Puzzle 1
Starter clue: R = E
ECRYLNECUEILRVMLERUENAECECRLQRM,RAECRJRUEVGRSLJRLJUSERJECRX.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Spanish proverb Cryptograms Set 20
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: J = N
BJIXJWBJQDJABJRPSZMPXUZQBJFIZJMPXRBHZDJARZDSZPNNFIZJMPXYDJ.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 3
Starter clue: F = T
BFBQJZFFZGFMDZSIMHZGFAZWBFPAFASEFGOQFFMFAZIDZSWBEYQMNYMMWUZE.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 4
Starter clue: L = A
LOLDLSQAWKLXCGJPTFFLTDWLSLDXGCWQCOOCHUTOEETWJCCOOELDETWELDXW.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 5
Starter clue: N = I
WCDNYWUHNIVYPFDKDCIHZTDLPNXFFNZPNVJZWVYYIZXHDTZTDLPNXFFNZQIWS.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 6
Starter clue: Y = E
WYUSQYNEYNPYFWYHQFQJERYYWJEYNPJWS,WFNRYKFXFWYHQFQJERYYWJRYKKJN.
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 cow that does not eat with the oxen, either eats before or after them.”— Spanish proverb, 1857, Recorded with English translation in Henry G. Bohn, A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs (London, 1857)Cipher key: A=I B=J C=H D=U E=T F=P G=B H=Z I=D J=R K=G L=O M=N N=W O=K P=L Q=X R=E S=F T=Y U=A V=S W=V X=M Y=C Z=Q
- “In hunting and in love you begin when you like and leave off when you can.”— Spanish proverb, 1857, Recorded with English translation in Henry G. Bohn, A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs (London, 1857)Cipher key: A=D B=I C=X D=A E=M F=W G=S H=K I=H J=N K=R L=Q M=Y N=F O=Z P=O Q=G R=L S=V T=P U=B V=J W=T X=U Y=C Z=E
- “It is better to leap over the ditch than trust to the pleadings of good men.”— Spanish proverb, 1857, Recorded with English translation in Henry G. Bohn, A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs (London, 1857)Cipher key: A=H B=I C=Q D=L E=N F=T G=R H=V I=P J=B K=Y L=K M=O N=F O=U P=C Q=S R=Z S=A T=W U=M V=X W=D X=J Y=G Z=E
- “At an ambuscade of villains a man does better with his feet than his hands.”— Spanish proverb, 1857, Recorded with English translation in Henry G. Bohn, A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs (London, 1857)Cipher key: A=U B=Y C=E D=N E=H F=L G=O H=R I=G J=F K=C L=A M=J N=P O=T P=V Q=B R=X S=M T=I U=W V=Z W=S X=D Y=K Z=Q
- “Avoid a friend who covers you with his wings and destroys you with his beak.”— Spanish proverb, 1857, Recorded with English translation in Henry G. Bohn, A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs (London, 1857)Cipher key: A=X B=P C=V D=O E=L F=H G=M H=R I=E J=G K=C L=U M=Z N=I O=J P=W Q=B R=Q S=K T=Y U=F V=N W=A X=T Y=D Z=S
- “Neither serve one who has been a servant, nor beg of one who has been a beggar.”— Spanish proverb, 1857, Recorded with English translation in Henry G. Bohn, A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs (London, 1857)Cipher key: A=L B=J C=D D=C E=S F=O G=P H=W I=Z J=A K=G L=Y M=U N=R O=M P=V Q=H R=B S=T T=X U=I V=Q W=N X=F Y=E Z=K