Puzzle 1
Starter clue: N = S
JYBPBTNNBADKMPBTNNQATKM,QROYTDYQDPBTNNQATKMPBTNAQH.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Italian proverb Cryptograms Set 13
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: I = E
TNIFIZNIFIGPQLZIOEBAGZKZNIFIQIWIFMBQJIRIFCIMZALWI.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 3
Starter clue: O = E
BKOGRKOVOZJAZRRAOPVOCQCRRCPAOSIRSAOGRDMGDMIVSACRO.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 4
Starter clue: A = O
OTCOACARHEOZPTIHTZFCZGTFJOARHEVAGAGOTKARBGZQBOTZE.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 5
Starter clue: Z = H
ZWDZEZVINWWNZZVIYECQWVS,VYSZWDZEZVICQWVSZVIYENWWNZ.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 6
Starter clue: W = O
BJLBWTDPOGCWYUYWNBJI'CRIWDYGOWCJCBPCCNWYJUYGEWINUI.
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)
- “Who goes softly goes safely, and he that goes safely goes far.”— Italian proverb, 1857, Recorded with English translation in Henry G. Bohn, A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs (London, 1857)Cipher key: A=F B=O C=Z D=T E=K F=J G=C H=R I=M J=W K=L L=U M=Y N=S O=D P=G Q=A R=N S=Q T=E U=P V=I W=B X=V Y=H Z=X
- “Where there is not equality there never can be perfect love.”— Italian proverb, 1857, Recorded with English translation in Henry G. Bohn, A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs (London, 1857)Cipher key: A=L B=A C=F D=K E=U F=R G=I H=X I=E J=B K=Y L=O M=C N=H O=Q P=S Q=N R=P S=J T=W U=Z V=M W=V X=G Y=D Z=T
- “When there is little bread at table put plenty on your plate.”— Italian proverb, 1857, Recorded with English translation in Henry G. Bohn, A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs (London, 1857)Cipher key: A=L B=W C=A D=Y E=F F=V G=N H=J I=U J=S K=H L=K M=O N=C O=E P=B Q=D R=T S=P T=Q U=M V=R W=G X=Z Y=X Z=I
- “He who would have clear water should go to the fountain head.”— Italian proverb, 1857, Recorded with English translation in Henry G. Bohn, A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs (London, 1857)Cipher key: A=O B=N C=W D=X E=D F=R G=T H=L I=C J=S K=F L=Y M=P N=Z O=H P=V Q=I R=U S=K T=E U=M V=G W=Q X=B Y=J Z=A
- “He who has teeth has no bread, and he who has bread has no teeth.”— Italian proverb, 1857, Recorded with English translation in Henry G. Bohn, A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs (London, 1857)Cipher key: A=K B=U C=B D=W E=O F=X G=M H=Q I=S J=I K=J L=G M=F N=T O=V P=Z Q=R R=L S=D T=C U=Y V=A W=E X=P Y=N Z=H
- “He who builds on another's ground loses his stone and mortar.”— Italian proverb, 1857, Recorded with English translation in Henry G. Bohn, A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs (London, 1857)Cipher key: A=K B=H C=S D=U E=M F=Q G=D H=V I=R J=E K=F L=W M=Y N=T O=L P=I Q=X R=G S=Z T=B U=A V=P W=O X=J Y=N Z=C