Puzzle 1
Starter clue: H = E
HFHJKNPEGRSVCCHC,HFHJKNPEGRDJHVTC,HFHJKNPEGRIHVJEHC.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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French proverb Cryptograms Set 11
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: X = E
JXHJVKDFFVGLRXDUHXEEVQJPLGBDYXYVXLFVGNFYXBLGDFYPG.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 3
Starter clue: A = T
AWNLVBKRNXAQDSAWNQAVDXBNQAWLCNLJZLPQAWNRDQAZNEBWA.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 4
Starter clue: I = S
YDCNDIHNUVXZOCYBWIDETFDEEFYNBIHNUZEFZLINHYBIVXZOC.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 5
Starter clue: M = E
OAGSFBMFQMOBXCVVBMPPNSZTNHHSCPEOQOAOHVEMSSQCVFMJP.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 6
Starter clue: C = E
HZCIQZCOKSIYNEIUEFFSCTQZCOEIICF,HJCQJQZJTCHZJMJKKJH.
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)
- “Everything passes, everything breaks, everything wearies.”— French proverb, 1857, Recorded with English translation in Henry G. Bohn, A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs (London, 1857)Cipher key: A=J B=Q C=S D=B E=I F=V G=N H=E I=W J=R K=Y L=D M=Z N=T O=M P=H Q=O R=G S=P T=K U=X V=A W=L X=C Y=U Z=F
- “He who cannot speak well of his trade does not understand it.”— French proverb, 1857, Recorded with English translation in Henry G. Bohn, A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs (London, 1857)Cipher key: A=X B=R C=G D=A E=L F=N G=T H=W I=Q J=H K=C L=S M=Z N=U O=Y P=I Q=F R=P S=V T=B U=K V=O W=J X=E Y=D Z=M
- “The arguments of the strongest have always the most weight.”— French proverb, 1857, Recorded with English translation in Henry G. Bohn, A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs (London, 1857)Cipher key: A=T B=G C=V D=O E=I F=D G=X H=P I=C J=L K=U L=A M=Q N=E O=B P=Y Q=S R=M S=F T=J U=K V=R W=H X=N Y=Z Z=W
- “He does not guard himself well who is not always on his guard.”— French proverb, 1857, Recorded with English translation in Henry G. Bohn, A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs (London, 1857)Cipher key: A=K B=I C=D D=E E=L F=W G=V H=N I=S J=Q K=Z L=Y M=B N=O O=R P=X Q=J R=P S=C T=F U=T V=G W=M X=U Y=H Z=A
- “A hundred years of fretting will not pay a halfpenny of debt.”— French proverb, 1857, Recorded with English translation in Henry G. Bohn, A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs (London, 1857)Cipher key: A=H B=R C=O D=X E=P F=D G=U H=L I=Q J=B K=C L=K M=E N=I O=A P=T Q=Y R=Z S=N T=W U=V V=F W=M X=S Y=J Z=G
- “When the blind man carries the banner, woe to those who follow.”— French proverb, 1857, Recorded with English translation in Henry G. Bohn, A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs (London, 1857)Cipher key: A=J B=Z C=E D=K E=A F=R G=X H=W I=N J=O K=L L=G M=F N=M O=B P=U Q=T R=V S=I T=S U=C V=Y W=P X=Q Y=D Z=H