Puzzle 1
Starter clue: F = E
XGCUJGFUCOJCCNMSBB,KHSFUHFXUNNFGCHDXHIRCJFRZFDCOOFDXUFEFD-DSHZFDBSOFXUNFEFD-BXDJFDKXRSKOXHRSCURCRZFSUNSESNAXB.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Easy Cryptograms Set 60
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: V = O
UZZVSYUQQYGRSQHNUYHCVOGKGHOVYLAUWBHO;UWOGQJGZZRHUXVVYULLVSWQVKSNGKVSYEGHJNOVWVQCVOGKDUWOLAUWBHGWUXYVXVYQGVW.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 3
Starter clue: G = E
IXGFWQNRNAMJGTGRWSGTILNPGMTQGTIWDIXGWQOMNPGQGTINRIXGOGNOVGWTGPGMBDIFIWNTFTHIXGFQGVWNMFIWNTNRIXGWMSNTHWIWNT.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 4
Starter clue: D = T
DSJCJEHRCRXBOIJDKDSJIXEDJOHDRDJHRPKXYXRDEKXHMSEASMEGGZJMEDSSJGO,EUXKDRZHKGIDJGNGKHD,ZNDSJCJQIDRDEKXKUMJRBXJHH.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 5
Starter clue: C = T
ACAPCXWPWIKWCLYCXWULKTGCXMCMTTCXAZDPPNOPAPCMZGGLZLCGAWONCLZTFKWCAKWMTACCTWYKLSPADXCMZGMYCWKUMKGPKWCNKZMDMAZ.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 6
Starter clue: A = T
UVVJBHAUEJKAAYUAAYTCTKHOIAYKOLHIZICAYQIWAYTMIOHAUOAHIVKMKABETIWAYKHLIDTCOJTOAUHAYTYUCJIOQUOEBOKIOIWAYTRTIRVT.
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)
- “Among men of good will, science and democracy together offer an ever-richer life and ever-larger satisfaction to the individual.”— Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1937, Second Inaugural AddressCipher key: A=U B=L C=O D=R E=V F=E G=M H=C I=Y J=G K=S L=J M=W N=D O=F P=B Q=P R=T S=I T=K U=N V=X W=Q X=A Y=Z Z=H
- “All our attributes are modified or changed; and it will be a poor account of us if our views do not modify and change in a proportion.”— Robert Louis Stevenson, 1881, Virginibus Puerisque and Other PapersCipher key: A=H B=G C=M D=Y E=V F=X G=I H=E I=Q J=W K=F L=C M=Z N=S O=D P=J Q=T R=B S=U T=K U=A V=O W=N X=P Y=R Z=L
- “The aim of our beneficent Government is the improvement of the people in every station and the amelioration of their condition.”— Grover Cleveland, 1885, First Annual Message to CongressCipher key: A=U B=Y C=W D=S E=K F=A G=E H=D I=T J=B K=Q L=G M=R N=O O=P P=V Q=M R=F S=C T=N U=Z V=L W=I X=H Y=X Z=J
- “There is a rank due to the United States among nations which will be withheld, if not absolutely lost, by the reputation of weakness.”— George Washington, 1793, Fifth Annual Message to CongressCipher key: A=C B=K C=R D=T E=I F=Q G=L H=S I=U J=E K=O L=V M=W N=Y O=D P=M Q=P R=A S=H T=X U=F V=Z W=J X=N Y=G Z=B
- “It is the secret of the world that all things subsist and do not die but only retire a little from sight and afterwards return again.”— Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1844, Essays: Second SeriesCipher key: A=I B=Z C=T D=G E=Q F=Y G=D H=V I=C J=K K=R L=O M=A N=U O=B P=S Q=P R=X S=M T=L U=W V=J W=E X=H Y=F Z=N
- “All must admit that there is nothing so worthy of the constant solicitude of this Government as the harmony and union of the people.”— Andrew Jackson, 1832, Fourth Annual Message to CongressCipher key: A=T B=U C=R D=V E=D F=Z G=K H=S I=O J=M K=I L=G M=C N=X O=N P=J Q=Y R=P S=Q T=E U=A V=L W=F X=B Y=H Z=W