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.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z
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)
“Sound, sound the clarion, fill the fife! To all the sensual world proclaim, One crowded hour of glorious life is worth an age without a name.”— Sir Walter Scott, 1816, Old Mortality, Chap. XXXIV (in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed., 1891)Cipher key: A=V B=O C=J D=U E=R F=M G=S H=G I=H J=Q K=Y L=E M=P N=A O=T P=Z Q=F R=K S=I T=N U=W V=B W=D X=L Y=X Z=C
“The returns are a thousand fold in economic benefits, and infinitely more in reduction of suffering and promotion of human happiness.”— Herbert Hoover, 1929, Inaugural AddressCipher key: A=B B=N C=D D=R E=K F=S G=M H=A I=Q J=T K=U L=C M=Y N=E O=V P=O Q=X R=J S=Z T=W U=F V=I W=G X=L Y=P Z=H
“We shall then exhibit the rare example of a great nation, abounding in all the means of happiness and security, altogether free from debt.”— Andrew Jackson, 1831, Third Annual Message to CongressCipher key: A=V B=J C=H D=E E=T F=W G=I H=Y I=R J=P K=F L=C M=Z N=D O=N P=M Q=S R=O S=G T=X U=B V=K W=L X=Q Y=U Z=A
“Let each man see to it that the dedication is in his own heart, the high purpose of the nation in his own mind, ruler of his own will and desire.”— Woodrow Wilson, 1917, Second Inaugural AddressCipher key: A=S B=U C=W D=F E=R F=C G=P H=N I=D J=L K=Q L=G M=A N=E O=T P=Z Q=B R=Y S=H T=J U=I V=O W=X X=M Y=V Z=K
“Oh, many a shaft at random sent finds mark the archer little meant! And many a word at random spoken may soothe, or wound, a heart that's broken!”— Sir Walter Scott, 1815, The Lord of the Isles, Canto V. Stanza 18 (in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed., 1891)Cipher key: A=W B=F C=Q D=J E=A F=V G=L H=I I=G J=H K=N L=Y M=D N=O O=R P=S Q=C R=M S=X T=P U=T V=Z W=U X=B Y=K Z=E
“If I do prove her haggard, Though that her jesses were my dear heart-strings, I 'ld whistle her off and let her down the wind, To prey at fortune.”— William Shakespeare, 1604, Othello, Act III. Sc. 3 (in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed., 1891)Cipher key: A=B B=D C=A D=S E=V F=M G=U H=E I=F J=Q K=R L=N M=P N=L O=I P=W Q=J R=X S=K T=O U=C V=G W=H X=Z Y=T Z=Y