Puzzle 1
Starter clue: U = T
YUYDPDPIUXYSKURUXYSZRQ,EJUUXTOTYDSRIRJEUUXPUKTSYJDAPDUDARSKTOUXPSETPJUN.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Oscar Wilde Cryptograms Set 9
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: W = E
GANITWATCWXWEAGWXLKDQZTIIFQAZSFFLOJKSJKOWNIWYIAAFWLOJCRJKIFWTQANWABCJBW.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 3
Starter clue: G = O
YWYNUPLZQGGEBGLZGDWGAPYMWVPFKZ,KMEWGTMGFFVKWJPGJHPNKZGBZGDAPVYMEZGDLAKIT.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 4
Starter clue: R = O
KMKZPJEPFZIPKLGOJMRIPVMGVRNIBRIJBEQRNRLBQPZWLRELGRVPSBVFUVKBGZIPDBRGMKNB.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 5
Starter clue: C = E
MPMHRSMLPQMPHCQDMQXCYLPEFLQDMHIGNVLGCPQLEESTCQIUCJCVINLPQIMTCMVKTLCPUEDLN.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 6
Starter clue: G = E
NMGYBFRCVGGQGCNBQGEZTGFXGDOWVGIBWYGFGZTZN,OTCJBBCTGVVQBFGFGORXGDOWVGIBWRZSGC.
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)
- “It is a sad thing to think of, but there is no doubt that genius lasts longer than beauty.”— Oscar Wilde, 1891, The Picture of Dorian GrayCipher key: A=L B=V C=Z D=S E=B F=M G=C H=W I=D J=U K=G L=P M=Q N=Y O=R P=A Q=F R=O S=N T=E U=T V=J W=X X=H Y=I Z=K
- “Most people become bankrupt through having invested too heavily in the prose of life.”— Oscar Wilde, 1891, The Picture of Dorian GrayCipher key: A=O B=F C=L D=K E=C F=H G=M H=X I=T J=I K=N L=A M=J N=S O=V P=Z Q=R R=Y S=G T=P U=Q V=W W=E X=B Y=D Z=U
- “It is very good for you to be in the way, and to know what people say of you behind your back.”— Oscar Wilde, 1895, An Ideal HusbandCipher key: A=B B=F C=M D=U E=D F=W G=O H=L I=C J=P K=A L=R M=N N=S O=X P=E Q=G R=Q S=Z T=K U=V V=H W=T X=J Y=I Z=Y
- “It is always painful to part from people whom one has known for a very brief space of time.”— Oscar Wilde, 1895, The Importance of Being EarnestCipher key: A=J B=E C=Z D=C E=W F=Y G=F H=X I=P J=L K=I L=N M=T N=M O=U P=A Q=H R=O S=V T=Q U=B V=R W=K X=D Y=G Z=S
- “An acquaintance that begins with a compliment is sure to develop into a real friendship.”— Oscar Wilde, 1895, An Ideal HusbandCipher key: A=X B=Y C=E D=H E=S F=W G=M H=C I=O J=V K=F L=I M=A N=P O=J P=N Q=T R=Q S=U T=R U=D V=L W=Z X=B Y=G Z=K
- “The world seemed to me finer because you were in it, and goodness more real because you lived.”— Oscar Wilde, 1895, An Ideal HusbandCipher key: A=Z B=O C=D D=C E=F F=R G=E H=K I=Y J=G K=P L=J M=H N=T O=A P=X Q=M R=L S=V T=N U=Q V=S W=U X=B Y=W Z=I