Puzzle 1
Starter clue: E = N
H'MMEZCLQVEWUVLZCCVWUHETZGGUGGHZEYZBVAHEWFZNHEBURUBGHZE.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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English proverb Cryptograms Set 6
5 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 = T
IXRDJYTVNTAJFQXVENVDIXRHVXQCRTIXRBJQQXVRQAXENVDIXRHVTTVD.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 3
Starter clue: W = A
EPYPVJACRACGRAVWVQBAVCLPVCLWEGRAFWEPWUNTGXVWMNCKWFDWIWNE.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 4
Starter clue: W = E
RWJREJZNVVNQHJSTJRJNNBWESJRWRWWVHQXVVREPWCXSJDXADWCXBRXHZEAW.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 5
Starter clue: Z = E
QFYMNVZEHWQBDFZPADFZVSFZEDFZIOVZIAWEJ,OENDFZGODFZVSFZEDFZIOVZAMN.
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 (5 solutions)
- “I'll not change a cottage in possession for a kingdom in reversion.”— English proverb, 1859, Recorded in Walter K. Kelly, Proverbs of All Nations, Compared, Explained, and Illustrated (London, 1859)Cipher key: A=K B=R C=T D=Y E=N F=D G=S H=I I=Q J=Z K=B L=C M=L N=M O=W P=X Q=H R=V S=U T=P U=E V=A W=G X=J Y=F Z=O
- “You have tied a knot with your tongue you cannot undo with your teeth.”— English proverb, 1859, Recorded in Walter K. Kelly, Proverbs of All Nations, Compared, Explained, and Illustrated (London, 1859)Cipher key: A=D B=C C=G D=H E=W F=K G=L H=R I=Y J=A K=X L=F M=Q N=I O=Z P=M Q=N R=U S=P T=E U=B V=T W=S X=O Y=V Z=J
- “Never put out your arm further than you can easily draw it back again.”— English proverb, 1859, Recorded in Walter K. Kelly, Proverbs of All Nations, Compared, Explained, and Illustrated (London, 1859)Cipher key: A=U B=F C=T D=K E=N F=C G=Y H=J I=G J=P K=B L=H M=W N=I O=Z P=E Q=M R=O S=X T=L U=S V=R W=A X=D Y=V Z=Q
- “He that follows truth too near the heels will have dirt kicked in his face.”— English proverb, 1859, Recorded in Walter K. Kelly, Proverbs of All Nations, Compared, Explained, and Illustrated (London, 1859)Cipher key: A=C B=N C=D D=K E=A F=Y G=M H=S I=G J=T K=Z L=Q M=X N=O O=J P=V Q=W R=H S=R T=U U=P V=L W=E X=I Y=B Z=F
- “Children suck the mother when they are young, and the father when they are old.”— English proverb, 1859, Recorded in Walter K. Kelly, Proverbs of All Nations, Compared, Explained, and Illustrated (London, 1859)Cipher key: A=O B=K C=P D=T E=N F=H G=F H=S I=Y J=G K=Z L=X M=L N=D O=A P=M Q=C R=V S=W T=B U=J V=R W=U X=Q Y=I Z=E