Puzzle 1
Starter clue: Y = N
UVVBOQYYHJLLKVIMBSHQYWYZHJYQZWVYQMYVMHLLZKQYQYWYBWAWBIQMQZZJWSIZH.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Easy Cryptograms Set 12
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.
Printing this web page instead? Press Ctrl+P (⌘+P on a Mac). The navigation and buttons drop away, and the answer key prints on its own page — open it below first if you want it included.
The puzzles
Puzzle 2
Starter clue: M = R
KLOMOKDYMPHDLPHBNMOENMAYMHYYVDLMNXWLDLYBYAPXBNIOVPVAPRPAXOEVODXMY.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 3
Starter clue: Q = E
TAQXRAJQRITTGLVFDWOXDLVF,RAKTAQAQQKATFJQRITTGQEQALVFDEQNCGVFFGQLVF.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 4
Starter clue: F = E
LRLZRNFALZQTVTSWURZ,RNURALGGXFZIWFRTGFUKFUNTIZF,ZTVFANURXFSTWFLRSUGG.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 5
Starter clue: M = E
EUMLMGXTKGAAMLMBIMGBEUMGLHMLOSLMTEUGBP:EUMOIUTBPMALQFFQFMBEEQFQFMBE.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 6
Starter clue: B = T
RBROZABBAPBJKANMANMAOOAKQVERKKAY,BGNVBJNBBAUDBBJWNPPXRBIGAVRBROEQKK.
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)
- “Good manners should be an international no less than an individual attribute.”— Theodore Roosevelt, 1906, Sixth Annual Message to CongressCipher key: A=V B=D C=X D=J E=W F=C G=Q H=E I=U J=R K=H L=S M=L N=P O=M P=Z Q=A R=K S=B T=Y U=G V=O W=I X=F Y=N Z=T
- “Character is this moral order seen through the medium of an individual nature.”— Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1844, Essays: Second SeriesCipher key: A=D B=M C=X D=T E=L F=J G=Q H=S I=F J=K K=C L=H M=R N=O O=A P=I Q=B R=V S=Y T=P U=Z V=N W=G X=U Y=E Z=W
- “One can be a fool with much wit, and one need not be a fool even with very little wit.”— Francois de La Rochefoucauld, 1871, Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims (J. Hain Friswell translation, 1871)Cipher key: A=N B=Z C=Y D=H E=V F=T G=L H=P I=F J=B K=D L=W M=S N=R O=U P=J Q=E R=A S=G T=O U=X V=I W=M X=C Y=Q Z=K
- “It is the wisdom of rats, that will be sure to leave a house, somewhat before it fall.”— Francis Bacon, 1625, The Essays or Counsels, Civil and MoralCipher key: A=W B=Y C=K D=N E=P F=E G=L H=G I=U J=C K=V L=I M=Z N=H O=Q P=X Q=D R=T S=F T=O U=A V=M W=R X=B Y=J Z=S
- “There is a difference in their very breathing: they change from moment to moment.”— George Eliot, 1872, MiddlemarchCipher key: A=F B=N C=W D=U E=T F=M G=I H=V I=C J=Z K=D L=R M=E N=Q O=Y P=G Q=O R=P S=B T=A U=H V=K W=X X=S Y=J Z=L
- “It is better to leave a vessel unfilled, than to attempt to carry it when it is full.”— Laozi, 1891, Tao Te Ching (James Legge translation, 1891)Cipher key: A=E B=T C=X D=P E=F F=Z G=H H=K I=W J=O K=L L=J M=V N=A O=S P=R Q=U R=I S=G T=Q U=M V=N W=C X=Y Y=D Z=B