Puzzle 1
Starter clue: I = E
YKRTPXDHKSAZIJTVDILHIZILWIP,MRATKAAZKXIDHKSAZIAKTBRI.
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Spanish proverb Cryptograms Set 15
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.
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The puzzles
Puzzle 2
Starter clue: Y = E
OLPLJVYZLUTYSJBQKVUYA,ALVDXYPBUPYUMLEOQLHVMDUEEIYPYD.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 3
Starter clue: R = E
LNRABNJWJH'LVRRMKJDLYDHWARLYRGGVXWY,BNRFRWJLNRAKRLLNRS?
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 4
Starter clue: M = E
AMWAXWVIJQONMAMXQWARPJZWVMXCALZVLHWMCEQIWAMZLHZJPPMC.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 5
Starter clue: J = E
TUADJHJSUBJQTSVKDBXATUGJAGTNJGMFWBKUGJFUKASUGTSQJSXJX.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 6
Starter clue: H = E
IXHQKXHJHZJHKICYJLHQBGKCCQHAWJGH,CQHGLQMG,KXHCKXHJIHHAG.
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)
- “Wounds from the knife are healed, but not those from the tongue.”— Spanish proverb, 1857, Recorded with English translation in Henry G. Bohn, A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs (London, 1857)Cipher key: A=T B=G C=X D=F E=P F=C G=Z H=R I=E J=K K=O L=A M=B N=Q O=Y P=D Q=V R=U S=M T=N U=J V=I W=L X=S Y=W Z=H
- “Do not rejoice at my grief, for when mine is old yours will be new.”— Spanish proverb, 1857, Recorded with English translation in Henry G. Bohn, A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs (London, 1857)Cipher key: A=F B=M C=Z D=W E=L F=Q G=X H=U I=B J=T K=G L=O M=S N=V O=D P=N Q=Y R=P S=A T=C U=I V=R W=K X=H Y=E Z=J
- “They who don't keep goats and yet sell kids, where do they get them?”— Spanish proverb, 1857, Recorded with English translation in Henry G. Bohn, A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs (London, 1857)Cipher key: A=Y B=W C=V D=A E=C F=R G=L H=N I=F J=O K=G L=T M=P N=H O=Q P=Z Q=X R=E S=M T=U U=J V=K W=D X=I Y=S Z=B
- “He that would be healthy must wear his winter clothes in summer.”— Spanish proverb, 1857, Recorded with English translation in Henry G. Bohn, A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs (London, 1857)Cipher key: A=H B=K C=R D=Z E=C F=X G=F H=N I=O J=U K=J L=I M=E N=B O=D P=M Q=L R=Y S=V T=P U=G V=W W=T X=A Y=Q Z=S
- “A true gentleman would rather have his clothes torn than mended.”— Spanish proverb, 1857, Recorded with English translation in Henry G. Bohn, A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs (London, 1857)Cipher key: A=R B=L C=P D=U E=Z F=S G=H H=G I=X J=E K=O L=K M=I N=V O=J P=F Q=M R=Q S=N T=A U=T V=W W=C X=D Y=B Z=Y
- “When there are two friends to one purse, one sings, the other weeps.”— Spanish proverb, 1857, Recorded with English translation in Henry G. Bohn, A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs (London, 1857)Cipher key: A=P B=D C=O D=C E=B F=M G=S H=E I=W J=R K=T L=I M=G N=K O=X P=Y Q=N R=L S=Q T=J U=V V=Z W=U X=H Y=F Z=A