Puzzle 1
Starter clue: O = E
KYOHKOBYMTERBNLEEIOFXMKLHFGYLERXOH,KOZXOZEXOZRSELNNEOJOH.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Learning Cryptograms Set 10
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: C = O
WLOVOKHMOQKMQWLOUWBQGCBUCNWLCBPLWLKDOMCYCMCTCVFCNSGUQCY.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 3
Starter clue: R = A
NTFJANMVXRVBRZJAREFJNSFDAUTYJFTJRDUNTRVDNPFRXUTDAFDPRUT.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 4
Starter clue: X = E
JKXYXWJYQQLWTHXPQJHXTMXUXPYZJKQWXDKQTHXVTIIXMAQQMHXTMXHW.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 5
Starter clue: Q = O
BOSVOTZMZDTHQQLVIQLHPDOBQFFQVHLDZHZOUYQVBQVNSDKOKLJSHZQD.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 6
Starter clue: E = S
ACGLYFWBFKEKCFSFMPQGJCDMPDNFEJMFEDXUEKEGTHJXYKQNUHHKCFEE.
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)
- “When we should still be growing children, we are already little men.”— Henry David Thoreau, 1862, WalkingCipher key: A=J B=S C=Z D=Q E=L F=G G=C H=N I=B J=M K=W L=I M=O N=T O=E P=X Q=V R=D S=Y T=U U=P V=K W=F X=R Y=H Z=A
- “The learned and the studious of thought have no monopoly of wisdom.”— Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1841, Essays: First SeriesCipher key: A=K B=U C=O D=V E=J F=Y G=I H=R I=C J=X K=A L=H M=N N=F O=E P=G Q=D R=Q S=W T=P U=S V=L W=T X=Z Y=M Z=B
- “One should always have something sensational to read in the train.”— Oscar Wilde, 1895, The Importance of Being EarnestCipher key: A=H B=W C=X D=T E=V F=E G=P H=F I=Q J=S K=Z L=C M=U N=O O=B P=R Q=K R=A S=M T=N U=I V=L W=J X=D Y=G Z=Y
- “The best books are not read even by those who are called good readers.”— Henry David Thoreau, 1854, WaldenCipher key: A=G B=X C=U D=W E=M F=P G=Q H=R I=L J=T K=H L=K M=D N=I O=Z P=N Q=O R=F S=J T=A U=V V=C W=S X=E Y=B Z=Y
- “We are giving to our youth new opportunities for work and education.”— Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1939, State of the Union AddressCipher key: A=X B=W C=Q D=N E=M F=P G=Z H=T I=Y J=C K=D L=U M=V N=K O=E P=H Q=O R=J S=A T=G U=S V=R W=L X=B Y=F Z=I
- “Knowledge is in every country the surest basis of public happiness.”— George Washington, 1790, First Annual Message to CongressCipher key: A=K B=G C=N D=T E=S F=E G=O H=P I=Q J=U K=I L=W M=R N=H O=Z P=Y Q=C R=M S=V T=F U=A V=X W=D X=B Y=L Z=J