Puzzle 1
Starter clue: Z = E
MSLAOINAZJTAVZIZCCSLJHFEJNLXZJTMLZZMLSYAVZFIVZLFANIDZESMMZNLNIHHFEALOEACVFDVVNRZESALSOQJZHAVZSJHCSLJH.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Herbert Hoover Cryptograms Set 4
5 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: D = E
XPLPOUVODFMDOPHPKETIETHPWDPTHSDJPXTHTUJDLEUXOKJJXDDOKR,HSDYUTPTKJUNNKXODXDONPYDXHG,HSDQPHUNJKXWDKJMXKLXDTT.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 3
Starter clue: O = T
OLASNOEPKGJOJVAFMOPMNBBPZOOLAQWYMPKOLAQWFSJMGPAINWQYJOLOLASNOEPKOLAJZXPHAZFTAFOOPAFKPZGAOLAQWYMYLJGLACJMO.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 4
Starter clue: T = N
CPHAHCQATUKAHKCPEQUKTBVESBMTHXETELMXIHTHVMCU,KTBMTVMTMCHSJLEAHMTAHBQXCMETEVUQVVHAMTWKTBOAELECMETEVPQLKTPKOOMTHUU.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 5
Starter clue: S = E
EWSRTXXMQQMGETULEHRMGSBSGHKMHOUFVLGXEMGLCSEWGMTVWEWSCSXSJELBSQGMJSCCSCMRSFTJOELMUJOUOXMUSCSJTGSEMTCEWLCXSOFSGCWLQ.
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 (5 solutions)
- “Fortunately the New World is largely free from the inheritances of fear and distrust which have so troubled the Old World.”— Herbert Hoover, 1929, Inaugural AddressCipher key: A=T B=X C=W D=C E=S F=I G=Z H=D I=N J=L K=Q L=R M=F N=A O=U P=K Q=B R=V S=O T=Y U=J V=H W=P X=G Y=M Z=E
- “Rigid and expeditious justice is the first safeguard of freedom, the basis of all ordered liberty, the vital force of progress.”— Herbert Hoover, 1929, Inaugural AddressCipher key: A=K B=W C=Z D=E E=U F=X G=Y H=T I=J J=F K=O L=G M=P N=L O=D P=I Q=V R=M S=H T=S U=A V=N W=C X=R Y=B Z=Q
- “The duty of citizens to support the laws of the land is coequal with the duty of their Government to enforce the laws which exist.”— Herbert Hoover, 1929, Inaugural AddressCipher key: A=E B=P C=X D=K E=Y F=N G=C H=V I=Q J=I K=F L=H M=S N=U O=T P=O Q=L R=B S=D T=M U=J V=Z W=A X=G Y=W Z=R
- “The returns are a thousand fold in economic benefits, and infinitely more in reduction of suffering and promotion of human happiness.”— Herbert Hoover, 1929, Inaugural AddressCipher key: A=R B=D C=T D=V E=O F=J G=Z H=E I=B J=Y K=A L=M M=I N=X O=P P=H Q=U R=K S=L T=N U=S V=F W=G X=C Y=W Z=Q
- “The full opportunity for every boy and girl to rise through the selective processes of education can alone secure to us this leadership.”— Herbert Hoover, 1929, Inaugural AddressCipher key: A=X B=V C=S D=Q E=T F=D G=R H=Y I=W J=C K=B L=I M=O N=Z O=A P=M Q=P R=F S=E T=U U=N V=G W=H X=L Y=K Z=J