Puzzle 1
Starter clue: M = E
JRVEWHMVRXBJXUWCMGBEVMGH;YWVBEYGUUESMUMGAMBGXLESMXESMEVMM.
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Dutch proverb Cryptograms Set 11
5 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: R = E
UXRJLBJSVXRDXRPGVMRJGMXRVXRRD,MXRSNCMVFLCOXMXRKFJTRPVKRRD.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 3
Starter clue: G = O
ORJKCGUAZHHXNSBMQYWZTOGORJBGGH,QHORGNURZOPZOPGTQUGHLJTPOGGH.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 4
Starter clue: B = H
GBRHDKBROGQPW,ABPGRLRHBDOSUG,DOBRABU'OKUWGRWGADGBABPGBRBPOXUG.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 5
Starter clue: N = E
FNONNBNOKGMNAGWFNNTYNZGONDPWGFMDGLWN,NBNOKWAONNAFGLECYNSENVM.
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 (5 solutions)
- “Our time runs on like a stream; first fall the leaves and then the tree.”— Dutch proverb, 1857, Recorded with English translation in Henry G. Bohn, A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs (London, 1857)Cipher key: A=V B=S C=K D=Z E=T F=B G=A H=M I=Q J=O K=C L=D M=E N=X O=Y P=W Q=P R=U S=H T=G U=L V=R W=I X=N Y=F Z=J
- “When many shepherds tend the sheep, they but so much the longer sleep.”— Dutch proverb, 1857, Recorded with English translation in Henry G. Bohn, A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs (London, 1857)Cipher key: A=Z B=A C=U D=P E=Q F=O G=D H=K I=J J=N K=L L=M M=T N=B O=C P=R Q=V R=E S=Y T=G U=W V=S W=F X=H Y=I Z=X
- “The frog will jump back into the pool, although it sits on a golden stool.”— Dutch proverb, 1857, Recorded with English translation in Henry G. Bohn, A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs (London, 1857)Cipher key: A=W B=P C=R D=V E=Y F=Z G=O H=L I=Q J=E K=F L=D M=B N=U O=T P=S Q=A R=H S=M T=N U=G V=X W=K X=J Y=C Z=I
- “The richest man, whatever his lot, is he who's content with what he has got.”— Dutch proverb, 1857, Recorded with English translation in Henry G. Bohn, A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs (London, 1857)Cipher key: A=W B=H C=Y D=I E=X F=P G=T H=R I=J J=D K=C L=V M=Q N=B O=S P=A Q=M R=E S=L T=K U=O V=Z W=N X=G Y=U Z=F
- “Were every one to sweep before his own house, every street would be clean.”— Dutch proverb, 1857, Recorded with English translation in Henry G. Bohn, A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs (London, 1857)Cipher key: A=T B=V C=D D=H E=L F=W G=O H=Q I=X J=Z K=Y L=U M=N N=E O=R P=I Q=G R=M S=C T=P U=K V=A W=S X=J Y=B Z=F