Puzzle 1
Starter clue: Z = E
GZZHCESFXENAXTWPZG,JNSGNWPVGSPENUVBZGSQZSDNGSOB,NGZGEJZXOB,ATGSXTJNSZWPZZXYNOOB,VCAOZVMZWECSZCSZAOB.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Money Cryptograms Set 16
5 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: O = E
DWDCJTWDTDJFOJTVOWPJTKOFCQOROBXOODXEOQQOVYTJFQWBTHFCDVDWXEOCDTDFOBTJCDHOCQYOODIWUTDJFONGXETHECDVQ.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 3
Starter clue: L = T
LVYDYCSLVCOBRLIYOTLVUKCMUPOLIACIYJLRZUZPSCLJUO,COBLVYHYRLZCILUKLVCLZUZPSCLJUOCIYMPSLJFCLUIRUKLVYRUJS.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 4
Starter clue: P = E
HDDHPDSIJPEPUHIPCPEIEMWHCULJISAQQVMQWUXWHWYGWHIWLPDGPCIJPDIJPCE,DCIDZPPHCUMJPYZVUXBDGPCUEJUHLIJPDIJPCE.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 5
Starter clue: A = E
RALKIAXUWATBKYAUBHWFQNHIATKUWGTHNPKFVBLATFNLAQBEPAQQFUZQHCKCTAAZHIATUVAUB,RFBLBLANHUQBFBXBFHUKQHXTZXFWA.
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 (5 solutions)
- “Seek not proud riches, but such as thou mayest get justly, use soberly, distribute cheerfully, and leave contentedly.”— Francis Bacon, 1625, The Essays or Counsels, Civil and MoralCipher key: A=D B=Y C=N D=J E=O F=P G=S H=K I=Q J=B K=X L=Z M=V N=U O=L P=H Q=G R=W S=T T=I U=M V=A W=C X=R Y=F Z=E
- “No nation in the tide of time has ever been blessed with so rich and noble an inheritance as we enjoy in the public lands.”— James Buchanan, 1857, Inaugural AddressCipher key: A=G B=R C=A D=N E=L F=H G=U H=C I=J J=T K=M L=X M=Z N=P O=E P=F Q=S R=V S=Q T=I U=Y V=D W=O X=B Y=W Z=K
- “The wealth and strength of a country are its population, and the best part of that population are cultivators of the soil.”— Andrew Jackson, 1832, Fourth Annual Message to CongressCipher key: A=Y B=D C=A D=W E=X F=V G=J H=B I=R J=I K=F L=T M=C N=K O=N P=U Q=M R=S S=L T=G U=O V=H W=Z X=Q Y=E Z=P
- “No one of these interests can rightfully claim an advantage over the others, or to be enriched by impoverishing the others.”— James K. Polk, 1845, Inaugural AddressCipher key: A=U B=P C=R D=O E=S F=W G=V H=N I=T J=H K=J L=G M=C N=K O=Q P=E Q=L R=X S=F T=Z U=I V=Y W=A X=M Y=D Z=B
- “We have undertaken to discover and proclaim the richest blessings of a free government, with the Constitution as our guide.”— Grover Cleveland, 1888, Fourth Annual Message to CongressCipher key: A=E B=T C=F D=J E=B F=I G=P H=O I=V J=Y K=A L=H M=Q N=C O=Z P=L Q=S R=W S=X T=R U=N V=M W=D X=U Y=K Z=G