Puzzle 1
Starter clue: B = O
BIGSUBSEUKLKRTBEURMEESGBWMQ,WBGLIDDULLWIETBNU-NKFMHAMLJIQKHBQTUGHKNUWBGQTUISJIMEOMHABWQTUHKQMBH.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Easy Cryptograms Set 43
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: U = E
ZRUYUZZUVMDZRUHMEOZKZSZKMEPKOUYBCUHYLVUCLOUNLVLZKME,ASZZRUKWNSYOUMDHMWWMENSVNMOUCUHYLVUOLSEKME.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 3
Starter clue: X = A
TCTRXRMPCBWXIIDTBNCMPBBDTWHRVSTJSXQTRBMWDEPQMOXSXDPSMLQ'RXJFLXTWCXWJB,XRCMXQBXD,RCQMWHXCCXJSOBWC.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 4
Starter clue: G = A
IEHEXZGYZPYCEGLGIYMQHFPMCGRRHQIHCGZMFGJREGML;GYCLMQFHQMLIHFMXLGFHLXJIAGLYMILIFPRIJURMYRHPSGTJH.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 5
Starter clue: A = S
XBOTMUKVOMYOAZEJVXBTPYFOZXOBTAHFOUOFOMYOA,BTAZQOFATJMA,BTAHJKTXTYA,BTAXZAXOA,BTAPJFZKA,BTAFOKTRTJM.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 6
Starter clue: Z = E
CSCYSATNLEASAZCTUNSOZCUEXLJJNXSAZVYZJFZYSAPSSAZKWPUPXXNTHSNYZZVDNTUPUHUNSPIIZPTUZDPUHWNVIJZSZ.
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)
- “Our people as a whole will profit, for successful home-making is but another name for the upbuilding of the nation.”— Theodore Roosevelt, 1901, First Annual Message to CongressCipher key: A=G B=O C=X D=C E=L F=K G=R H=N I=U J=B K=A L=S M=I N=M O=D P=Y Q=T R=W S=P T=H U=E V=Q W=F X=J Y=Z Z=V
- “The letter of the Constitution wisely declared a separation, but the impulse of common purpose declares a union.”— Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1934, State of the Union AddressCipher key: A=B B=Y C=D D=F E=N F=K G=X H=C I=Z J=V K=I L=A M=O N=P O=S P=W Q=J R=H S=U T=Q U=E V=R W=M X=G Y=L Z=T
- “It is as often applied to feelings which arise only from a half hour's acquaintance, as to a real, strong attachment.”— Jane Austen, 1813, Pride and PrejudiceCipher key: A=J B=E C=T D=L E=Y F=Q G=V H=G I=P J=C K=Z L=U M=O N=D O=M P=F Q=R R=S S=H T=I U=X V=W W=N X=A Y=K Z=B
- “The human mind has at no period accepted a moral chaos; and so preposterous a result was not strictly conceivable.”— George Eliot, 1872, MiddlemarchCipher key: A=W B=X C=D D=J E=H F=R G=A H=E I=T J=L K=Q L=S M=O N=F O=G P=I Q=P R=C S=V T=B U=Y V=Z W=K X=U Y=N Z=M
- “The influences about him create his preferences, his aversions, his politics, his tastes, his morals, his religion.”— Mark Twain, 1906, What Is Man? and Other EssaysCipher key: A=S B=H C=W D=Y E=B F=R G=X H=P I=D J=O K=L L=Z M=N N=J O=E P=M Q=V R=G S=K T=I U=F V=U W=Q X=T Y=C Z=A
- “It is through their not being full of themselves that they can afford to seem worn and not appear new and complete.”— Laozi, 1891, Tao Te Ching (James Legge translation, 1891)Cipher key: A=H B=X C=I D=W E=G F=V G=Q H=D I=P J=L K=Y L=U M=K N=O O=B P=A Q=Z R=J S=T T=R U=N V=M W=C X=F Y=S Z=E