Puzzle 1
Starter clue: J = E
GKJYJTYJLJDLBJ,EKDGKJUDYJVDQZDSDYGKJU,GKJBJFFGKJVEXBBZDSDYGKJUFJBRJF.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Jane Austen Cryptograms Set 4
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: Z = E
FMMDFUUZYXGEXMZDUUXUEZUEZPFEAFMSZQXUAKZEVHWZBA,HVALHZMLZTZQUXUZXGLA.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 3
Starter clue: C = A
PEJETWZCSMXIESCAMOOMS;ONMONGPVGX,OEJMCAQCWXNCHHWQGONHAMCXCPOZELHCPGEPX.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 4
Starter clue: U = T
KUKICBUWIUWUQUBPQIWMQXTQCUQDQRKCUBSKUJRBZPUMZXMQQXKCHI,SKUJJWXMWJQWDU.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 5
Starter clue: F = I
FBFZZASXYZOAUBLLDM'ZEMDFAZ,ZASXYDLOMDFDEKLUTFB,BLXYWMYQFZVFRMLKBXYBRFDQ.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 6
Starter clue: C = O
DSWCRFGNRVUVBACZIRAPCBUGLLDZVTT,DZSRTVGTKRAUCSWCRBCJZTLDBDPDZPCUVBGTWCRAGZ.
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 are people, who the more you do for them, the less they will do for themselves.”— Jane Austen, 1815, EmmaCipher key: A=B B=L C=G D=O E=W F=S G=T H=J I=N J=E K=H L=P M=X N=Q O=Z P=C Q=U R=V S=F T=A U=M V=Y W=K X=I Y=R Z=D
- “All manner of solemn nonsense was talked on the subject, but I believed none of it.”— Jane Austen, 1815, EmmaCipher key: A=T B=C C=Y D=M E=S F=A G=F H=B I=Z J=X K=H L=I M=L N=P O=G P=W Q=D R=Q S=K T=V U=N V=U W=J X=O Y=R Z=E
- “Nobody cares for a letter; the thing is, to be always happy with pleasant companions.”— Jane Austen, 1815, EmmaCipher key: A=L B=Z C=A D=K E=O F=J G=I H=P I=F J=B K=V L=M M=E N=H O=T P=N Q=W R=X S=R T=D U=Q V=G W=Y X=S Y=U Z=C
- “It is not a state to be safely entered into with doubtful feelings, with half a heart.”— Jane Austen, 1815, EmmaCipher key: A=J B=O C=N D=R E=Z F=M G=C H=G I=S J=H K=I L=Q M=F N=V O=K P=B Q=E R=D S=W T=Y U=T V=X W=A X=L Y=P Z=U
- “It is such a spur to one's genius, such an opening for wit, to have a dislike of that kind.”— Jane Austen, 1813, Pride and PrejudiceCipher key: A=U B=T C=Q D=N E=G F=I G=X H=Z I=M J=Y K=F L=O M=E N=J O=P P=B Q=D R=K S=C T=W U=R V=L W=V X=H Y=A Z=S
- “If you value her conduct or happiness, infuse as much of your own spirit into her as you can.”— Jane Austen, 1817, PersuasionCipher key: A=C B=R C=O D=I E=K F=V G=A H=Q I=D J=W K=M L=P M=B N=L O=X P=T Q=J R=U S=F T=S U=H V=E W=Y X=Z Y=G Z=N