Puzzle 1
Starter clue: I = E
FIAGIRMORIQAIHAQEVITHAGWKHEEITQAIHAQEVIT;HAGFIAZORVEQTHORIEVIFRIKSIRHNQSIQAIHAQEVIT,HAGPTQDPVNIWQTIQAIHAQEVIT.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Medium Cryptograms Set 223
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: C = T
PSOCBHBJOCBARORYOEOMZEZRCQCSIPPFZHASQIVSZEOJDOQUZJARCZEVFOCZCLZVAVIFOCBAR,UZOFCL,ORYEASOFQCSZRPCLAHAISJAIRCSD.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 3
Starter clue: Z = E
BCZYQGXZTFDODBCZRBPSAAQZLWGDODHSRBPOGQYZFYQZXGDFDQWLZCZQHLWSDPZQGNZHZDHZGIFPGDHXFDRBGDBGHIGDXZODGXCOZIZKZDB.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 4
Starter clue: K = H
YLXLVKNCHIWFKNXLZQXQLXLAVKQXEINIKHKNIJKLYLHIVKHHJOLXE,LOIWFKNIKHJQIKHIVKHHVLKNCH,DWVSLLUNVVKHTNIVKHPNOHQXVOWVK.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 5
Starter clue: I = T
SDOIKXDWKOHOXTCSHIKRWHORIUORE,ISZRTTIKNEXAOXDIHMIKRDUQMTIXLO,CXIKRJODOBSEODIUXTZSTXIXSDOBODISEXRHTRDUMDQMTIPOD.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 6
Starter clue: D = T
QHDCZWHZDUWHDUZUOARQAYDHWOUCWZHDMRDMRWBUYXRYGRTTHODAUYJADMUCDJMAOMQAVHWDXRYGHLHYQATHADZHQTRWHVCDGWHRWXDMAYEZ.
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)
- “Men despise one another and flatter one another; and men wish to raise themselves above one another, and crouch before one another.”— Marcus Aurelius, 1862, Meditations (George Long translation, 1862)Cipher key: A=N B=Z C=X D=U E=T F=M G=D H=A I=E J=G K=L L=Q M=P N=B O=I P=C Q=O R=S S=V T=R U=J V=H W=F X=Y Y=K Z=W
- “Gratification and amazement struggle for supremacy as we contemplate the population, wealth, and moral strength of our country.”— Benjamin Harrison, 1891, Third Annual Message to CongressCipher key: A=O B=I C=T D=Y E=M F=L G=X H=F I=U J=C K=B L=H M=Z N=Q O=A P=G Q=S R=N S=R T=K U=W V=P W=V X=J Y=D Z=E
- “The place won in the struggle by an industrial people can only be held by unrelaxed endeavor and constant advance in achievement.”— William McKinley, 1899, Third Annual Message to CongressCipher key: A=G B=T C=H D=N E=Q F=O G=A H=D I=V J=K K=M L=B M=Z N=X O=I P=R Q=L R=S S=U T=W U=J V=F W=Y X=C Y=P Z=E
- “Do not have such an opinion of things as he has who does thee wrong, or such as he wishes thee to have, but look at them as they are in truth.”— Marcus Aurelius, 1862, Meditations (George Long translation, 1862)Cipher key: A=F B=J C=V D=B E=G F=C G=X H=E I=S J=W K=H L=O M=Q N=A O=R P=Y Q=I R=Z S=L T=M U=K V=T W=U X=N Y=D Z=P
- “One thing here is worth a great deal, to pass thy life in truth and justice, with a benevolent disposition even to liars and unjust men.”— Marcus Aurelius, 1862, Meditations (George Long translation, 1862)Cipher key: A=F B=V C=W D=N E=L F=Q G=Z H=R I=T J=B K=H L=C M=U N=Y O=E P=M Q=J R=A S=O T=S U=D V=K W=G X=I Y=X Z=P
- “Let us restore to social intercourse that harmony and affection without which liberty and even life itself are but dreary things.”— Thomas Jefferson, 1801, First Inaugural AddressCipher key: A=I B=M C=U D=T E=G F=Z G=D H=E I=K J=W K=P L=V M=H N=Q O=C P=J Q=L R=A S=X T=F U=O V=B W=R X=Y Y=N Z=S