Puzzle 1
Starter clue: L = O
JLEYUJPBBILVYLXLENOHKIV,XLEUSAYLAUILVCKVXHPVSAGAIPIYAAYU.
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Spanish proverb Cryptograms Set 19
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: R = A
UCFUAGRYCSWVASKUCAJYGRV,JRWNUCYRKSPBMKRVYHBPCYRSKCBFRBYM.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 3
Starter clue: X = L
PYZUMXPHIDAJIJEUXD,ZUMOPXXEDJLPXXUYZUMLHDXYJHODXXJHUIEDLH.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 4
Starter clue: D = A
VJGKLDIVDOLESOKXTKXZGGZJBSWBX'LDRRDKSL,IBDYLDYDXTBSGHLIKRB.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 5
Starter clue: Y = E
HYRESYTEQLFSST,XFJYFXEQUYCEPMJYMD,RMYPIUCECMPP,FDIJMDYUCEGQC.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 6
Starter clue: K = L
PJKKXZPBKKFZVAXZL,XZGDVHSJZRBKKFZVQJJ,YRFZVLZVKHKYIJYXUJBEJ.
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)
- “Words will not do for my aunt, for she does not put faith even in deeds.”— Spanish proverb, 1857, Recorded with English translation in Henry G. Bohn, A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs (London, 1857)Cipher key: A=E B=L C=P D=Z E=R F=K G=V H=A I=N J=W K=U L=O M=C N=M O=Y P=I Q=J R=X S=H T=Q U=S V=T W=B X=F Y=D Z=G
- “He who made fun of the old man, laughed at first and cried afterwards.”— Spanish proverb, 1857, Recorded with English translation in Henry G. Bohn, A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs (London, 1857)Cipher key: A=O B=R C=E D=K E=Y F=W G=M H=C I=J J=L K=T L=P M=S N=G O=X P=I Q=B R=A S=F T=Q U=H V=N W=U X=Z Y=D Z=V
- “If you listen at a hole, you will hear ill of yourself as well as others.”— Spanish proverb, 1857, Recorded with English translation in Henry G. Bohn, A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs (London, 1857)Cipher key: A=N B=Z C=M D=E E=H F=Q G=V H=S I=T J=A K=X L=R M=U N=G O=W P=I Q=C R=D S=P T=J U=O V=B W=K X=L Y=F Z=Y
- “Who is always prying into other men's affairs, leads a dangerous life.”— Spanish proverb, 1857, Recorded with English translation in Henry G. Bohn, A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs (London, 1857)Cipher key: A=K B=E C=B D=A E=P F=X G=O H=U I=L J=H K=I L=S M=Z N=J O=Y P=V Q=C R=F S=R T=G U=Q V=W W=M X=N Y=D Z=T
- “Before you marry, have a house to live in, fields to till, and vines to cut.”— Spanish proverb, 1857, Recorded with English translation in Henry G. Bohn, A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs (London, 1857)Cipher key: A=Z B=W C=T D=N E=O F=A G=C H=B I=D J=V K=X L=M M=I N=J O=P P=L Q=U R=F S=R T=Y U=S V=Q W=K X=H Y=E Z=G
- “Tell not all you know, nor judge of all you see, if you would live in peace.”— Spanish proverb, 1857, Recorded with English translation in Henry G. Bohn, A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs (London, 1857)Cipher key: A=K B=A C=Z D=J E=C F=Y G=R H=D I=V J=E K=L L=W M=H N=X O=B P=T Q=S R=F S=G T=Q U=P V=U W=M X=N Y=I Z=O