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)
“International peace and well-being, like national peace and well-being, can be secured only through institutions capable of life and growth.”— Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1945, State of the Union AddressCipher key: A=V B=M C=I D=W E=R F=Q G=P H=J I=G J=K K=Z L=S M=F N=Y O=N P=U Q=L R=C S=T T=O U=H V=X W=A X=E Y=D Z=B
“Our people have in recent years developed a new-found capacity for cooperation among themselves to effect high purposes in public welfare.”— Herbert Hoover, 1929, Inaugural AddressCipher key: A=R B=I C=X D=W E=G F=Q G=H H=B I=D J=F K=V L=C M=T N=M O=A P=S Q=L R=E S=Z T=Y U=P V=O W=U X=J Y=N Z=K
“We can secure other people's approval, if we do right and try hard; but our own is worth a hundred of it, and no way has been found out of securing that.”— Mark Twain, 1897, Following the EquatorCipher key: A=Y B=R C=A D=K E=H F=X G=U H=I I=Q J=B K=N L=W M=O N=T O=D P=G Q=L R=P S=Z T=M U=V V=C W=E X=S Y=J Z=F
“All the lessons of history and experience must be lost upon us if we are content to trust alone to the peculiar advantages we happen to possess.”— Martin Van Buren, 1837, Inaugural AddressCipher key: A=W B=I C=F D=J E=C F=O G=Y H=E I=B J=K K=Z L=U M=D N=V O=M P=H Q=P R=S S=R T=Q U=L V=T W=G X=A Y=N Z=X
“The Duke of Wellington brought to the post of first minister immortal fame, - a quality of success which would almost seem to include all others.”— Benjamin Disraeli, 1845, Sybil, Book I. Chap. III (in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed., 1891)Cipher key: A=Q B=V C=U D=L E=Y F=K G=O H=I I=T J=S K=H L=A M=D N=C O=X P=J Q=Z R=N S=P T=M U=G V=W W=E X=B Y=F Z=R
“It is possible to invent a house still more convenient and luxurious than we have, which yet all would admit that man could not afford to pay for.”— Henry David Thoreau, 1854, WaldenCipher key: A=B B=K C=A D=C E=N F=P G=M H=Q I=Z J=E K=J L=G M=L N=U O=D P=R Q=F R=W S=O T=X U=I V=Y W=H X=T Y=V Z=S