Puzzle 1
Starter clue: P = E
CPZKRPKNGPKYIPKSLXGPHUBIBPMMYZKBUMPRPGMOXHPB.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Ralph Waldo Emerson Cryptograms Set 4
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: J = E
CNJNYVLCNYCWJJLDXDMDMVDFRJLYVSJUFWZJMVSZMCCJV.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 3
Starter clue: D = E
UEPDVDTTSGE,UEAFQVBSLSGE,HPMUEMDBSIXG,ODHBBJRQGD.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 4
Starter clue: F = A
FJUSFCDFVOHFVSQHCFCYSOVSPSUXFCCOCYGSFVGFECOLV.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 5
Starter clue: O = I
RCWIWOLPWLLOZRWZROEZOZCOLREIGRCBZAWBLDIOTWREOR.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 6
Starter clue: L = I
HTYLATLGZMRRTZZLEG,LGJLALZLEG,LGCUFXZ,LGCUFXLRYTZ.
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)
- “We have a great deal more kindness than is ever spoken.”— Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1841, Essays: First SeriesCipher key: A=Q B=N C=W D=U E=F F=Z G=R H=K I=D J=C K=A L=M M=S N=G O=P P=E Q=J R=V S=L T=Y U=I V=B W=X X=O Y=T Z=H
- “The hand that feeds us is in some danger of being bitten.”— Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1844, Essays: Second SeriesCipher key: A=Q B=Z C=T D=S E=W F=O G=X H=J I=C J=E K=V L=D M=I N=H O=L P=K Q=P R=M S=G T=Y U=R V=N W=F X=U Y=A Z=B
- “By necessity, by proclivity, and by delight, we all quote.”— Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1876, Letters and Social Aims, Quotation and Originality (in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed., 1891)Cipher key: A=P B=L C=Z D=E E=Y F=R G=T H=A I=G J=Q K=F L=V M=D N=J O=W P=N Q=O R=U S=I T=S U=B V=C W=X X=H Y=K Z=M
- “A great man is a new statue in every attitude and action.”— Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1841, Essays: First SeriesCipher key: A=Q B=H C=T D=M E=C F=A G=D H=S I=Z J=G K=J L=O M=K N=B O=I P=V Q=W R=P S=E T=F U=R V=N W=L X=Y Y=U Z=X
- “There is less intention in history than we ascribe to it.”— Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1841, Essays: First SeriesCipher key: A=W B=A C=H D=C E=O F=D G=Y H=X I=R J=Z K=G L=S M=V N=K O=I P=L Q=U R=T S=M T=B U=F V=P W=E X=J Y=Q Z=N
- “We live in succession, in division, in parts, in particles.”— Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1841, Essays: First SeriesCipher key: A=V B=Q C=P D=X E=O F=R G=N H=W I=K J=D K=Y L=I M=U N=J O=H P=M Q=F R=C S=Z T=E U=A V=B W=G X=T Y=L Z=S