Puzzle 1
Starter clue: A = H
AXJABNBJNKXMNBEIAXAGSAJMZVBXNEBISXIMHHIAXKBVNGEIBAGNLMQE.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Danish proverb Cryptograms Set 29
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: K = E
WQWTSPKITPYRPPGFKVZTSYVKSPPCMTRKIIVKVWIIYPPSYVKCKVZQIKRX.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 3
Starter clue: Y = O
WZSWYWQCQTEQCCFYYKYMWPCYSMWYRCZ,JRCHMYHHWFYSCHYMZCQHYHWZFC'.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 4
Starter clue: J = A
ZYJZPYTXYTVQFVJTE,UJAGHVRWLHF;ZYJZPYTXYTVVJTE,XJFFWZGHQFVJTE.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 5
Starter clue: V = E
OVUUVXDBACTLGSBMCAVJFLBWXVVLPVBJHD,USBLOVOHTLJUHBUSHXL-OTGS.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 6
Starter clue: T = O
HKHQDTUUMKTKBNGBKSTPVTFKTDBVTKSGP'QDTTKBVRJFKHKHVKTMTFPTYV.
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)
- “He who sows peas on the highway does not get all the pods into his barn.”— Danish proverb, 1857, Recorded with English translation in Henry G. Bohn, A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs (London, 1857)Cipher key: A=H B=O C=U D=J E=N F=M G=I H=L I=T J=W K=P L=B M=A N=S O=V P=Q Q=R R=F S=G T=K U=X V=D W=C X=E Y=Z Z=Y
- “A man does not look behind the door unless he has stood there himself.”— Danish proverb, 1857, Recorded with English translation in Henry G. Bohn, A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs (London, 1857)Cipher key: A=Z B=G C=R D=J E=V F=B G=K H=W I=S J=Y K=E L=X M=U N=P O=Q P=O Q=M R=L S=D T=N U=C V=H W=A X=F Y=T Z=I
- “He who has a glass roof on his own house, must not throw stones at others'.”— 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=S D=Q E=L F=R G=Z H=T I=J J=M K=F L=X M=N N=Y O=B P=I Q=A R=U S=W T=G U=P V=K W=H X=D Y=O Z=E
- “That which is unsaid, may be spoken; that which is said, cannot be unsaid.”— Danish proverb, 1857, Recorded with English translation in Henry G. Bohn, A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs (London, 1857)Cipher key: A=Y B=F C=X D=J E=D F=N G=B H=E I=V J=A K=Q L=K M=Z N=L O=G P=W Q=U R=P S=R T=I U=M V=S W=O X=C Y=H Z=T
- “Better walk unshackled in a green meadow, than be bound to a thorn-bush.”— 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=K D=W E=J F=I G=S H=O I=V J=D K=P L=N M=C N=Q O=B P=M Q=X R=Y S=H T=U U=T V=E W=G X=R Y=Z Z=F
- “It is folly to take a thorn out of another's foot and put it into your own.”— Danish proverb, 1857, Recorded with English translation in Henry G. Bohn, A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs (London, 1857)Cipher key: A=Q B=A C=X D=F E=J F=U G=E H=I I=V J=P K=T L=C M=Y N=K O=Z P=R Q=S R=D S=H T=O U=L V=N W=G X=B Y=W Z=M