Puzzle 1
Starter clue: H = E
SIIQJHPNATHNVXLHVXNPVZCISELX,ZPVXNPVZCJZPISIE,WHOWPZUVOLSMLXLHVQISJUHNPTVZIHKHPBTHNCNIWHKHPBCTZOHP.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Medium Cryptograms Set 206
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.
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The puzzles
Puzzle 2
Starter clue: J = O
CZQIQDIQCJJTDSWJPCZQNQBDCBZAJIYNESCZQAJIUYPJIKQJKUQCJIDKJXCXKJSWJXUEHQDSJDCZDSYOWADWJPDSDIFXTQSC.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 3
Starter clue: H = O
SCCOKXJYZOHEYXGVHQRNHEPSQYWXBCSRHEYQOKXFSGOPXQXESOYHQKSJXRXXQVHQOKEHAPKOKXGAFFHEOHUFARCYZHFYQYHQ.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 4
Starter clue: P = E
HBJWRPEJOEGPNWZEGWIAMJSNOHEZMP,IWMCHMX,OWEAPMSHOPOE,VCPPE,OWERHVEJOD,EGPAPMIZSPHOXVZAARJHOYPWIHSJOZEP.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 5
Starter clue: I = T
DWZJITLXIDFIJTLXQFRIWBCTLXJFPTLWITDWTLCNNADIRKWGGJTOCIJCPADTGRFVVADIANIJWRBAFLIDHTGGAOCDIJCKADGX.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 6
Starter clue: Q = E
PGQMQRBNYSGIBNLQSDRMMXRHQBRMQGRJJIXBTQORVBQINVYHFRUXQBBJQYUPGQXMPXDQXYDRCXYHYQPB,YNPXYDRCXYHORHQB.
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)
- “Innumerable as the stars of night, Or stars of morning, dewdrops which the sun Impearls on every leaf and every flower.”— John Milton, 1667, Paradise Lost, Book V. Line 745 (in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed., 1891)Cipher key: A=B B=Y C=F D=Q E=G F=J G=X H=E I=N J=M K=V L=H M=C N=A O=W P=R Q=U R=K S=I T=L U=P V=S W=D X=T Y=Z Z=O
- “There are too many of these catchwords in the world for people to rap out upon you like an oath and by way of an argument.”— Robert Louis Stevenson, 1881, Virginibus Puerisque and Other PapersCipher key: A=W B=C C=T D=A E=I F=G G=Z H=K I=R J=O K=P L=V M=Q N=S O=B P=F Q=E R=J S=N T=M U=L V=X W=Y X=U Y=D Z=H
- “All the victories won by organized labor in the past generation have been won through the support of public opinion.”— Calvin Coolidge, 1925, State of the Union AddressCipher key: A=U B=D C=L D=X E=R F=P G=S H=O I=M J=V K=H L=K M=J N=Y O=T P=G Q=N R=B S=A T=Q U=F V=W W=Z X=E Y=I Z=C
- “A violet in the youth of primy nature, Forward, not permanent, sweet, not lasting, The perfume and suppliance of a minute.”— William Shakespeare, 1601, Hamlet, Act I. Sc. 3 (in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed., 1891)Cipher key: A=P B=V C=W D=G E=T F=Z G=H H=A I=F J=I K=J L=B M=R N=Y O=N P=E Q=K R=L S=M T=X U=Q V=S W=O X=D Y=C Z=U
- “Right and truth and justice and humanitarian efforts will have the moral support of this country all over the world.”— Calvin Coolidge, 1924, State of the Union AddressCipher key: A=O B=C C=E D=R E=X F=U G=L H=Y I=T J=H K=W L=N M=Q N=F O=V P=M Q=J R=S S=Z T=A U=B V=P W=I X=D Y=K Z=G
- “The reason why so few marriages are happy is because young ladies spend their time in making nets, not in making cages.”— Jonathan Swift, 1706, Thoughts on Various Subjects (in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed., 1891)Cipher key: A=Q B=S C=K D=M E=Z F=L G=H H=G I=Y J=P K=J L=F M=R N=O O=C P=T Q=E R=A S=W T=B U=D V=U W=X X=I Y=N Z=V