Puzzle 1
Starter clue: B = E
PYUBOYFUPWYFGXWWZBOFUPWYWYKVPXVBYHIOPYEZBFXBLITUNBNFTBHPTYWUFWYB-KFQTUOBBU.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Franklin D. Roosevelt 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: Y = E
SRYINDUWFNKOTLKKTWNYS,JONFMYIYTKOWOWYKZUNRFIMOUWPYWUINPYEYTDWUMPNKZNPYWOSSRD.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 3
Starter clue: R = A
EZJRNZRHDZRGURBPTDVYIZUCRJZRAVSMCRBAEZUMCGRTTDVRKJGJZUEOGJDZRIOCURBAKVMDRHZ.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 4
Starter clue: Q = E
DOMQZUTWGYOUWZGHQNQYQHROWQNWUYPVYFQEUCWYUTVQGHZ,PCYPVYFQDOTQYORQUTYFQFCRGWZJOHOY.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 5
Starter clue: Z = E
KQBXSOZMZIQYAZIMXKZQFMIQFYKMSKQJQYU-IWZMCAWZBCBZXJACYXAFBBZYJSIWXYUZBICGCJCTXKCQY.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 6
Starter clue: X = E
CQXLXSADPQVMKXSXPSXPDNPATPMNISJZISOXTMKPMVSCLXEXQPRPSMPQVZISOXTMKPMVSPNEXQMIBXMKXS.
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)
- “International cooperation on which enduring peace must be based is not a one-way street.”— Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1945, State of the Union AddressCipher key: A=K B=E C=J D=X E=G F=A G=L H=D I=U J=F K=W L=M M=V N=B O=R P=I Q=Y R=Q S=Z T=S U=T V=H W=O X=C Y=N Z=P
- “Plenty is at our doorstep, but a generous use of it languishes in the very sight of the supply.”— Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1933, First Inaugural AddressCipher key: A=K B=C C=X D=Y E=V F=A G=Q H=Z I=N J=B K=O L=D M=G N=T O=U P=H Q=J R=L S=P T=R U=I V=W W=S X=M Y=E Z=F
- “We have a great many problems ahead of us and we must approach them with realism and courage.”— Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1945, State of the Union AddressCipher key: A=D B=N C=S D=R E=W F=Z G=T H=G I=L J=H K=C L=X M=U N=V O=I P=Y Q=K R=A S=F T=P U=M V=O W=Q X=J Y=B Z=E
- “Lives of nations are determined not by the count of years, but by the lifetime of the human spirit.”— Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1941, Third Inaugural AddressCipher key: A=W B=K C=U D=L E=C F=H G=A H=R I=Q J=P K=Z L=J M=V N=D O=I P=B Q=E R=M S=X T=F U=O V=Y W=N X=G Y=T Z=S
- “Today we reconsecrate our country to long-cherished ideals in a suddenly changed civilization.”— Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1937, Second Inaugural AddressCipher key: A=S B=D C=I D=K E=F F=U G=V H=M I=C J=L K=T L=J M=R N=B O=W P=Q Q=O R=P S=Y T=Z U=G V=X W=H X=A Y=N Z=E
- “In every land there are always at work forces that drive men apart and forces that draw men together.”— Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1937, Second Inaugural AddressCipher key: A=Y B=G C=I D=L E=M F=Q G=J H=U I=O J=K K=H L=V M=T N=W O=C P=A Q=N R=P S=R T=S U=Z V=D W=X X=E Y=B Z=F