Puzzle 1
Starter clue: R = E
MRJRTSGRWDXKRHORDARCJXZKRVGXTXSJEXVVXLMRKTHJRDXZRGXKORWZQDARMNLWGXTEAHLERHLWDARASJJNEHLRGXTWNGHGDRJ.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Franklin D. Roosevelt Cryptograms Set 6
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: I = E
KAUIQVUIKMINYVBQADIYXAXDIILQDIKICAVHIKANNXIILAUGIHYEKIQAEKQDIWXVCVBIPIANAEXNXIILAUVKKEHDYJABL,ABLKQAXS.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 3
Starter clue: O = I
FXGNXPUOCAOQV,ACYXQQUBSAOQCYSUOCAOQVCGOVFXGOSYOQVCGFCMXGFCYOUOPQ,VSLCZQUGRPUUBXFSUBQUCOAUXGASUOCASYFXSPX.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 4
Starter clue: C = E
WCFDJHPJX,UYCSHPJUTJCDVQCKV-ODZCHBFCBU,TQPJDZCBPBUPFDBOVHCCFCBUDHCQSCJUUYCHTOYUQPBWKTECHUTCQDVUYCTHVCKKDRQ.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 5
Starter clue: I = N
FPETIIDGRPICGMTGVDFPWXKTQTEGDWXIFDWBRVDBXGXEKTICLDWPGMTIFPETIRPICXGKPJXKGPIEPTKTQTEGDWXIITGXDITBVDBXGXEK.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 6
Starter clue: H = E
IHDOHCHEFLLFLEWSDCDLVSLSYOWSRHODLQHSAWXHDCYBHSAGSIHOCTWXSBHIXSCHWODTASOGOSAFWWXHHRHKHLWDOTVHQHLQFHBSARFAH.
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 refused to leave the problems of our common welfare to be solved by the winds of chance and the hurricanes of disaster.”— Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1937, Second Inaugural AddressCipher key: A=H B=Z C=P D=T E=C F=X G=S H=A I=K J=R K=L L=N M=W N=I O=V P=G Q=Y R=E S=U T=F U=Q V=M W=D X=O Y=J Z=B
- “Sometimes we fail to hear or heed these voices of freedom because to us the privilege of our freedom is such an old, old story.”— Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1941, Third Inaugural AddressCipher key: A=O B=L C=V D=H E=U F=J G=B H=C I=E J=N K=S L=D M=W N=F O=K P=G Q=T R=Z S=Y T=Q U=M V=I W=P X=R Y=A Z=X
- “Perfectionism, no less than isolationism or imperialism or power politics, may obstruct the paths to international peace.”— Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1945, State of the Union AddressCipher key: A=N B=H C=O D=J E=Z F=P G=R H=X I=G J=Q K=V L=Y M=W N=F O=I P=C Q=S R=U S=A T=D U=T V=M W=K X=E Y=L Z=B
- “Democracy, the practice of self-government, is a covenant among free men to respect the rights and liberties of their fellows.”— Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1939, State of the Union AddressCipher key: A=J B=N C=E D=O E=B F=M G=K H=R I=Q J=C K=L L=X M=Z N=U O=G P=A Q=S R=W S=P T=I U=T V=F W=D X=Y Y=H Z=V
- “We cannot deny that power is a factor in world politics any more than we can deny its existence as a factor in national politics.”— Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1945, State of the Union AddressCipher key: A=G B=L C=Y D=O E=C F=W G=T H=U I=N J=X K=S L=M M=H N=Q O=K P=E Q=F R=D S=J T=A U=Z V=P W=R X=I Y=V Z=B
- “We are beginning to abandon our tolerance of the abuse of power by those who betray for profit the elementary decencies of life.”— Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1937, Second Inaugural AddressCipher key: A=F B=S C=B D=A E=G F=I G=P H=E I=W J=Q K=M L=N M=J N=K O=R P=Z Q=C R=L S=O T=Y U=V V=D W=T X=H Y=U Z=X