Puzzle 1
Starter clue: L = E
YQAUHQLUAIHAAFXKRR,GDKLUDLYUFFLQADVYDZNAHLNELVAIILVYULWLV-VKDELVRKILYUFLWLV-RYVHLVGYNKGIYDNKAUNANELKUFKWKFBYR.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Franklin D. Roosevelt Cryptograms Set 7
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: X = A
UMDXCIUXCIXVFDMNYXNEMOFOOMYUYFKTCYFLXBXLUXDMTIUMOJXUCFINFCIVFXSCIWZCUGVCOOFYCIWDFUGMVL,XBXLUXDMTIUMOGTDCSCUE.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 3
Starter clue: Z = E
CWZMZDMOZDNHJZSKPHHSZCYSTKTIHQTZAZSGZNDSZCDCWDQZMZSJHTZTCAHOYZQCWHCHSZTDCOKJKCZFCDCWZMWRQKPHODGXZPCKAZQDNOKNZ.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 4
Starter clue: K = E
IKOYAKZLGKVLYZBKYTTKYBRJYVRLELSVOKSYZVVOYVVTFKREHRARHFYBSTKKHLGZYEELVKWRQVIRVOLFVKZLELGRZQKZFTRVNYEHREHKDKEHKEZK.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 5
Starter clue: B = R
QAFWDVFBGJUBPFDCUBFR,FWGDZGBQWGENAMJNUXDBAFRDSDVBCGDCEGOGGIUJBGUFGBDCCDBFVMAFRSDBWVNUMAFRFDCBDOCGBUMPSAMPWUCCAMGOO.
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)
- “Among men of good will, science and democracy together offer an ever-richer life and ever-larger satisfaction to the individual.”— Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1937, Second Inaugural AddressCipher key: A=O B=U C=X D=C E=H F=D G=S H=G I=F J=Q K=I L=E M=Z N=T O=K P=J Q=M R=L S=P T=B U=N V=R W=V X=W Y=A Z=Y
- “To maintain a democracy of effort requires a vast amount of patience in dealing with differing methods, a vast amount of humility.”— Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1937, Second Inaugural AddressCipher key: A=K B=V C=I D=M E=Y F=E G=H H=B I=N J=P K=Q L=S M=O N=C O=F P=J Q=X R=Z S=L T=U U=T V=D W=G X=A Y=R Z=W
- “The people of America are turning as never before to those permanent values that are not limited to the physical objectives of life.”— Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1935, State of the Union AddressCipher key: A=V B=Q C=T D=O E=K F=D G=B H=A I=G J=M K=I L=X M=P N=F O=L P=C Q=S R=Y S=R T=N U=W V=Z W=H X=J Y=U Z=E
- “We have come to a clear realization of the fact that true individual freedom cannot exist without economic security and independence.”— Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1944, State of the Union AddressCipher key: A=V B=L C=B D=P E=N F=U G=M H=D I=W J=Z K=E L=O M=K N=Y O=H P=G Q=S R=I S=F T=R U=Q V=T W=X X=J Y=A Z=C
- “Without regard to party, the overwhelming majority of our people seek a greater opportunity for humanity to prosper and find happiness.”— Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1934, State of the Union AddressCipher key: A=I B=R C=P D=O E=L F=T G=E H=B I=K J=G K=Z L=C M=N N=M O=S P=D Q=W R=Y S=F T=X U=A V=U W=H X=J Y=Q Z=V