Puzzle 1
Starter clue: X = E
RJXHPROLJMDEFCXKSMFXEPVXQXYOYXLAXHRBMYKEERJXHPRPXLMBRJXHMDVRYO.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Theodore Roosevelt Cryptograms Set 3
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: H = E
GWBQSZHBHVZVJSRZLGVHGIGWBVGWZLHBSSHQULCGBVJBHQSBHJNQZMQRHSZQKJN.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 3
Starter clue: R = E
MQFUJMXUJLVAAFRXXVFXSUKRGUJQMWGRXGULRUTWZLRFJRXXUJLDUZZRLWMARUDR.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 4
Starter clue: M = E
LBUTVRBPZVOVM,ZVTJJJMZZVXMLOVTBL,UOLKMTLGNPMQKRVXMMLIBPUMEMLVBIJOA.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 5
Starter clue: B = E
HKBVIMIXSYXXABCNEFBIHABMBNYHHCIZBFYVI,IMRCNYZWCFHIMVBHCIXXHKBSCFXR.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 6
Starter clue: U = N
ZIIRBSUUMAXXWIHTRYMSUCUGMAUSGCIUSTUITMXXGWSUSUCURCNCRHSTSGGACYHGM.
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 city should be a model in every respect for all the cities of the country.”— Theodore Roosevelt, 1902, Second Annual Message to CongressCipher key: A=P B=F C=B D=U E=L F=D G=Z H=C I=W J=H K=A L=S M=O N=G O=Y P=I Q=V R=T S=M T=Q U=X V=N W=K X=E Y=R Z=J
- “Our interests and those of our southern neighbors are in reality identical.”— Theodore Roosevelt, 1904, Fourth Annual Message to CongressCipher key: A=J B=R C=B D=V E=K F=Z G=O H=E I=F J=A K=C L=H M=Y N=L O=W P=M Q=I R=D S=N T=Q U=G V=S W=U X=P Y=X Z=T
- “Tyrants and oppressors have many times made a wilderness and called it peace.”— Theodore Roosevelt, 1904, Fourth Annual Message to CongressCipher key: A=P B=F C=G D=C E=J F=R G=M H=Z I=K J=N K=V L=D M=T N=U O=X P=B Q=Y R=E S=H T=W U=A V=O W=I X=S Y=Q Z=L
- “No city or State, still less the Nation, can be injured by the enforcement of law.”— Theodore Roosevelt, 1903, Third Annual Message to CongressCipher key: A=W B=O C=X D=Q E=M F=Z G=J H=G I=F J=L K=B L=N M=E N=U O=A P=R Q=D R=Y S=P T=I U=C V=T W=K X=H Y=V Z=S
- “The canal will be of great benefit to America, and of importance to all the world.”— Theodore Roosevelt, 1902, Second Annual Message to CongressCipher key: A=B B=E C=O D=Q E=G F=R G=V H=T I=A J=Z K=H L=Y M=N N=F O=S P=X Q=U R=D S=W T=K U=J V=C W=P X=L Y=I Z=M
- “Good manners should be an international no less than an individual attribute.”— Theodore Roosevelt, 1906, Sixth Annual Message to CongressCipher key: A=R B=M C=I D=F E=C F=Q G=T H=U I=O J=P K=X L=J M=E N=V O=Z P=Y Q=W R=D S=A T=L U=N V=K W=H X=S Y=B Z=G