Puzzle 1
Starter clue: Q = E
EPQKIDQITIKVNQVTHFBP,PQCKXETKQFVPQHHQSIVFXKTKXHMHFQKZT.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Money Cryptograms Set 8
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.
The puzzles
Puzzle 2
Starter clue: Z = A
FZLAGYDXFVZWVFZLAGYDLSPFTZMFPZTZWJFZAYJG,EFZAYJGZWVESPF.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 3
Starter clue: B = S
PVJPMJPMBQXAXQVWLQPLBYHDBV,BPXHFCPMTVEMLDIXDCBXQPLBFLYB.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 4
Starter clue: N = O
ONMTIKNOJKNOIWABJK'VBNKWR,UNAOIWBNVOINKWVOKWHWAJCCWCONPO.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 5
Starter clue: F = E
IFQQFAGTZFCAUFKJYUKQGFVTARFQ-MDTOFQGTKVXKFNUKNXLAOXCCFA.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 6
Starter clue: O = E
IOPAJLZRJOCLBNSUUFANJOUYOJ,SCZLBOCIOJBSUUJSYOFANKFACLNG.
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)
- “When a peasant gets rich, he knows neither relations nor friends.”— Spanish proverb, 1857, Recorded with English translation in Henry G. Bohn, A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs (London, 1857)Cipher key: A=Y B=C C=K D=P E=W F=I G=Z H=R I=A J=B K=N L=M M=F N=G O=Q P=H Q=E R=X S=L T=S U=V V=T W=U X=O Y=J Z=D
- “Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.”— Benjamin Franklin, 1735, Poor Richard's AlmanackCipher key: A=L B=P C=Z D=O E=W F=E G=Y H=J I=G J=H K=Q L=R M=K N=C O=X P=S Q=U R=F S=I T=M U=V V=D W=N X=B Y=T Z=A
- “He that has no money in his purse, should have fair words on his lips.”— Danish proverb, 1857, Recorded with English translation in Henry G. Bohn, A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs (London, 1857)Cipher key: A=M B=S C=D D=R E=F F=L G=Z H=U I=W J=T K=X L=I M=A N=K O=J P=H Q=N R=B S=G T=V U=Q V=E W=Y X=O Y=P Z=C
- “Touch not another man's money, for the most honest never added to it.”— French proverb, 1857, Recorded with English translation in Henry G. Bohn, A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs (London, 1857)Cipher key: A=R B=M C=D D=B E=Z F=G G=J H=V I=H J=A K=N L=P M=U N=O O=T P=I Q=L R=Y S=K T=C U=F V=S W=E X=Q Y=W Z=X
- “Better have friends in the market-place than money in your coffer.”— Portuguese proverb, 1857, Recorded with English translation in Henry G. Bohn, A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs (London, 1857)Cipher key: A=R B=W C=F D=L E=Q F=E G=H H=X I=B J=D K=N L=U M=P N=Y O=C P=Z Q=T R=K S=J T=A U=I V=M W=G X=O Y=S Z=V
- “We must disenthrall ourselves, and then we shall save our country.”— Abraham Lincoln, 1862, Second Annual Message to CongressCipher key: A=U B=H C=N D=Q E=K F=O G=Y H=F I=W J=S K=C L=T M=Z N=R O=E P=M Q=G R=I S=A T=B U=L V=X W=J X=P Y=V Z=D