Puzzle 1
Starter clue: V = E
HVPVOZLZXYQPVOHSVHCBQSSVHBVJHZVOXJERLBVEEQUXPQOXDWV,HQOVPVOKXEEJBBVEEEQBQSRWVCV.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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James Monroe Cryptograms Set 2
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: C = E
STCHXCGBPHWJCVJRCTHICCWPVEWSCGCMSVUCSTCGUGCHSMHWUCGAHWMAEASHBWCMACICGCSGBHRAZBSTAEPPCAA.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 3
Starter clue: A = E
NAZEAZDMHIIMGBOOSZQAUAAD,ZDMGBOOSAFAZLYAFUA,EPOYBQZYAMGBYSZOO,ZDMUWYSATIVYLZBYSLPOFAHZFMYIXPVYBEA.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 4
Starter clue: D = T
DCHEAXZMEDAQDCHRAOHFXUHXDLXTCNDFHSNDHGDAQAFHLRXBATHFGLGNSTNJGNXAKYHEDAQDCHCLRCHGDLUBAFDNXEHDADCHXNDLAX.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 5
Starter clue: F = E
AMVDNZRDFRLUFRVFGZMNVBMCGDGSRCGZLDGDNDGMZL,UFKRYFZMDHFFZCFLLLMGZMDKFVSGVSNXLDRZSFLMZUKGSKMNVBVMLBFVGDJRZEKRBBGZFLLFLLFZDGRCCJEFBFZE.
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)
- “Never did a government commence under auspices so favorable, nor ever was success so complete.”— James Monroe, 1817, First Inaugural AddressCipher key: A=X B=C C=T D=B E=S F=K G=J H=N I=Y J=U K=W L=I M=H N=Z O=R P=V Q=O R=P S=M T=Q U=F V=E W=L X=A Y=G Z=D
- “The American people have encountered together great dangers and sustained severe trials with success.”— James Monroe, 1817, First Inaugural AddressCipher key: A=S B=I C=E D=J E=U F=X G=R H=A I=V J=P K=Y L=Q M=D N=Z O=F P=C Q=B R=L S=T T=H U=G V=O W=N X=M Y=K Z=W
- “Peace and good will have been, and will hereafter be, cultivated with all, and by the most faithful regard to justice.”— James Monroe, 1821, Second Inaugural AddressCipher key: A=E B=I C=Z D=N E=C F=R G=W H=G I=O J=X K=Q L=F M=D N=P O=L P=U Q=V R=K S=H T=M U=B V=S W=Y X=J Y=T Z=A
- “The conduct of the Government in what relates to foreign powers is always an object of the highest importance to the nation.”— James Monroe, 1821, Second Inaugural AddressCipher key: A=O B=P C=H D=T E=C F=R G=S H=E I=K J=Y K=B L=I M=U N=A O=V P=Z Q=F R=G S=L T=W U=M V=Q W=X X=N Y=J Z=D
- “Fortunate as we are in our political institutions, we have not been less so in other circumstances on which our prosperity and happiness essentially depend.”— James Monroe, 1817, First Inaugural AddressCipher key: A=F B=P C=L D=T E=D F=E G=I H=B I=G J=Y K=H L=S M=O N=U O=J P=K Q=Z R=A S=C T=Q U=W V=R W=X X=M Y=V Z=N