Puzzle 1
Starter clue: N = E
KWLGWJTTJGGSZRTSUSMGMLMWNJBWSNINUNRMGLAAXNNUSRCGJRCAXNNWJRCGVRCNXMWNQXLMNBMSLRLAMWSGZTLXSLVGVRSLR?
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Easy Cryptograms Set 49
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: H = N
ADXHRQRHZOWRODTLREHAHQWZIRTTZTTARHRKJHROYZPBZ;ADXRHZOWRATKRHPRKDHQAVFAQM,DHPZDEHZTQAHTZZJAHBAQQWZEZ.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 3
Starter clue: G = E
OEVRFKEWSHGVQOSRXAVRTUSYGMJVGQYJRLGVOIUGEQLGVGQPEGYQESKEGVYGKVGGRASXYSLSYFQWAVGGYRTOEQXGLGVHGARVG.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 4
Starter clue: J = T
GIVOFJHICVRJDMXRERFRMDMZWPQFFIFRDJLRFWMODJCU,GRJLMDIMWWOHQJRMDFJCRERDKJMFIWOCIQXEQDJQKIMEICQDMJLIC.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 5
Starter clue: J = I
KMIXNZIGJAGFBH,JHKMISAGCU,UAIXHAKXIKMJXFJHUIJKMIGQAGBHVKMJHW,AGBWBJHXKBHVKMJHW;SMBKJXGJWMKMISJCCQACCAS.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 6
Starter clue: B = A
JBZYBRZPWJBXARPQBHTAQCJGAXBZXHPGNRWGNWWSBWSAJNRWRAAEWPZBHHPYSCRYPHQX,BZXYBQQCZBRKBLARNLSBRDCWWAXSCJ.
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)
- “Who shall assign limits to the achievements of free minds and free hands under the protection of this glorious Union?”— James K. Polk, 1845, Inaugural AddressCipher key: A=F B=C C=D D=K E=Q F=Z G=S H=J I=V J=A K=W L=O M=T N=E O=X P=Y Q=P R=N S=I T=L U=M V=U W=H X=R Y=B Z=G
- “I am not one who was born in the possession of knowledge; I am one who is fond of antiquity, and earnest in seeking it there.”— Confucius, 1861, The Analects (James Legge translation, 1861)Cipher key: A=I B=G C=J D=A E=R F=U G=C H=N I=P J=K K=F L=B M=Y N=V O=W P=D Q=T R=O S=Z T=S U=X V=Q W=H X=M Y=L Z=E
- “Through liberation from widespread poverty we have reached a higher degree of individual freedom than ever before.”— Herbert Hoover, 1929, Inaugural AddressCipher key: A=F B=K C=J D=X E=H F=U G=E H=B I=Y J=P K=G L=V M=S N=Z O=T P=C Q=A R=O S=I T=M U=W V=R W=L X=N Y=D Z=Q
- “We must permit no division of classes in this country, with one occupation striving to secure advantage over another.”— Calvin Coolidge, 1924, State of the Union AddressCipher key: A=Z B=J C=R D=N E=V F=S G=W H=P I=E J=T K=G L=H M=O N=X O=U P=L Q=A R=I S=K T=B U=Y V=M W=C X=D Y=Q Z=F
- “The superior man, in the world, does not set his mind either for anything, or against anything; what is right he will follow.”— Confucius, 1861, The Analects (James Legge translation, 1861)Cipher key: A=O B=A C=L D=X E=C F=M G=R H=N I=E J=I K=T L=V M=H N=U O=Z P=K Q=F R=Q S=W T=J U=D V=Y W=G X=S Y=B Z=P
- “Man was not made so large limbed and robust but that he must seek to narrow his world, and wall in a space such as fitted him.”— Henry David Thoreau, 1854, WaldenCipher key: A=E B=A C=I D=F E=K F=Z G=B H=R I=V J=M K=P L=C M=Q N=U O=X P=O Q=L R=S S=H T=G U=Y V=J W=T X=D Y=W Z=N