Puzzle 1
Starter clue: U = E
FBUEUREUWNFPNEUFBRWYMQUPKDMARJWNFUD,HUFFBUANPZMWRFMNWDNYFBUDUYMQULMQUEMDUFNPNEUPUJNTMUDFBRWARWUQUEZUBURET.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Medium Cryptograms Set 219
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: Q = T
NFCKMIYDQRYOBKMDQIAYOYDTUGUDTUDQFDTGIKMT.YQRFODKQQKFOZQRUGFQIKDFSUKHBFGYQFN,CMQBFGYQFNOKNYBYQOQRUFYTKHNFCKI.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 3
Starter clue: Z = E
YZTGEDZTTW-NBQZ;PBUKZQKJRZNBTOQ,JTHQGLZEBLZQEKZWCVWJNJWGCEKZLQZVRZQ,QGLZEBLZQEKZWLIQEYZQZECVWBTO,EGYPBTOBTLGPZ.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 4
Starter clue: P = E
LSPXYBPUBSJMSUPQJHPQJRSJGJQRPBJRRNLIUP,NRHRYRPOILSPDRYBQBSNLLSNLJQBSJMSSPMNRHY,RYUHYPQSPDRYBIRLJESPSNQLUJPH.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 5
Starter clue: J = E
VJKRJKZOUSAJZOXCAZNJSRWBSEJHANIKXXZKNAWZEKSJKEQBRINIJOJEASJWUWBSFWGJSZQJZNKENIJCKSJNIJAZNJSJENWUWBSVJWVXJ.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 6
Starter clue: D = T
TLAXTZHIDKBLJDKALDKPDMTTIDKTZMKDXTZHIEAPYNPWBHBPSPYPBSPLIXPDAS,PLIDKAMBNDYTNAPOKLAXKTZSXTZHIAROHZIADKAHPYD.
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 are not more than five musical notes, yet the combinations of these five give rise to more melodies than can ever be heard.”— Sun Tzu, 1910, The Art of War (Lionel Giles translation, 1910)Cipher key: A=C B=H C=J D=S E=R F=T G=Z H=Y I=Q J=L K=U L=G M=I N=O O=P P=M Q=V R=A S=W T=D U=E V=X W=N X=K Y=F Z=B
- “Labour in this country is independent and proud. It has not to ask the patronage of capital, but capital solicits the aid of labor.”— Daniel Webster, 1824, Speech, April, 1824. Vol. III. p. 141 (in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed., 1891)Cipher key: A=Y B=C C=B D=N E=Q F=A G=P H=F I=R J=W K=O L=V M=U N=L O=S P=X Q=T R=H S=G T=D U=E V=J W=Z X=M Y=I Z=K
- “Be not penny-wise; riches have wings, and sometimes they fly away of themselves, sometimes they must be set flying, to bring in more.”— Francis Bacon, 1625, The Essays or Counsels, Civil and MoralCipher key: A=Z B=I C=F D=P E=T F=K G=O H=D I=U J=A K=H L=M M=X N=W O=G P=R Q=S R=V S=J T=N U=C V=L W=Y X=Q Y=B Z=E
- “The power which resides in him is new in nature, and none but he knows what that is which he can do, nor does he know until he has tried.”— Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1841, Essays: First SeriesCipher key: A=G B=W C=Q D=K E=L F=Y G=M H=D I=U J=I K=X L=T M=C N=A O=B P=E Q=S R=N S=H T=Z U=R V=J W=F X=P Y=O Z=V
- “Peace and friendly intercourse with all nations are as much the desire of our Government as they are the interest of our people.”— Andrew Jackson, 1834, Sixth Annual Message to CongressCipher key: A=I B=U C=Y D=B E=S F=G G=V H=W I=H J=E K=A L=J M=X N=T O=D P=K Q=M R=C S=R T=Q U=F V=P W=O X=L Y=Z Z=N
- “One would think then that good thought would be as familiar as air and water, and the gifts of each new hour would exclude the last.”— Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1841, Essays: First SeriesCipher key: A=E B=I C=V D=T E=B F=Q G=J H=L I=D J=K K=H L=N M=G N=F O=C P=A Q=Z R=X S=R T=O U=Y V=P W=M X=W Y=S Z=U