Puzzle 1
Starter clue: Q = T
ZWZSFLUUSIQSXXTQIKQRTAELKQIBAQIMLSTIRQFEZQLKYXKQMIBELKIFSVRUQRBX.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Learning Cryptograms Set 14
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 = O
Z,OZGFXQZCF!RCXZGVKDNW-HVGGUEZQXKZWRQVDPXZXKSFSGXZNVQDRNVPVDNZWFDIY!
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 3
Starter clue: D = H
FTLIZDJZTEFASDNQDDJRRIEYZTZDIIJEHNYYRVESNZDZDIZDBIJHTXZDAHIYZNEA.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 4
Starter clue: M = E
OMHMGCDJKEO;OMUDGRHMGSFADMHIMH,GTCOMQFFZDWKUSMSOHFKROSOMCMMCDFXJMT.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 5
Starter clue: P = E
YNPSPHMLPYZLPGQYNPCPDPWMYZWHITNMEQLZAPEPDYHBMOOHYMEIOGYPPSITGYMZD.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 6
Starter clue: Q = E
TIKQYUIQBVQIDRXDDGEYEETVQWZQNYUQ,YEQTITNZEYUQWZQPTYUBJYIEDRWZQRYJU.
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 will not need to study history to find out what is best for his own culture.”— Henry David Thoreau, 1854, WaldenCipher key: A=Y B=R C=G D=P E=H F=W G=Z H=V I=O J=K K=S L=I M=F N=J O=Q P=X Q=T R=U S=N T=D U=L V=C W=M X=E Y=B Z=A
- “O, monstrous! but one half-pennyworth of bread to this intolerable deal of sack!”— William Shakespeare, 1597, King Henry IV, Part I, Act II. Sc. 4 (in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed., 1891)Cipher key: A=Q B=G C=U D=A E=W F=S G=N H=P I=C J=X K=H L=Z M=V N=L O=M P=D Q=R R=B S=I T=J U=Y V=E W=F X=T Y=K Z=O
- “Love that only which happens to thee and is spun with the thread of thy destiny.”— Marcus Aurelius, 1862, Meditations (George Long translation, 1862)Cipher key: A=Y B=R C=M D=H E=N F=L G=X H=D I=E J=A K=B L=V M=G N=I O=K P=Z Q=C R=P S=W T=O U=Q V=U W=J X=F Y=S Z=T
- “He reads much; He is a great observer, and he looks Quite through the deeds of men.”— William Shakespeare, 1599, Julius Caesar, Act I. Sc. 2 (in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed., 1891)Cipher key: A=B B=Y C=D D=S E=C F=O G=A H=R I=V J=M K=U L=Z M=E N=P O=H P=X Q=L R=G S=T T=N U=I V=W W=Q X=F Y=J Z=K
- “The desire to reap the benefit of such improvements will stimulate education.”— Ulysses S. Grant, 1871, Third Annual Message to CongressCipher key: A=V B=W C=B D=N E=M F=Y G=A H=S I=U J=G K=J L=R M=I N=H O=L P=E Q=P R=K S=D T=C U=X V=Z W=F X=Q Y=T Z=O
- “Unlearned men of books assume the care, As eunuchs are the guardians of the fair.”— Edward Young, 1728, Love of Fame, the Universal Passion, Satire II. Line 83 (in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed., 1891)Cipher key: A=Y B=D C=W D=O E=S F=Q G=K H=P I=N J=I K=L L=V M=Z N=C O=J P=G Q=E R=F S=X T=U U=R V=M W=T X=B Y=A Z=H