Puzzle 1
Starter clue: Z = E
JBZCZYCZEZPXBFHFP'JEQPHYGFVJGZQPSUQLUZHGKVZQOJBZWLYPFPKWSZJJYKUZHYGFVJ.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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George Eliot Cryptograms Set 2
4 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: G = E
JGYGQQDGNXPKGMXNXHMDXHRGRENQDGZDIUGIVDZREXYPXTZXNQDGEMXJP,IRXHMNMEGPKRDIUG.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 3
Starter clue: H = E
XQHNGOKMHEQTJTFATNVAGEKTNGYH;LOXRVXQHEHTKNNGYHJWEHTXOEHARXQGOXRXVCERSTXHGCRKRGKV?
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 4
Starter clue: P = A
PKSTPBLRJNPNXHWXCSVXTPVVRPIXRBSVLXVNAPNHAXTPUAPMXPBPOOXNRNXCSVHDWTRHHRSBPCNXVKPVLH.
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 (4 solutions)
- “There are men who don't mind about being kicked blue if they can only get talked about.”— George Eliot, 1872, MiddlemarchCipher key: A=Q B=H C=R D=P E=M F=O G=B H=D I=V J=T K=L L=C M=S N=X O=F P=N Q=I R=J S=G T=Z U=K V=U W=Y X=W Y=A Z=E
- “We get the fonder of our houses if they have a physiognomy of their own, as our friends have.”— George Eliot, 1872, MiddlemarchCipher key: A=K B=X C=Z D=H E=I F=J G=E H=U I=A J=W K=D L=Q M=R N=F O=B P=N Q=T R=S S=C T=M U=V V=P W=L X=O Y=G Z=Y
- “The younger had always worn a yoke; but is there any yoked creature without its private opinions?”— George Eliot, 1872, MiddlemarchCipher key: A=W B=Q C=P D=F E=R F=L G=O H=E I=M J=D K=N L=B M=G N=Y O=U P=X Q=H R=I S=V T=A U=Z V=S W=C X=T Y=K Z=J
- “A woman dictates before marriage in order that she may have an appetite for submission afterwards.”— George Eliot, 1872, MiddlemarchCipher key: A=H B=N C=F D=U E=Z F=Q G=X H=S I=G J=C K=W L=D M=V N=T O=P P=A Q=K R=I S=O T=M U=Y V=R W=B X=E Y=L Z=J