Puzzle 1
Starter clue: F = I
XBPKGFXFKFTBPYBVKCHXGCHTECXPFHXVCHVXBPGACHHPGVGCHPYACXPGFCEBFTFAMGPTTFVHVJDPCOXFJOEXBFHWT.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Oscar Wilde Cryptograms Set 12
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: Q = E
GJQRFYWQVOQYRQPWGJTGJQJTWYFGJPYKMQXGXFHMPXQIOGJPWBHQSOLPRQW,JPWBHPYRPBMQW,TYLJPWRFZZFYWQYWQ.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 3
Starter clue: O = E
UAOIBEXSGWWODOBVOZOUTOOBUAOMCGBUCBSUAOMGBBODGMUACUOHODXMCGBUACMCNCMU,CBSOHODXMGBBODACMCWYUYDO.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 4
Starter clue: E = T
LELRRLWWUVBUVO,BVJESDJDLRVMWUVMDESLMKLMESDCVJWFCVJRDESIMADLMKEIWTDFIAVOE,IMFESIELRMVEADLMKEIWTDFIAVOE.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 5
Starter clue: O = A
HUYMOLJUPZUDOTFUMPZOPHUQOSWGUMVMOHWKMORRWKTP,OTVALTVIWWVBKOELPLUJLTPZUZLIZHOSQOTLTPZUZWYUPZOPZUQOSJYOMUWKMYWRFUPJ.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 6
Starter clue: A = E
WCWZDALXAJCYKURHZCLRVZCQAOGKDARDYASRGNRVC,HROGPGKZ,ZGKWHSCQWHSZGSGWHZCRHANAQWHPRHA'ZNGJFCQGCGLAGNZRYVCAYKGHPAHCWLAYKCLVA.
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)
- “The critic is he who can translate into another manner or a new material his impression of beautiful things.”— Oscar Wilde, 1891, The Picture of Dorian GrayCipher key: A=M B=H C=A D=B E=L F=I G=R H=N I=Z J=F K=C L=D M=P N=Q O=U P=E Q=J R=X S=Y T=S U=K V=O W=G X=T Y=W Z=V
- “The consequence is that he has nothing left for life but his prejudices, his principles, and his common sense.”— Oscar Wilde, 1891, The Picture of Dorian GrayCipher key: A=V B=P C=W D=Z E=X F=O G=T H=R I=B J=H K=G L=D M=L N=K O=U P=I Q=E R=C S=J T=A U=Y V=Q W=S X=F Y=N Z=M
- “The only difference between the saint and the sinner is that every saint has a past, and every sinner has a future.”— Oscar Wilde, 1893, A Woman of No ImportanceCipher key: A=H B=N C=A D=R E=L F=J G=I H=V I=O J=Q K=G L=X M=S N=P O=E P=K Q=M R=Z S=D T=W U=T V=C W=F X=Y Y=U Z=B
- “It is silly of you, for there is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.”— Oscar Wilde, 1891, The Picture of Dorian GrayCipher key: A=B B=F C=W D=E E=T F=D G=Q H=X I=A J=R K=G L=I M=N N=M O=U P=Z Q=P R=S S=H T=K U=Y V=O W=L X=V Y=C Z=J
- “We praise the banker that we may overdraw our account, and find good qualities in the highwayman in the hope that he may spare our pockets.”— Oscar Wilde, 1891, The Picture of Dorian GrayCipher key: A=F B=Q C=X D=B E=L F=K G=V H=W I=G J=S K=U L=I M=R N=Z O=A P=T Q=M R=C S=Y T=N U=E V=D W=O X=J Y=P Z=H
- “It is perfectly monstrous the way people go about, nowadays, saying things against one behind one's back that are absolutely and entirely true.”— Oscar Wilde, 1893, A Woman of No ImportanceCipher key: A=E B=Z C=T D=P E=X F=K G=A H=N I=V J=C K=Y L=R M=Q N=B O=W P=D Q=H R=O S=G T=J U=M V=U W=I X=F Y=L Z=S