Puzzle 1
Starter clue: L = E
UDLRULWVNGLFOBELVPLE,ULQLLVYDNYRFFRLLVELDNENBTZDYYFWVNGLOE.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Oscar Wilde Cryptograms Set 7
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: F = O
MNSNUINSQMGQMNSXFBSQMZFWDFZJWUMUJUQDUQGDFASFZGRMFLUFIWGKNH.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 3
Starter clue: W = A
SAIFWXAUJKUQIWGWPKFWPWUPXAZWXGJQIYWJJYATXBYTEGXAUKWPJQJYAL.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 4
Starter clue: L = N
BLRINBHPALRQRXWKQRVSBCVLVLFGNKLWGNVGINRMVL'GSRVXKLGNRRQRLKLW.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 5
Starter clue: M = A
QTEMGLHNCKBTMAMGLHNAMWKGCMZJTLZYVPKGCMJYHGCMJPTSHTJGHVMSAKNTKV.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 6
Starter clue: Y = E
EJYDWVKYTXPGYMDAOHZCWLHPGYVYGGEJCWLCGEJHEDWYHQOCAYGCECWEYWGYVK.
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 we blame ourselves, we feel that no one else has a right to blame us.”— Oscar Wilde, 1891, The Picture of Dorian GrayCipher key: A=Q B=R C=X D=H E=S F=O G=M H=C I=P J=Y K=Z L=E M=J N=A O=U P=V Q=F R=N S=K T=I U=W V=L W=B X=D Y=T Z=G
- “The highest as the lowest form of criticism is a mode of autobiography.”— Oscar Wilde, 1891, The Picture of Dorian GrayCipher key: A=D B=W C=J D=M E=N F=O G=A H=Y I=G J=C K=P L=B M=T N=H O=Z P=V Q=S R=U S=E T=Q U=I V=X W=R X=L Y=K Z=F
- “Few parents nowadays pay any regard to what their children say to them.”— Oscar Wilde, 1895, The Importance of Being EarnestCipher key: A=E B=C C=U D=X E=L F=P G=D H=V I=W J=T K=S L=M M=B N=Z O=Q P=Y Q=O R=J S=F T=I U=N V=K W=A X=R Y=H Z=G
- “One should never give a woman anything that she can't wear in the evening.”— Oscar Wilde, 1895, An Ideal HusbandCipher key: A=D B=O C=M D=Q E=K F=Y G=T H=U I=S J=B K=I L=N M=C N=H O=Z P=L Q=V R=E S=W T=J U=F V=A W=G X=R Y=P Z=X
- “We can forgive a man for making a useful thing as long as he does not admire it.”— Oscar Wilde, 1891, The Picture of Dorian GrayCipher key: A=M B=V C=G D=Y E=C F=X G=N H=O I=P J=S K=I L=F M=A N=R O=Z P=H Q=W R=Q S=D T=E U=J V=T W=K X=B Y=L Z=U
- “The only excuse for making a useless thing is that one admires it intensely.”— Oscar Wilde, 1891, The Picture of Dorian GrayCipher key: A=R B=Z C=I D=O E=T F=W G=S H=A I=B J=H K=Y L=G M=F N=P O=M P=U Q=D R=Q S=J T=X U=V V=L W=N X=C Y=E Z=K