Puzzle 1
Starter clue: V = E
HSVJVOFUXDUCFFITVHSOWPILLVWFOZVOWHSVKVHUOXFILYQWWOWP.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Jane Austen Cryptograms Set 2
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: R = A
WKPBRK'DIRHDBRHTPRDCWWARDRKWZNPY'D,TGZIPRSSSQJPWGYWIKTPDZ.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 3
Starter clue: B = E
MBVTDLHKLZBDKCBPXRLKAPHQRKTCDBOWBDYHLBHLYKHPOORYHETCBX.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 4
Starter clue: L = E
FGFPEAKEZPGDLAEXZ'PSFYDGGUXLRFXLUBGDLXLYSLLUVERTNEFBGEBRL.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 5
Starter clue: F = O
IFHMBIRCFGVCLVCQFEVLFOIRWVJLHFEVBCGMGEGSZGTHVHBFICHFFMBRM.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 6
Starter clue: B = E
QYZBKYFGQIFQESEOCOFLDOQAIFOEE-QBRWBHBJWBHGYF,RTGQZBJHBIJXTE.
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)
- “There is always something offensive in the details of cunning.”— Jane Austen, 1817, PersuasionCipher key: A=K B=J C=Y D=W E=P F=S G=B H=T I=O J=R K=D L=F M=X N=Z O=I P=G Q=U R=Q S=H T=M U=A V=E W=N X=L Y=C Z=V
- “One man's ways may be as good as another's, but we all like our own best.”— Jane Austen, 1817, PersuasionCipher key: A=D B=M C=G D=S E=F F=V G=U H=Y I=W J=K K=N L=C M=P N=H O=J P=E Q=I R=A S=L T=B U=Q V=X W=O X=Z Y=R Z=T
- “We must not be so ready to fancy ourselves intentionally injured.”— Jane Austen, 1813, Pride and PrejudiceCipher key: A=F B=E C=R D=S E=J F=Q G=H H=N I=X J=G K=O L=T M=W N=K O=L P=A Q=C R=Y S=Z T=U U=P V=M W=V X=D Y=I Z=B
- “It is always the lady's right to decide on the degree of acquaintance.”— Jane Austen, 1815, EmmaCipher key: A=L B=N C=M D=H E=A F=I G=T H=J I=Z J=K K=W L=E M=V N=U O=P P=S Q=X R=C S=R T=Q U=O V=F W=B X=D Y=G Z=Y
- “Nothing so easy as for a young lady to raise her expectations too high.”— Jane Austen, 1815, EmmaCipher key: A=B B=I C=S D=J E=R F=O G=E H=T I=N J=D K=W L=Y M=H N=K O=U P=Z Q=F R=G S=X T=C U=M V=A W=L X=V Y=Q Z=P
- “To be constantly living with an ill-tempered person, must be dreadful.”— Jane Austen, 1815, EmmaCipher key: A=H B=E C=V D=W E=L F=N G=S H=R I=A J=D K=C L=G M=Q N=J O=I P=X Q=T R=M S=Y T=U U=K V=Z W=P X=F Y=O Z=B