Puzzle 1
Starter clue: J = E
WOJEYLWPWBUJTIRTAWRJXPAFBWLAJMYJWUJAPYJTIYJMJPDPXEEYJLWJYFJXJIPWA.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Francois de La Rochefoucauld 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: Y = E
LWYKPWAYPILLNJUSGXCKGJUS,PWELWYWYYEWLSAYPILLNYHYWJUSGHYVQNUSSNYJUS.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 3
Starter clue: Q = E
WYQIQPIQBALQLQUKYAPIQJPXBQJIALKVBYVUSPXKPFBWAPOOQPIKYPWWYQFPIQUAW.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 4
Starter clue: Y = E
OKSYVHYRFYMYHKWFTXWLUVDAKYOWKDRKWRYHWDUYS,VWADUYHYMYHOYXWVFFDUVDAKYO.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 5
Starter clue: F = E
KYFZFDZFIFELFTLUFEYTETCUQXTKMFDWYDHFQTIMFRXPUTOFQEYFXKYFAUTOFXTUTXPFZ.
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)
- “The gratitude of most men is but a secret desire of receiving greater benefits.”— Francois de La Rochefoucauld, 1665, Maximes, 298 (in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed., 1891)Cipher key: A=S B=U C=Z D=V E=G F=B G=L H=K I=F J=E K=X L=A M=C N=P O=H P=I Q=Y R=M S=Q T=O U=D V=W W=T X=N Y=R Z=J
- “One can be a fool with much wit, and one need not be a fool even with very little wit.”— Francois de La Rochefoucauld, 1871, Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims (J. Hain Friswell translation, 1871)Cipher key: A=B B=X C=U D=J E=D F=K G=H H=V I=F J=W K=C L=O M=Z N=L O=Q P=A Q=Y R=P S=T T=S U=I V=R W=N X=M Y=E Z=G
- “There are some men who are false from wishing always to appear what they are not.”— Francois de La Rochefoucauld, 1871, Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims (J. Hain Friswell translation, 1871)Cipher key: A=O B=S C=U D=X E=B F=Y G=C H=D I=R J=F K=W L=M M=Q N=K O=P P=A Q=E R=Z S=G T=V U=N V=I W=T X=L Y=H Z=J
- “Some are clever only in what does not concern them, and the reverse in all that does.”— Francois de La Rochefoucauld, 1871, Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims (J. Hain Friswell translation, 1871)Cipher key: A=D B=Q C=P D=T E=K F=L G=X H=R I=F J=B K=O L=W M=V N=Z O=S P=J Q=G R=C S=M T=Y U=H V=A W=N X=I Y=E Z=U
- “There are few people who would not be ashamed of being loved when they love no longer.”— Francois de La Rochefoucauld, 1665, Maximes, 71 (in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed., 1891)Cipher key: A=Y B=Z C=U D=A E=W F=E G=K H=M I=F J=Q K=T L=P M=B N=J O=V P=G Q=D R=I S=C T=O U=L V=X W=S X=N Y=H Z=R