Puzzle 1
Starter clue: B = E
KEBLKCERJRQEEBCKCERJRBYVJQRLKEBNDBHJQCOLKCDBRVNKNBKLJLBCN,WJYYVEVIQABVRJWNBCDKYEBYNJMBKYNDKCRBAW-EBCVKA.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Easy Cryptograms Set 54
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: E = T
RKRTVMUXESRGZPLEVCOUZTIXRGUOHSXZIXVTIOCOUMTSZPPIVTEZTMO;CMEZTKREEOGHEXREGOEMGTTVE,XOKRLCOKVGOKRUTZQZIOTE.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 3
Starter clue: I = O
UXVBIGGIWBLSVQUR,IWPBBMIIEMITVQDKVDU,IWNVPZV,NBVDUR,PDEXPNNLDVGG,KHGULDVTLUPSBRWIBBIYPELGGIBHULIDIWUXVHDLID.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 4
Starter clue: I = T
ZMHBI,UZIWLZJPDI,ZUYKPDIHLPZU,OKHJBTIDAZLABJCZUCDICJBHTOLPIPUXWUIHWAKBY,ZUYIHWAKBYUHIKPUXIKZIKBYPYUHIZYHLU.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 5
Starter clue: D = E
RDCYXDWLJDAKYEDLKBJNGOBXDAYLJQABOIYNVKCDANOCDGKSIDGGNLMGBPYPADDMBXDALVDLK,RNKCKCDOBLGKNKWKNBLYGBWAMWNJD.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 6
Starter clue: J = I
JBMJAATUBHYFUCHBYFBSOBMJBSZYGYZYTEYYJBSYZBUJTFJWJFCOAUZTOBJUTOAMYAGOZYOXZJECABCZYJNUGKZJVOZLJVKUZBOTEY.
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 demand so sudden and so serious made the young man hesitate a moment, for ridicule is often harder to bear than self-denial.”— Louisa May Alcott, 1869, Little WomenCipher key: A=L B=E C=N D=H E=D F=J G=X H=Y I=C J=O K=A L=M M=B N=T O=G P=W Q=U R=S S=Q T=Z U=P V=I W=F X=V Y=R Z=K
- “A man ought warily to begin charges which once begun will continue; but in matters that return not, he may be more magnificent.”— Francis Bacon, 1625, The Essays or Counsels, Civil and MoralCipher key: A=V B=Q C=B D=X E=T F=J G=R H=S I=C J=K K=M L=Y M=U N=P O=E P=L Q=F R=A S=W T=N U=G V=O W=Z X=H Y=D Z=I
- “The loss of liberty, of all good government, of peace, plenty, and happiness, must inevitably follow a dissolution of the Union.”— Andrew Jackson, 1833, Second Inaugural AddressCipher key: A=Q B=L C=X D=N E=D F=J G=S H=U I=O J=K K=M L=I M=G N=P O=Z P=A Q=R R=Y S=B T=V U=T V=E W=F X=H Y=W Z=C
- “A Poet, Naturalist, and Historian, Who left scarcely any style of writing untouched, And touched nothing that he did not adorn.”— Samuel Johnson, 1776, Epitaph on Goldsmith (in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed., 1891)Cipher key: A=C B=E C=Y D=S E=J F=B G=V H=O I=T J=L K=H L=R M=P N=Z O=W P=I Q=K R=M S=Q T=F U=N V=X W=U X=G Y=D Z=A
- “We have undertaken to discover and proclaim the richest blessings of a free government, with the Constitution as our guide.”— Grover Cleveland, 1888, Fourth Annual Message to CongressCipher key: A=R B=O C=H D=E E=K F=Z G=S H=Q I=L J=D K=T L=N M=G N=I O=C P=F Q=P R=W S=B T=Y U=X V=M W=U X=V Y=A Z=J
- “It will not be doubted that with reference either to individual or national welfare agriculture is of primary importance.”— George Washington, 1796, Eighth Annual Message to CongressCipher key: A=L B=T C=U D=Q E=C F=D G=F H=B I=K J=I K=P L=Y M=W N=S O=A P=J Q=Z R=X S=H T=N U=O V=M W=V X=G Y=E Z=R