Puzzle 1
Starter clue: V = O
PFPDKVHUDVYSHIVJHSRSVFUEIBPKHJVYWVDVRYBHBHPSYYVUEIBPLVFPD.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Jane Austen 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: V = T
VLXZIMVNSHKLIMIMCSSYIHECLVVSVLXGZXIMJHXMSBRSJVLIMVLXBEHMV.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 3
Starter clue: M = E
SESHPEZSAQILVIBXHMPNIAQBH,EZPEMOMXGNPASHXMLBHMK,ESWWZMILLMXH.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 4
Starter clue: I = E
NMIVIGVIHIKTIETFIKMEDRVIGFFUFEWI,GAXBNRFFHIKIVEHKMEDRNMRAPKIFF.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 5
Starter clue: H = I
SLUFUHNZTXRZDUFTGJTOFZTSPUHZDHZSUEEHDHPEU,CLHMLHNSLUGHFNSSLHZD.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 6
Starter clue: T = O
UIWNWDOGOTNUTYFTHWOUDJWVCTAHWVUUTQWMVTXVWEWVDVGJNTXF,GVFUIDOATRIGF.
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)
- “A man does not recover from such a devotion of the heart to such a woman.”— Jane Austen, 1817, PersuasionCipher key: A=J B=H C=G D=N E=U F=M G=Q H=E I=C J=V K=D L=W M=Z N=Y O=X P=A Q=L R=F S=R T=B U=S V=O W=I X=K Y=T Z=P
- “The last born has as good a right to the pleasures of youth as the first.”— Jane Austen, 1813, Pride and PrejudiceCipher key: A=X B=F C=G D=K E=I F=J G=P H=R I=A J=U K=N L=H M=S N=B O=Z P=Q Q=W R=Y S=O T=V U=M V=T W=C X=E Y=D Z=L
- “It is a thing of course among us, that every man is refused, till he offers.”— Jane Austen, 1817, PersuasionCipher key: A=N B=U C=J D=Q E=T F=K G=Y H=S I=O J=B K=D L=F M=E N=M O=V P=A Q=G R=X S=I T=P U=W V=C W=L X=R Y=Z Z=H
- “There are few people whom I really love, and still fewer of whom I think well.”— Jane Austen, 1813, Pride and PrejudiceCipher key: A=N B=S C=X D=M E=O F=L G=A H=F I=E J=G K=W L=Z M=H N=T O=J P=K Q=B R=I S=U T=P U=Y V=R W=V X=D Y=Q Z=C
- “There is no danger of your not being intelligible, which is the first thing.”— Jane Austen, 1815, EmmaCipher key: A=P B=V C=W D=G E=L F=R G=F H=I I=K J=Y K=Z L=H M=C N=S O=U P=B Q=X R=A S=T T=O U=E V=M W=J X=D Y=Q Z=N
- “There is a sort of domestic enjoyment to be known even in a crowd, and this you had.”— Jane Austen, 1817, PersuasionCipher key: A=Y B=Z C=J D=I E=V F=D G=A H=M I=H J=C K=L L=P M=K N=R O=S P=G Q=B R=U S=Q T=O U=T V=N W=E X=W Y=F Z=X