Puzzle 1
Starter clue: F = E
PTDFNEFHTELJEFNW,PTDFNSUAFXFJEFNWLFPP,NLVPTDFUNXFJEFNWLFPPWUEGPWGOTLWUFD.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Medium Cryptograms Set 150
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 = I
WRIIXAWRCMWRCAMWCYLPVAWRIOKFVPLVVUDCNN,KYUIAMWXYUCYLCMCWMPVKYWXCYMVKAOI.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 3
Starter clue: G = O
FGZGNKVUGMKDGNWOKGFAKNNDWOKDMUOBPQLGAKFQFPPCDWFCGZZGLOSFKOKPDGMWEPLKVW.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 4
Starter clue: W = E
LGQEDEWWAW!IGPEWTQACLPWFGEJWPBCEJM!QVVCEJGT,JMCRDMZCVCEW!JMCRDMLGTTWZ,DEWGJ!
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 5
Starter clue: X = T
JGIJXXMVBFZKJBFXMV,HYSDJUMBXYBQWJVMXSUVJHDMFJQXYMRSLZYXXSAM,FSXJQXYMRJVM.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 6
Starter clue: R = E
WRLVENJEBZTVGNWFCEXCREVDGTXLJFURCEXVRQVRFNVGRNNGVTRDNERCEXVRQVRFXWJNWF.
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)
- “Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.”— William Shakespeare, 1601, Twelfth NightCipher key: A=I B=W C=L D=M E=R F=E G=U H=B I=F J=G K=Y L=N M=X N=A O=P P=S Q=Z R=J S=C T=O U=H V=D W=T X=V Y=K Z=Q
- “The earth is thirsting for the cup of good will, understanding is its fountain source.”— Warren G. Harding, 1921, Inaugural AddressCipher key: A=R B=X C=I D=W E=B F=P G=V H=K I=E J=Q K=U L=G M=S N=L O=C P=F Q=J R=H S=Y T=Z U=D V=O W=T X=A Y=N Z=M
- “No policy of isolation will satisfy the growing needs and opportunities of America.”— Woodrow Wilson, 1919, State of the Union AddressCipher key: A=W B=H C=D D=S E=M F=N G=O H=K I=J J=B K=I L=R M=F N=L O=T P=E Q=G R=Q S=U T=V U=Y V=C W=A X=Z Y=X Z=P
- “Fair Greece! sad relic of departed worth! Immortal, though no more! though fallen, great!”— Lord Byron, 1812, Childe Harold's Pilgrimage, Canto II, Stanza 73 (in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed., 1891)Cipher key: A=C B=W C=O D=G E=R F=P G=A H=Z I=S J=T K=V L=F M=H N=Q O=K P=D Q=I R=U S=Y T=L U=X V=M W=E X=J Y=B Z=N
- “A flattering painter, who made it his care to draw men as they ought to be, not as they are.”— Oliver Goldsmith, 1774, Retaliation, Line 63 (in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed., 1891)Cipher key: A=B B=I C=Q D=M E=V F=N G=F H=W I=L J=A K=P L=U M=E N=Z O=X P=J Q=S R=Y S=O T=K U=D V=R W=C X=T Y=H Z=G
- “Neutral rights and property should be protected at sea as they are protected on land.”— Theodore Roosevelt, 1905, Fifth Annual Message to CongressCipher key: A=V B=I C=P D=Y E=R F=D G=S H=Z I=M J=L K=J L=U M=F N=A O=W P=Q Q=C R=E S=X T=H U=B V=T W=N X=O Y=K Z=G