Puzzle 1
Starter clue: P = E
HPZVUWTFQEIWVIFGPUABIABQLBBWAPIAPAVRPKZBAPHZBVLUPPHEKZJA.
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Francois de La Rochefoucauld 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.
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The puzzles
Puzzle 2
Starter clue: P = E
IKOEEPNPHLPPDOJQJCPQBPPHIBMNFOHYAOHKIHKICWJOHPJJ-ZOFPAOHK.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 3
Starter clue: J = E
IJHUABSVPAKHCJEYAXESSHBLZJQKHOPAPJKAPJEPVOPKUJHETJTEPPJM.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 4
Starter clue: R = E
URBCQCMYRRUPMTMTRYWKRRDRYUTWMBCRYWQBUTWMBCRYQCMVRHWMRMCJY.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 5
Starter clue: A = E
JABSTASNNWVKKCHCAQXWXDAQEXBXRAQIVDAXBAZCWKRDXVQAWRKRXBADW.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 6
Starter clue: T = E
UCATRTQUCDUJGXTACQTFVZZJGDZGUZT,CZJTQUJGXTACQTZGUZTZJGDFVZ.
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 hardly find any persons of good sense save those who agree with us.”— Francois de La Rochefoucauld, 1665, Maximes, 347 (in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed., 1891)Cipher key: A=S B=O C=Q D=B E=I F=Y G=P H=W I=N J=U K=T L=G M=X N=J O=Z P=E Q=F R=V S=C T=L U=R V=A W=D X=M Y=K Z=H
- “A difference exists between a working mind and a business-like mind.”— Francois de La Rochefoucauld, 1871, Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims (J. Hain Friswell translation, 1871)Cipher key: A=M B=W C=B D=X E=F F=K G=V H=N I=A J=S K=D L=C M=O N=R O=I P=E Q=T R=P S=Y T=Z U=H V=Q W=U X=J Y=G Z=L
- “We should not speak of all subjects in one tone and in the same manner.”— Francois de La Rochefoucauld, 1871, Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims (J. Hain Friswell translation, 1871)Cipher key: A=O B=U C=P D=Q E=A F=X G=V H=S I=W J=E K=T L=B M=R N=G O=I P=N Q=C R=Y S=L T=M U=H V=D W=Z X=F Y=K Z=J
- “We do not see with the same eyes what does and what does not relate to us.”— Francois de La Rochefoucauld, 1871, Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims (J. Hain Friswell translation, 1871)Cipher key: A=V B=D C=O D=Y E=F F=B G=Q H=L I=C J=U K=M L=K M=T N=G O=Z P=I Q=N R=E S=P T=H U=W V=R W=A X=J Y=S Z=X
- “We have all sufficient strength to endure the misfortunes of others.”— Francois de La Rochefoucauld, 1665, Maximes, 19 (in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed., 1891)Cipher key: A=E B=H C=I D=R E=G F=Z G=B H=C I=D J=W K=F L=K M=X N=L O=P P=J Q=N R=O S=A T=V U=Y V=U W=S X=T Y=Q Z=M
- “Some persons have more wit than taste, others have more taste than wit.”— Francois de La Rochefoucauld, 1871, Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims (J. Hain Friswell translation, 1871)Cipher key: A=M B=Q C=O D=N E=C F=W G=A H=L I=Z J=H K=G L=Y M=U N=B O=X P=J Q=R R=P S=D T=E U=S V=I W=K X=V Y=F Z=T