Puzzle 1
Starter clue: R = E
NRYLRYWQICQVSPRZKRPXQVZFPRRWUQGYKRPQWRQJUGRYFKYIUYCRQJNRYLRERUXRRIVPYIFQUGRSIYUAQIP.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Franklin D. Roosevelt Cryptograms Set 5
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: B = E
MXBXIYBVIAMXBQBYDKENWWGFFIMAIQBUBQMIEBQGMBBNMXBQDFCBVBQUBCYIUBQMLIQVBEA-VBQUNFZJBGEMX.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 3
Starter clue: L = E
OWLNTKBLXXKHKITCLUKBTSBVUIXOFKOELPUNLTPDLCEVOWLCLFPSDKHLXXLFOPSDNKALTXKHHTLLQKZLTFULFO.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 4
Starter clue: H = O
BIMRHZXLGYHOXPEBTYFPXBTHLHDAHONLHPHLSMOYFEBWMDHOSHBBMLTLBIMYXGJIXEMHDMQXLMEJMLBCOHDTBE.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 5
Starter clue: Q = E
CSQEQCCQAJUCSQKJHPCWCRCWJHDWPQEXTQKELAQTLPQYLALCWJH,IRCCSQWBYREPQJUKJBBJHYRAYJPQTQKELAQPLRHWJH.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 6
Starter clue: G = E
BXXILYRBZPGGCQBCUGRQIYXVRHFAXHLDBOVHFAPIWGXBURHLGJAGPHGOTGBOVIAGPBCHIOTXGBPXDVGFIORCPBCGCQGOGGV.
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)
- “Peace among ourselves would seem to have some of the advantage of peace between us and other nations.”— Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1940, State of the Union AddressCipher key: A=I B=X C=G D=Y E=B F=D G=H H=Z I=N J=F K=V L=C M=J N=P O=K P=S Q=O R=E S=R T=Q U=T V=U W=M X=W Y=A Z=L
- “The hopes of the Republic cannot forever tolerate either undeserved poverty or self-serving wealth.”— Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1941, Third Inaugural AddressCipher key: A=F B=E C=D D=U E=L F=N G=A H=Z I=O J=W K=B L=Y M=T N=I O=K P=Q Q=R R=J S=M T=X U=V V=S W=C X=H Y=P Z=G
- “The process of our democracy must not be imperiled by the denial of essential powers of free government.”— Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1937, State of the Union AddressCipher key: A=W B=C C=D D=L E=B F=N G=Z H=F I=U J=Q K=O L=E M=K N=P O=T P=I Q=G R=J S=A T=R U=M V=Y W=H X=S Y=X Z=V
- “The joy and moral stimulation of work no longer must be forgotten in the mad chase of evanescent profits.”— Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1933, First Inaugural AddressCipher key: A=W B=T C=P D=F E=S F=U G=D H=O I=H J=C K=Q L=N M=E N=K O=R P=L Q=V R=J S=G T=I U=Z V=X W=B X=A Y=M Z=Y
- “The letter of the Constitution wisely declared a separation, but the impulse of common purpose declares a union.”— Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1934, State of the Union AddressCipher key: A=R B=M C=T D=W E=L F=X G=J H=N I=B J=O K=C L=A M=K N=Z O=V P=S Q=E R=U S=H T=D U=F V=G W=I X=Y Y=P Z=Q
- “All of us agree that we should simplify and improve laws if experience and operation clearly demonstrate the need.”— Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1939, State of the Union AddressCipher key: A=P B=A C=T D=Y E=K F=M G=E H=I I=O J=X K=Q L=F M=Z N=J O=N P=R Q=H R=S S=B T=C U=W V=D W=V X=L Y=U Z=G