Puzzle 1
Starter clue: L = A
LVSLOOATJHEMLEBLJSVNYD,TVXHEEHJEMLULOLJWHYUHEMLEXDJUVNYD.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Danish proverb Cryptograms Set 28
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 = N
RDHUKDRGLHDLKWVEKDRLNHXRGGNAETHDZN,KDCEHKLENAUEHWGIQRDAL.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 3
Starter clue: A = E
EWPHEQWWRYLWMHEWJUAMSEHYHFR,XEQAYYUAUHZAOAAEJUAMAUSPYAQL.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 4
Starter clue: D = T
OLDKNGJDTVIOQQVW,DTODWNSJVVBJNDRVOHDTNKVMTNKDOJBNJDTVTGQQ.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 5
Starter clue: T = E
ZTAZRIWEVTVRHZTUVLEVHJRHWTGIUHPKENIUIWREHHZTIJVATUZTBTHV.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 6
Starter clue: Y = E
XJYXYYXJFVXJYGRGGSEZYBZFNHIB,NJHKYXJYFKLLFBHMBIENHIBCFIYM.
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)
- “A small fire that warms you, is better than a large one that burns you.”— Danish proverb, 1857, Recorded with English translation in Henry G. Bohn, A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs (London, 1857)Cipher key: A=F B=W C=J D=U E=T F=C G=Q H=E I=P J=R K=X L=A M=H N=Y O=L P=K Q=D R=Z S=M T=I U=N V=S W=G X=B Y=O Z=V
- “One man often talks another off his bench, and seats himself upon it.”— Danish proverb, 1857, Recorded with English translation in Henry G. Bohn, A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs (London, 1857)Cipher key: A=I B=Y C=D D=N E=S F=W G=F H=E I=U J=G K=A L=T M=J N=H O=V P=X Q=P R=O S=Z T=B U=M V=K W=L X=R Y=Q Z=C
- “No man looks for another in a sack, unless he have been there himself.”— Danish proverb, 1857, Recorded with English translation in Henry G. Bohn, A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs (London, 1857)Cipher key: A=E B=J C=Z D=W E=N F=C G=P H=A I=X J=T K=Q L=F M=R N=Y O=B P=M Q=L R=K S=I T=G U=H V=D W=O X=U Y=S Z=V
- “Act so in the valley, that you need not fear those who stand on the hill.”— Danish proverb, 1857, Recorded with English translation in Henry G. Bohn, A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs (London, 1857)Cipher key: A=P B=D C=Q D=T E=G F=X G=I H=R I=V J=N K=S L=C M=W N=O O=A P=J Q=L R=F S=U T=H U=K V=E W=Y X=M Y=Z Z=B
- “He who abuses others must not be particular about the answer he gets.”— Danish proverb, 1857, Recorded with English translation in Henry G. Bohn, A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs (London, 1857)Cipher key: A=W B=G C=Q D=Y E=U F=K G=P H=T I=A J=N K=C L=M M=Z N=L O=X P=I Q=D R=O S=V T=E U=R V=S W=B X=F Y=J Z=H
- “The teeth of the puppy are growing, while the old dog is gnawing bones.”— Danish proverb, 1857, Recorded with English translation in Henry G. Bohn, A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs (London, 1857)Cipher key: A=J B=G C=B D=M E=A F=O G=P H=I I=N J=H K=L L=D M=S N=W O=X P=Q Q=V R=U S=Y T=K U=C V=F W=Z X=T Y=E Z=R