Puzzle 1
Starter clue: B = E
MJKCUWZEIBMQJHCGMOZHEZXBRBX;CJGAZRBACUBGGCUVXBMGBG;CJYCAAUBRBXNMGGCUJZUZJKCUWUBGG.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Easy Cryptograms Set 25
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: N = E
JINZNVZPNDPPSNNZJINMBNXNQDTUNDBQUMBNKJNUJVIMF,DTUINUNDPQGMJIJINFDPPDQIMQKIMPUBNT.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 3
Starter clue: Q = O
WQYIQFIROZRHQINFQRWQYIDQS,ZFNGIJQFIROZRHQINFQRBZWWDQS,ZFHDQSGLWWJSFZUJSLRWINNJZBI.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 4
Starter clue: I = E
DOSBHYIIFOIIZDEXJFBDENNWJNWJKUIIEKWJAFIEIQ,NWIFBDENMJEEBNZBEXFAIKIAGIDNKKWJAFEIKK.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 5
Starter clue: M = E
KGMREOMJEBRXZMQSKXEBRGECOZVMKERMMKGSKKGMRCYKEKSOETJGSBHMRQMWQMRMBKRKGMWCVOXJHEEZ.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 6
Starter clue: X = E
VMXFMHJXVMXHIRHZHSIKTOVKVSVKHTOKOLUOXWHTVMXJKLXIVRUTWKTWXGXTWXTBXHZVMXKTWKCKWSUJ.
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 thing of beauty is a joy forever; Its loveliness increases; it will never Pass into nothingness.”— John Keats, 1818, Endymion, Book I (in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed., 1891)Cipher key: A=L B=E C=I D=K E=F F=Q G=S H=Y I=B J=T K=H L=X M=A N=P O=J P=D Q=U R=V S=M T=Z U=N V=C W=G X=R Y=W Z=O
- “The people all keep their eyes and ears directed to him, and he deals with them all as his children.”— Laozi, 1891, Tao Te Ching (James Legge translation, 1891)Cipher key: A=U B=R C=J D=A E=V F=M G=W H=B I=H J=T K=C L=X M=I N=E O=G P=L Q=S R=Q S=K T=N U=D V=O W=Z X=Y Y=F Z=P
- “Love one that does not love you, answer one that does not call you, and you will run a fruitless race.”— Spanish proverb, 1857, Recorded with English translation in Henry G. Bohn, A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs (London, 1857)Cipher key: A=Q B=C C=G D=Y E=K F=N G=W H=D I=E J=R K=X L=I M=P N=S O=H P=J Q=O R=T S=U T=Z U=F V=M W=L X=B Y=V Z=A
- “If you keep feeling a point that has been sharpened, the point cannot long preserve its sharpness.”— Laozi, 1891, Tao Te Ching (James Legge translation, 1891)Cipher key: A=R B=O C=J D=I E=N F=P G=V H=U I=E J=A K=S L=Q M=C N=T O=F P=X Q=D R=M S=Y T=W U=B V=Z W=H X=G Y=K Z=L
- “The sole consideration should be to see that the sum total of changes represents the public good.”— Theodore Roosevelt, 1907, Seventh Annual Message to CongressCipher key: A=V B=N C=U D=Y E=O F=Z G=H H=G I=K J=C K=T L=Q M=E N=J O=L P=X Q=R R=S S=A T=F U=W V=B W=P X=I Y=M Z=D
- “The whole theory of our institutions is based on the liberty and independence of the individual.”— Calvin Coolidge, 1926, State of the Union AddressCipher key: A=G B=C C=V D=Z E=M F=W G=P H=O I=R J=L K=I L=B M=H N=J O=S P=Q Q=X R=Y S=U T=N U=A V=T W=D X=E Y=K Z=F