Puzzle 1
Starter clue: C = E
MUMEDMQECCQ,HXDCJCFPCEKHXBPHERSUCYHEQSXCIFCERC,KSJCMRRMTHEAMAMHEHERSUCSKDCZ.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Perseverance Cryptograms Set 18
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: N = E
GUBZVEUHMBQJVCNXNVXYNZVUOEZHHJNACNYRNCQNYYZGUZVEUHEXVUVEMJNGMHBLMKNUOCJKX.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 3
Starter clue: R = N
RURNUWZXKTRATYNTXQTRGYLOCZNXTXCANWUZRCTLR-SNR,UOATDWLCXKZXXNPRNXX;IZCJNKTRCOG.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 4
Starter clue: Z = E
WNIYZURANWAWNYTHNYWRTOHMWJZMRTZURZGHZDRYDNWRXZPATVJMUZNPSYURAHZMWLNPRXZKMC.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 5
Starter clue: K = E
ZVFDVTTCKPGMKRQTOBCFMCPMKVB,GMKRMQOKVPGTQFQZJVFBDMKZCPGTJPHPUKFBKBCFVGMQHSMG.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 6
Starter clue: H = I
PHLBOHQHJNXZYJZOHEXQQBZAAJZIQBQXJUBLNQHQRQHBLZNZNXHJIVZEZHLNQNRUXBAAOJNNHBL.
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)
- “A man had need, if he be plentiful in some kind of expense, to be as saving again in some other.”— Francis Bacon, 1625, The Essays or Counsels, Civil and MoralCipher key: A=G B=U C=E D=H E=N F=P G=Q H=I I=X J=B K=T L=Z M=A N=C O=Y P=L Q=D R=S S=O T=V U=M V=W W=J X=F Y=K Z=R
- “Any country whose people conduct themselves well can count upon our hearty friendship.”— Theodore Roosevelt, 1904, Fourth Annual Message to CongressCipher key: A=M B=Y C=S D=B E=U F=X G=A H=T I=K J=H K=I L=F M=R N=E O=D P=Q Q=W R=V S=G T=J U=N V=O W=Z X=P Y=L Z=C
- “None of us can have as many virtues as the fountain-pen, or half its cussedness; but we can try.”— Mark Twain, 1897, Following the EquatorCipher key: A=H B=G C=T D=L E=J F=Z G=Y H=X I=B J=W K=C L=I M=K N=E O=R P=D Q=M R=N S=P T=A U=O V=Q W=F X=S Y=V Z=U
- “No question in our country can be at rest except upon the firm base of justice and of the law.”— Benjamin Harrison, 1889, First Annual Message to CongressCipher key: A=I B=Z C=W D=P E=G F=K G=X H=C I=Q J=B K=L L=D M=A N=O O=Y P=F Q=V R=T S=J T=R U=S V=M W=N X=H Y=U Z=E
- “Man carries the world in his head, the whole astronomy and chemistry suspended in a thought.”— Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1844, Essays: Second SeriesCipher key: A=J B=D C=I D=C E=F F=N G=T H=U I=V J=Y K=E L=K M=H N=X O=L P=S Q=O R=W S=G T=R U=P V=A W=B X=Q Y=Z Z=M
- “Minorities have a right to appeal to the Constitution as a shield against such oppression.”— James K. Polk, 1845, Inaugural AddressCipher key: A=P B=O C=F D=X E=G F=Q G=Y H=I I=L J=E K=J L=N M=K N=S O=R P=M Q=T R=U S=B T=W U=C V=D W=Z X=H Y=V Z=A