Puzzle 1
Starter clue: A = T
KAKUARRHGJWAROIBOJAREXJXAAWXAUWOUWRGZVUKAFDAWOHKZSXCVCRAZXBKA.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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German proverb Cryptograms Set 23
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 = E
RSALFMMAMXOAJOFCWQRVXOABRXOAV'MMDLA,DSWXOABRXOAVQRVXOAJOFCW'MMDLA.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 3
Starter clue: V = E
XJQPVTSUJPFBNQFWVBXCQPVTSSBQPVEVTSLUBPFZVDVVCCSPLVFCBIEWFJQVEPXK.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 4
Starter clue: G = E
IQGMOWMNPZSEFZMGPBWKUFHMPHNSGIK,GFQKWGIKUGYWKDUGM,KUGDGJJHEHMODUGIK.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 5
Starter clue: O = E
NWOSJWOEDUGZADLODKJDYJWOADKSARE-WDKZO,JWOIFUONRZOUJWFSNWOSJWOINOSJRS.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 6
Starter clue: U = E
YQUTEUCYJPJPIZUUHUYZJ,YSWDCYJPJPIZUUQUTEUJ,YIWZJUPIZUUSWDJ,YTSYLYTPIZUUIWZJUJ.
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)
- “It is too much to expect of a cat that she should sit by the milk and not lap it.”— German proverb, 1857, Recorded with English translation in Henry G. Bohn, A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs (London, 1857)Cipher key: A=T B=P C=N D=Y E=F F=B G=U H=M I=X J=C K=I L=Q M=G N=V O=E P=J Q=R R=O S=K T=W U=S V=D W=H X=A Y=Z Z=L
- “One kisses the child for the mother's sake, and the mother for the child's sake.”— German proverb, 1857, Recorded with English translation in Henry G. Bohn, A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs (London, 1857)Cipher key: A=E B=M C=L D=A E=Y F=I G=U H=W I=P J=C K=G L=K M=S N=X O=H P=B Q=F R=O S=N T=Z U=J V=R W=D X=T Y=V Z=Q
- “If the wolf had stayed in the wood there would have been no hue and cry after him.”— German proverb, 1857, Recorded with English translation in Henry G. Bohn, A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs (London, 1857)Cipher key: A=Q B=D C=N D=B E=R F=A G=K H=Z I=C J=F K=M L=U M=J N=S O=G P=H Q=T R=X S=O T=W U=L V=E W=Y X=I Y=P Z=V
- “Spending your money with many a guest, empties the kitchen, the cellar and chest.”— German proverb, 1857, Recorded with English translation in Henry G. Bohn, A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs (London, 1857)Cipher key: A=F B=W C=J D=C E=R F=M G=E H=A I=S J=L K=T L=Q M=N N=G O=D P=Y Q=P R=Z S=U T=V U=H V=X W=I X=B Y=K Z=O
- “When the lords come out of the council-house, they are wiser than when they went in.”— German proverb, 1857, Recorded with English translation in Henry G. Bohn, A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs (London, 1857)Cipher key: A=C B=X C=Q D=O E=L F=A G=D H=J I=Y J=T K=U L=M M=P N=W O=E P=K Q=V R=I S=N T=G U=R V=B W=H X=Z Y=F Z=S
- “A fence lasts three years, a dog lasts three fences, a horse three dogs, and a man three horses.”— German proverb, 1857, Recorded with English translation in Henry G. Bohn, A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs (London, 1857)Cipher key: A=X B=U C=L D=G E=C F=I G=P H=Y I=H J=S K=V L=M M=Q N=Z O=B P=T Q=F R=K S=D T=N U=E V=W W=O X=J Y=A Z=R