Puzzle 1
Starter clue: Q = I
SKJVQODSQGDKFMQOXJAGQDKD,YOWIFKYJDSQGDKFMNHRQBQOROALSQOR.
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French proverb Cryptograms Set 15
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: A = O
UAE'ZYENXQAVTPJESHTYNZZRHUASYWHPATHQAVNTHAVZAPZRHCJOONSH.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 3
Starter clue: Q = E
CRJQFTLLPWLNFTPWJQSWONBGRQOKH,WOKZQURQJQLPWLNFTPWJQZTLBQI.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 4
Starter clue: D = E
OSOCIFSDIFNVGSFGQXDJQKKQVD,FIDTNCSGQXDCFTDSGOIVSFVMDQCDOS.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 5
Starter clue: Y = E
SHYPOLOGIOZLLMWYHKMPYHSBKPMSUYOWMPYTALVSWMBHYLSVSHY'LVWAYHXL.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 6
Starter clue: C = T
ACQZNRWUOKYOSJUAHUZZLCIKCBZDCKADOWKRRCIOXKJUOTNCCOSOWADKWKJ.
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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)
- “He ruins himself in promises, and clears himself by giving nothing.”— French proverb, 1857, Recorded with English translation in Henry G. Bohn, A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs (London, 1857)Cipher key: A=O B=V C=J D=S E=Z F=L G=M H=Y I=C J=R K=E L=T M=F N=B O=N P=W Q=I R=G S=H T=K U=X V=U W=D X=P Y=A Z=Q
- “Don't snap your fingers at the dogs before you are out of the village.”— French proverb, 1857, Recorded with English translation in Henry G. Bohn, A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs (London, 1857)Cipher key: A=O B=J C=V D=M E=N F=X G=Z H=E I=C J=I K=Q L=K M=W N=A O=L P=F Q=Y R=H S=G T=R U=D V=U W=B X=P Y=S Z=T
- “Give out that you have many friends, and believe that you have but few.”— French proverb, 1857, Recorded with English translation in Henry G. Bohn, A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs (London, 1857)Cipher key: A=P B=F C=G D=X E=K F=O G=R H=S I=W J=V K=D L=T M=J N=Y O=N P=H Q=E R=I S=M T=U U=L V=C W=A X=Z Y=Q Z=B
- “It is not enough to have cabbage, one must have something to grease it.”— French proverb, 1857, Recorded with English translation in Henry G. Bohn, A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs (London, 1857)Cipher key: A=D B=X C=S D=E E=F F=O G=H H=Q I=N J=C K=B L=K M=R N=U O=I P=Z Q=A R=W S=T T=M U=Y V=G W=J X=V Y=L Z=P
- “One has always strength enough to bear the misfortunes of one's friends.”— French proverb, 1857, Recorded with English translation in Henry G. Bohn, A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs (London, 1857)Cipher key: A=I B=U C=Z D=J E=V F=X G=L H=N I=W J=Q K=G L=S M=T N=K O=A P=H Q=C R=P S=O T=M U=B V=F W=R X=D Y=E Z=Y
- “It would be a very big book that contained all the maybes uttered in a day.”— French proverb, 1857, Recorded with English translation in Henry G. Bohn, A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs (London, 1857)Cipher key: A=I B=C C=T D=N E=F F=J G=P H=G I=H J=Y K=A L=K M=Q N=U O=E P=Z Q=W R=L S=R T=S U=B V=X W=D X=M Y=V Z=O