Puzzle 1
Starter clue: S = I
PCZPDZKYFXOSCJDBDSRJZPSJHSOOSJYNPSJYHRYXSRSYRJZSOO.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Medium Cryptograms Set 63
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: A = E
JBAWRJFEW'NDASDAJMFJZFNFWJBADRJSFEJFNLEYRTTBASDAEDTA.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 3
Starter clue: D = S
JNSGSUDEOOIDUEYDIYTOILDSDANPIYTANSGSBEGSUYICCJNUYFD.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 4
Starter clue: S = E
XKVEQYDVKNLXDESYXQBSVSOSSYOMNBHBSLXSHNKVYNSTMLQLHKY!
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 5
Starter clue: X = E
HSSWZXBVDSY'KHKWHRX,HFYHSSWZXTXFHFYBVTXFTXDXSLJSHLXDK.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 6
Starter clue: M = E
OQQUGYSJMPPMSIMMIVVEOQQJMCTROPMSRSCP,JYPPECVCTBOSJQM.
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)
- “He that complies against his will is of his own opinion still.”— Samuel Butler, 1678, Hudibras, Part III, Canto III. Line 547 (in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed., 1891)Cipher key: A=R B=G C=E D=A E=V F=M G=X H=W I=J J=S K=C L=B M=Q N=F O=L P=H Q=Z R=N S=I T=U U=D V=Y W=K X=P Y=O Z=T
- “The nation's perpetuity is in the patriotism of all her people.”— Grover Cleveland, 1885, First Annual Message to CongressCipher key: A=E B=H C=J D=P E=O F=I G=Q H=X I=B J=T K=C L=M M=U N=S O=V P=K Q=Z R=A S=R T=L U=D V=G W=N X=W Y=F Z=Y
- “There is occasions and causes why and wherefore in all things.”— William Shakespeare, 1599, King Henry V, Act V. Sc. 1 (in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed., 1891)Cipher key: A=W B=F C=L D=S E=O F=G G=R H=Q I=A J=T K=J L=U M=B N=H O=C P=Y Q=M R=Z S=E T=D U=I V=K W=X X=V Y=N Z=P
- “How many worthy men have we seen survive their own reputation!”— Michel de Montaigne, 1580, Essays, Book II, Chap. XVI. Of Glory (in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed., 1891)Cipher key: A=J B=V C=B D=Y E=M F=K G=F H=I I=C J=Q K=O L=T M=U N=R O=S P=L Q=A R=X S=E T=P U=G V=W W=Z X=H Y=N Z=D
- “All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players.”— William Shakespeare, 1599, As You Like ItCipher key: A=Z B=W C=X D=R E=Q F=N G=F H=A I=K J=P K=S L=Y M=C N=U O=J P=I Q=B R=G S=L T=M U=V V=O W=T X=E Y=D Z=H
- “All your better deeds shall be in water writ, but this in marble.”— Beaumont and Fletcher, 1620, Philaster, Act V. Sc. 3 (in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed., 1891)Cipher key: A=J B=M C=I D=V E=H F=X G=O H=C I=D J=B K=F L=G M=E N=P O=A P=T Q=L R=W S=R T=N U=Y V=S W=K X=Z Y=U Z=Q