Puzzle 1
Starter clue: S = E
TSXSSCDCSJQHMYJMGJXKSWAQQATSCDXCJDQRQDWS,MYJMGJXKSMFJXHQJMSCDXMAMSFBHAWMYSYABS.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Easy Cryptograms Set 22
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: M = O
KONIUAMKWJQMJDWDWJJMYNDOWIVDMENAMXNEWDJDUWQ,KNENWDMIQBDMYUHNUOUITQNSMEMIN'JTMME.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 3
Starter clue: X = E
HAGXYKYOUMBMFEHXEFNAOXNNEMFOB,ANUYOBAOJYFNXCLXDXANLYHHZADNUEXTAO,YOBEMULOXTHXVU.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 4
Starter clue: R = E
DBRJZKQXJRTIFWTYRUDPRTIQWKKIORKWYQEQBBREDTUDIARKB,ZEQAZREDIXTRFRAAWEDKXBQKKQMA.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 5
Starter clue: V = E
ODMXVDVMGAJDMJMTIQVGOFGZMKDVNQTJDVAOTJGVTTVA,CIJAFVTKFJMAAJFJDVLVMNJDFYJDVGOBD.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 6
Starter clue: I = E
QINIDZLZOAFNIDQHIQWEFHHIQEIGQZIDOGCXLEICCFJONFDOYSI,QFDINIDKOCCGEEICCCFEFHXSIWI.
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)
- “We need ideals that can be followed in daily life, that can be translated into terms of the home.”— Calvin Coolidge, 1926, State of the Union AddressCipher key: A=O B=M C=D D=I E=J F=R G=C H=S I=Z J=A K=B L=Q M=T N=G O=P P=X Q=L R=Y S=E T=W U=K V=U W=F X=N Y=H Z=V
- “When a cow is lost it is something to recover its tail, were it only to make a handle for one's door.”— French proverb, 1857, Recorded with English translation in Henry G. Bohn, A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs (London, 1857)Cipher key: A=C B=Y C=X D=T E=R F=B G=Z H=K I=N J=S K=W L=Q M=O N=E O=H P=U Q=L R=P S=F T=D U=A V=G W=I X=V Y=M Z=J
- “Like a man to double business bound, I stand in pause where I shall first begin, And both neglect.”— William Shakespeare, 1601, Hamlet, Act III. Sc. 3 (in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed., 1891)Cipher key: A=I B=D C=W D=R E=B F=U G=K H=L I=Y J=P K=M L=H M=O N=S O=N P=J Q=X R=Z S=Q T=G U=T V=C W=V X=E Y=A Z=F
- “If employment can be given to all the labor offering itself, prosperity necessarily follows.”— Ulysses S. Grant, 1874, Sixth Annual Message to CongressCipher key: A=S B=F C=K D=I E=R F=C G=Q H=U I=T J=M K=L L=J M=W N=X O=H P=V Q=O R=E S=Z T=N U=G V=D W=A X=Y Y=B Z=P
- “I have heard that a superior man helps the distressed, but does not add to the wealth of the rich.”— Confucius, 1861, The Analects (James Legge translation, 1861)Cipher key: A=D B=C C=B D=H E=K F=O G=R H=Z I=U J=T K=N L=W M=A N=L O=I P=X Q=P R=J S=G T=S U=Q V=E W=Y X=V Y=F Z=M
- “Never did a government commence under auspices so favorable, nor ever was success so complete.”— James Monroe, 1817, First Inaugural AddressCipher key: A=G B=Q C=S D=R E=C F=O G=U H=M I=E J=F K=W L=I M=J N=V O=A P=H Q=N R=Z S=L T=X U=K V=Y W=T X=P Y=B Z=D