Puzzle 1
Starter clue: M = E
VJMUMBANAVFOOIUZZMAANOIFVQMVJNVZMDMULNZOMNUVIOMWUBRJVMZMXNVVJMYBKKIWIVJMUA.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Jane Austen Cryptograms Set 5
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: K = E
WOKJKMRUQ,GKPWDKQWIKAVQUMIVFZ,YOUOVRQUWJIKVRLMKPQVDUUFQUSKI,ALRWGKPQWUIKMVGIZRWLJPF.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 3
Starter clue: U = T
UJMQUYMLGBQLQONNCLQLUIBYQU;UJMFBUUFMYAHHBQJBUTNFFMTUQBXUJMUAYXBXOQBQMLQBFRGNKMCLDLR.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 4
Starter clue: B = I
CHCAV'JBGCOBZCDBUZBJWPFVFCXBA;BDTEGXJKFUGCAGBFCDBUZDUHUWP,KFUGHUWPDUGCDFBGUZV,BZCGUGPZD.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 5
Starter clue: E = N
LPPRYPJCHEMQZGBKQZFPEVMDKQOS,ZRBYHOKPE,HERJHEEZQF,HERAKOSQZLHQROPZRBYHOKPEKFEPOTZQMEKYZ.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 6
Starter clue: C = N
DRDIJPLWCVNCWPDSWCLWH;VQQSNCSDIGPXCSWCV,TQIIDTPQFWCWQCG,UCQKODSVDQEPLDKQIOS,XCSXKXIHLDXIP.
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 a stubbornness about me that never can bear to be frightened at the will of others.”— Jane Austen, 1813, Pride and PrejudiceCipher key: A=S B=I C=K D=V E=P F=U G=Z H=J I=O J=H K=L L=C M=E N=A O=B P=Q Q=M R=G S=X T=Y U=R V=T W=F X=D Y=W Z=N
- “The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.”— Jane Austen, 1817, Northanger AbbeyCipher key: A=M B=Z C=X D=G E=F F=D G=B H=K I=L J=P K=E L=U M=R N=J O=H P=I Q=N R=S S=V T=Q U=O V=A W=T X=C Y=W Z=Y
- “The stream is as good as at first; the little rubbish it collects in the turnings is easily moved away.”— Jane Austen, 1817, PersuasionCipher key: A=U B=I C=D D=W E=Q F=L G=M H=B I=F J=H K=V L=A M=E N=O O=G P=Z Q=S R=Y S=X T=C U=T V=P W=J X=N Y=R Z=K
- “A lady's imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony, in a moment.”— Jane Austen, 1813, Pride and PrejudiceCipher key: A=D B=I C=A D=T E=U F=R G=M H=L I=K J=S K=F L=B M=C N=X O=G P=E Q=W R=Q S=H T=J U=O V=Y W=V X=P Y=Z Z=N
- “Good company requires only birth, education, and manners, and with regard to education is not very nice.”— Jane Austen, 1817, PersuasionCipher key: A=W B=U C=P D=B E=N F=S G=Q H=A I=J J=M K=I L=G M=Y N=X O=T P=O Q=R R=D S=H T=V U=Z V=L W=K X=F Y=C Z=E
- “Everything united in him; good understanding, correct opinions, knowledge of the world, and a warm heart.”— Jane Austen, 1817, PersuasionCipher key: A=J B=Z C=N D=E E=F F=P G=S H=M I=R J=Y K=W L=H M=X N=U O=L P=T Q=O R=V S=D T=C U=K V=G W=I X=A Y=B Z=Q