWEPCJKYCUUPTAWERQDLLWJLRJCE.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 6
Starter clue: B = T
OSSTKSAJWZNMWJSRZBBZEBPCJRCTKSAJWZN,MLMBRZJSBBCIZJMJBMXZ.
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 host smiles most blandly he has an eye to the guest's purse.”— Danish proverb, 1857, Recorded with English translation in Henry G. Bohn, A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs (London, 1857)Cipher key: A=L B=A C=M D=Y E=Z F=W G=T H=I I=J J=F K=Q L=G M=S N=U O=V P=N Q=P R=K S=E T=B U=O V=H W=R X=D Y=C Z=X
- “He that has no money in his purse, should have fair words on his lips.”— Danish proverb, 1857, Recorded with English translation in Henry G. Bohn, A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs (London, 1857)Cipher key: A=Q B=E C=A D=B E=X F=Y G=K H=L I=T J=W K=M L=O M=I N=S O=F P=Z Q=H R=C S=R T=V U=G V=P W=J X=U Y=D Z=N
- “That which has been eaten out of the pot cannot be put into the dish.”— Danish proverb, 1857, Recorded with English translation in Henry G. Bohn, A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs (London, 1857)Cipher key: A=S B=F C=A D=J E=I F=R G=D H=Y I=P J=V K=Q L=O M=U N=W O=C P=M Q=L R=K S=T T=G U=H V=Z W=N X=B Y=E Z=X
- “He who stands near the woodcutter is likely to be hit by a splinter.”— Danish proverb, 1857, Recorded with English translation in Henry G. Bohn, A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs (London, 1857)Cipher key: A=V B=Y C=A D=L E=S F=W G=D H=U I=Q J=C K=M L=I M=E N=X O=F P=N Q=K R=H S=O T=R U=T V=J W=Z X=G Y=P Z=B
- “When two enemies blow one horn, the third will have to suffer for it.”— Danish proverb, 1857, Recorded with English translation in Henry G. Bohn, A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs (London, 1857)Cipher key: A=V B=C C=I D=U E=T F=J G=M H=X I=Y J=R K=D L=F M=N N=K O=G P=H Q=S R=O S=Z T=A U=L V=Q W=E X=P Y=W Z=B
- “Good counsel is no better than bad counsel, if it be not taken in time.”— Danish proverb, 1857, Recorded with English translation in Henry G. Bohn, A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs (London, 1857)Cipher key: A=U B=T C=A D=J E=R F=V G=Z H=Q I=K J=N K=C L=F M=I N=L O=G P=H Q=P R=B S=O T=D U=Y V=X W=S X=M Y=W Z=E