Puzzle 1
Starter clue: S = E
HCSLSTYCSGJCURJCHCRUXHDSGOAZAPXQCANESJTJCANOST'WRHWDATNPCSWISTDSZNXUXHYSJZOTHWNHJC.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Easy Cryptograms Set 28
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: B = T
NSYZHEOQBOXNBUBZXG,BZXOIZXEDBZOBGOVZBZSIB;OB'NDORXNXQHOQVBZXGISCCDXNMZXQMEQBOQVENZOIB.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 3
Starter clue: L = T
FCJDWLIQSFOCLCOGILQWNHDTDGWUWXKLLQWSXFCGKLWBKLICENHCLWJLDOUDLFWGESOBDLFDOBDTDBKSGF.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 4
Starter clue: Q = I
GRRGOBQLOJFDOQAMZOJJQRGREJSMOZQRZQFPFRFDOQGJFQFSFQRG,IDQNDDOASJFBQLOIDRIQUUZOERZAQF.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 5
Starter clue: U = T
UQRJUMRLYOJLJHDDPLJLUAOMJU;UQRNOUUNRMXCCOJQOUVDNNRVUJOGUQRUXMGOGHJOJRLJONFYDIRPLSLF.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 6
Starter clue: E = T
DGRHEPWSPXGYEHDGSGIJGY;LHCTETWESVDOWTRGWWEHYHESVYOEVITFGPWHIYTGCTRESGPWWPOIEHRPEHZR.
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)
- “I never knew any man in my life who could not bear another's misfortunes perfectly like a Christian.”— Alexander Pope, 1727, Thoughts on Various Subjects (in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed., 1891)Cipher key: A=O B=J C=N D=F E=B F=Z G=W H=I I=P J=A K=X L=V M=G N=T O=H P=U Q=D R=M S=E T=R U=Y V=Q W=S X=L Y=K Z=C
- “Such dainties to them, their health it might hurt; It's like sending them ruffles when wanting a shirt.”— Oliver Goldsmith, 1776, The Haunch of Venison (in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed., 1891)Cipher key: A=Y B=T C=F D=L E=A F=J G=M H=D I=R J=Q K=B L=P M=W N=S O=I P=Z Q=N R=K S=U T=V U=O V=G W=X X=E Y=C Z=H
- “Society has not only the privilege but the absolute duty of protecting itself and its individuals.”— Calvin Coolidge, 1926, State of the Union AddressCipher key: A=Z B=D C=O D=I E=F F=S G=L H=R I=Y J=C K=U L=T M=K N=P O=N P=X Q=H R=J S=A T=V U=G V=W W=E X=B Y=M Z=Q
- “No one gives the impression of superiority to the institution, which he must give who will reform it.”— Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1844, Essays: Second SeriesCipher key: A=M B=G C=Z D=H E=F F=T G=N H=Q I=W J=S K=J L=V M=P N=C O=E P=Y Q=I R=O S=U T=X U=L V=B W=A X=D Y=K Z=R
- “The stream is as good as at first; the little rubbish it collects in the turnings is easily moved away.”— Jane Austen, 1817, PersuasionCipher key: A=F B=Z C=B D=O E=K F=Y G=N H=G I=V J=S K=J L=A M=R N=L O=I P=D Q=H R=E S=W T=X U=T V=C W=Q X=U Y=M Z=P
- “Be not ashamed to be helped; for it is thy business to do thy duty like a soldier in the assault on a town.”— Marcus Aurelius, 1862, Meditations (George Long translation, 1862)Cipher key: A=Q B=G C=R D=B E=T F=K G=E H=O I=L J=P K=J L=F M=X N=V O=U P=A Q=Z R=N S=H T=I U=C V=Y W=S X=M Y=D Z=W