Puzzle 1
Starter clue: F = O
FTHWFGAOBAUKFDFKGBWYXOYEADLXGG,ZTDRFFQEAGGDFEXHQXGGDLYWFEYHUFIDLYYXHDL.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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James K. Polk Cryptograms Set 3
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.
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: F = T
FLKRNKVKNZEFDWIWCFLKTWIVFDFMFDWICNWHDICNETFDWIDVFLKRNKVDBKIF'VLDJLKVFBMFQ.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 3
Starter clue: Z = E
ZAMWRWTLZVWGDFMEDNGZEBIMRLGBWJWGDZJNHZWRRIMJNTDZJGIMJEZKNDBUIJZNOTGIMTDJNZE.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 4
Starter clue: B = T
PKHJEKBKQZFOXQOEKUFBBJOCCQOGBJBFQIJHZBKBWBKJHOZOZFKQGMOUOKHZBZWIFJCCEQZZKJH.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 5
Starter clue: A = T
GVAFBAFBXLVXWXJLMXCBLTNBTANIPXLOAOBQLJRB,GJAAFOQLOMFAOQTXAITILGOALILVXLJTRONOABEXTB.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 6
Starter clue: U = T
UPTCRGLKLUVTUQMJBTCXEBTYBHGKPBKTULMCDTNPMTXYMCDULUGUBUQBUPGBEBPJTCBCUEMKLYVMHMGPYMGCUPV.
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)
- “Our policy is not only peace with all, but good will toward all the powers of the earth.”— James K. Polk, 1845, First Annual Message to CongressCipher key: A=I B=Y C=M D=T E=W F=O G=L H=R I=F J=V K=N L=H M=K N=J O=C P=X Q=D R=G S=Z T=U U=S V=Q W=P X=A Y=E Z=B
- “The preservation of the Constitution from infraction is the President's highest duty.”— James K. Polk, 1848, Fourth Annual Message to CongressCipher key: A=X B=D C=F D=I E=A F=T G=Z H=M I=N J=G K=E L=H M=U N=R O=J P=Q Q=Y R=P S=B T=C U=L V=S W=O X=K Y=W Z=V
- “Equal and exact justice should characterize all our intercourse with foreign countries.”— James K. Polk, 1845, Inaugural AddressCipher key: A=Q B=H C=V D=T E=S F=J G=C H=Z I=O J=R K=W L=D M=U N=I O=G P=Y Q=K R=L S=B T=N U=F V=X W=A X=P Y=M Z=E
- “Minorities have a right to appeal to the Constitution as a shield against such oppression.”— James K. Polk, 1845, Inaugural AddressCipher key: A=Z B=T C=P D=W E=R F=H G=L H=N I=C J=O K=I L=Y M=D N=F O=A P=M Q=E R=K S=B T=Q U=G V=J W=U X=V Y=X Z=S
- “By the theory of our Government majorities rule, but this right is not an arbitrary or unlimited one.”— James K. Polk, 1845, Inaugural AddressCipher key: A=T B=E C=V D=Q E=D F=H G=B H=X I=A J=U K=W L=R M=G N=M O=I P=J Q=S R=L S=C T=N U=Z V=Y W=F X=O Y=K Z=P
- “Tranquility at home and peaceful relations abroad constitute the true permanent policy of our country.”— James K. Polk, 1848, Fourth Annual Message to CongressCipher key: A=V B=E C=N D=S E=P F=K G=U H=F I=W J=M K=L L=I M=O N=B O=J P=R Q=H R=Q S=G T=A U=T V=Y W=Z X=D Y=C Z=X