Puzzle 1
Starter clue: G = O
SJNHNEMKFRKVMMGPNSJEDUHEXETQFGQMKIGQSSJNNPGSEGDMGWLNGLFNRJGPGDNJKMTNKMNXSGFGAN.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Friendship Cryptograms Set 29
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.
Printing this web page instead? Press Ctrl+P (⌘+P on a Mac). The navigation and buttons drop away, and the answer key prints on its own page — open it below first if you want it included.
The puzzles
Puzzle 2
Starter clue: W = E
WXWHOSVBMKTWFBICLVWRQHMKDFDBI,LQCQYWWPLWIL,DIKMQXWCLQCLDOQALKQQHC,WXWIBIRWLDIKSQMK.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 3
Starter clue: B = S
FRKNXUCVZYFDRSNBFGCSVCWYMYW;NRBJCMYJNXYBBNXTWYFBYB;NRHNJJXYMYWQFBBNXRCXCRKNXUXYBB.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 4
Starter clue: J = O
HJSNJBNQETQUJNPBJQHJSNAJK,TBPYNDJBNQETQUJNPBJQWTHHAJK,TBUAJKYZHHDKBTCDKZQHNPPDTWN.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 5
Starter clue: H = E
XSHBMVJUMEXSHKVHGXNMHXUSGFHWHFHVAHXRHHWVHGIRALGWJZWI,EMVMWTAKVHGXNMHXUDGWVHGIXSHL.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 6
Starter clue: T = E
BQQPJBPPJEKSIMHPCNGTKECTKEKPIKTTPJTHTEDJOICEHDSIMHPCETKKPBOQT,ICGTCQN,BHGLCIKLTCIMK.
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)
- “There is always something ridiculous about the emotions of people whom one has ceased to love.”— Oscar Wilde, 1891, The Picture of Dorian GrayCipher key: A=V B=K C=Z D=N E=I F=L G=O H=R I=B J=H K=A L=P M=S N=E O=Q P=M Q=U R=W S=T T=C U=G V=Y W=F X=D Y=X Z=J
- “Every child begins the world again, to some extent, and loves to stay out doors, even in wet and cold.”— Henry David Thoreau, 1854, WaldenCipher key: A=U B=I C=S D=A E=K F=G G=F H=R I=N J=Z K=D L=T M=L N=Q O=Y P=X Q=O R=W S=C T=B U=P V=H W=E X=V Y=M Z=J
- “A thing of beauty is a joy forever; Its loveliness increases; it will never Pass into nothingness.”— John Keats, 1818, Endymion, Book I (in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed., 1891)Cipher key: A=Q B=S C=O D=U E=X F=A G=J H=W I=K J=L K=H L=M M=V N=I O=Z P=D Q=P R=T S=Y T=C U=G V=F W=R X=N Y=E Z=B
- “Love one that does not love you, answer one that does not call you, and you will run a fruitless race.”— Spanish proverb, 1857, Recorded with English translation in Henry G. Bohn, A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs (London, 1857)Cipher key: A=Y B=N C=F D=R E=H F=P G=J H=L I=X J=O K=U L=G M=K N=E O=M P=S Q=T R=Z S=V T=A U=D V=Q W=C X=B Y=W Z=I
- “The works of the great poets have never yet been read by mankind, for only great poets can read them.”— Henry David Thoreau, 1854, WaldenCipher key: A=Y B=W C=J D=C E=F F=V G=A H=E I=D J=K K=G L=M M=O N=P O=X P=Q Q=U R=B S=H T=L U=S V=R W=N X=T Y=Z Z=I
- “All that this country desires is to see the neighboring countries stable, orderly, and prosperous.”— Theodore Roosevelt, 1904, Fourth Annual Message to CongressCipher key: A=W B=A C=R D=G E=I F=K G=D H=N I=O J=H K=S L=P M=U N=Y O=B P=T Q=L R=J S=C T=E U=Q V=Z W=F X=M Y=X Z=V