Puzzle 1
Starter clue: S = T
VSVXUNSSGDKNUEAJM,QTSSGDGDJLSSGJSANDXSGDRNLZ.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Italian proverb Cryptograms Set 7
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: R = E
FMPFCNSHRPNPOFFUKRWRWERKLMCVMLPNMPKZFUROZAKR.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 3
Starter clue: Y = A
QOHQXQYEJOOGEZNGVJIYEOTMOGZFEYSTYFKXSYPFLYTK.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 4
Starter clue: U = A
LUZZTUHAJUZACBIUJIVASUZALUQA,WDIUJIVASIDZCBDI.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 5
Starter clue: J = O
VRYEJLMSCTMCNYITVICLKITY;TJXYBJHU,JVRYLTBJSJEG.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 6
Starter clue: Z = A
ATVVTKATVQTQTZCWGZOBPZKCVQZUVQTVZBOWGZCKZYWU.
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 not the long day, but the heart that does the work.”— Italian proverb, 1857, Recorded with English translation in Henry G. Bohn, A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs (London, 1857)Cipher key: A=D B=V C=F D=E E=G F=M G=H H=J I=C J=A K=L L=R M=Y N=O O=P P=Z Q=B R=W S=T T=U U=N V=I W=X X=S Y=Q Z=K
- “That is pleasant to remember which was hard to endure.”— Italian proverb, 1857, Recorded with English translation in Henry G. Bohn, A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs (London, 1857)Cipher key: A=U B=X C=I D=J E=B F=T G=F H=L I=G J=Z K=R L=W M=H N=S O=N P=A Q=K R=E S=P T=Q U=O V=C W=M X=Y Y=V Z=D
- “He who has been stung by a serpent is afraid of a lizard.”— Italian proverb, 1857, Recorded with English translation in Henry G. Bohn, A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs (London, 1857)Cipher key: A=C B=Q C=V D=M E=S F=I G=N H=W I=Y J=B K=D L=Z M=P N=U O=E P=L Q=H R=J S=F T=R U=K V=G W=X X=O Y=A Z=T
- “Marriages are not as they are made, but as they turn out.”— Italian proverb, 1857, Recorded with English translation in Henry G. Bohn, A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs (London, 1857)Cipher key: A=E B=O C=N D=U E=Z F=K G=X H=G I=T J=S K=C L=M M=W N=Q O=V P=J Q=D R=P S=Y T=I U=A V=H W=B X=L Y=F Z=R
- “The world is like a staircase; some go up, others go down.”— Italian proverb, 1857, Recorded with English translation in Henry G. Bohn, A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs (London, 1857)Cipher key: A=Q B=G C=I D=B E=W F=X G=N H=U I=A J=O K=C L=R M=L N=K O=V P=F Q=J R=H S=D T=S U=P V=T W=Z X=M Y=E Z=Y
- “Better be the head of a lizard than the tail of a dragon.”— Italian proverb, 1857, Recorded with English translation in Henry G. Bohn, A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs (London, 1857)Cipher key: A=B B=I C=D D=S E=M F=C G=F H=Y I=W J=X K=R L=P M=Q N=J O=L P=Z Q=H R=V S=K T=E U=N V=T W=O X=U Y=G Z=A