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.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z
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)
“We should impart our courage, and not our despair, our health and ease, and not our disease, and take care that this does not spread by contagion.”— Henry David Thoreau, 1854, WaldenCipher key: A=H B=K C=Z D=F E=I F=V G=W H=Y I=U J=M K=N L=R M=J N=O O=X P=T Q=D R=G S=B T=A U=L V=P W=C X=E Y=S Z=Q
“The policy of our foreign relations, casting aside any suggestion of force, rests solely on the foundation of peace, good will, and good works.”— Calvin Coolidge, 1925, State of the Union AddressCipher key: A=S B=D C=J D=G E=Z F=P G=K H=U I=R J=A K=H L=M M=Q N=I O=N P=B Q=O R=V S=X T=E U=Y V=T W=C X=L Y=W Z=F
“So far as possible the people everywhere shall have that sense of perfect security which is most favorable to calm thought and reflection.”— Abraham Lincoln, 1861, First Inaugural AddressCipher key: A=J B=E C=V D=N E=M F=I G=F H=Z I=R J=G K=O L=X M=B N=L O=K P=H Q=C R=T S=U T=A U=D V=W W=S X=P Y=Q Z=Y
“Public health service should be as fully organized and as universally incorporated into our governmental system as is public education.”— Herbert Hoover, 1929, Inaugural AddressCipher key: A=Z B=G C=V D=E E=W F=B G=H H=A I=S J=Y K=L L=Q M=F N=M O=K P=U Q=O R=J S=X T=C U=N V=P W=T X=D Y=R Z=I
“The greater part of what my neighbors call good I believe in my soul to be bad, and if I repent of anything, it is very likely to be my good behavior.”— Henry David Thoreau, 1854, WaldenCipher key: A=I B=N C=T D=K E=U F=S G=H H=J I=M J=Q K=X L=R M=G N=D O=L P=B Q=O R=A S=P T=Y U=Z V=E W=C X=F Y=W Z=V
“The elevation and purification of the civil service of the Government will be hailed with approval by the whole people of the United States.”— Ulysses S. Grant, 1870, Second Annual Message to CongressCipher key: A=U B=I C=H D=A E=W F=C G=F H=K I=Y J=S K=V L=T M=D N=O O=R P=M Q=J R=E S=N T=G U=P V=L W=B X=Z Y=Q Z=X