Puzzle 1
Starter clue: K = E
ETBMKENYHMQOHVVJPKXTDTMPQBYMTBKKMYKEHDTAWZKHMMHVKDMBZKASBKXMYKZKPHZXATZYQBMHVKDMB.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Theodore Roosevelt Cryptograms Set 7
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: O = E
PAOZBRMMOVDOEAKXRE,PAOZBRMMOVCQYBDKX,EKXIOZPIOEQDOZSEAITPOEAXREKMRXVSZPYRKMOVSEKPRQX.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 3
Starter clue: J = A
EHRJPYJMMHEIOPBJELHBK,MJPWOJBYKUJMM,HAPJEELEAYOUAKEDOHBOHQFHPYLJMJBYKLBFOPOQPLOBYKILT.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 4
Starter clue: V = E
DKUVPWPVYKELTNXVTTNXKVPVTKTYPVYRYCVXNXWKDKUVXVVFDQQDPVTKSPVTVPOYKNDXYTYELTNXVTTZYKKVP.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 5
Starter clue: F = E
UHIYFDUFTPBDKFVXFDCTPUZKBZVTBDUHIFMHVIUBHVTPUDDFMFHXFZZFGFMVTUQKBMIVHIVPGVHXFZSFMFQVPF.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 6
Starter clue: C = E
NOCSCYKWJNMVDVLNOCDJNMVDJWOMYOHJTXGKXNRCXKAONOJNNOCTXOJWWXCSICJWWECVEWCHMNOCBKJWZKXNMAC.
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)
- “Most emphatically we do not wish to see the man of great talents refused the reward for his talents.”— Theodore Roosevelt, 1905, Fifth Annual Message to CongressCipher key: A=F B=S C=Z D=N E=M F=Q G=K H=A I=V J=Y K=E L=J M=T N=P O=C P=W Q=I R=X S=U T=O U=B V=L W=G X=D Y=H Z=R
- “The skilled mechanic, the skilled workman, can best become such by technical industrial education.”— Theodore Roosevelt, 1906, Sixth Annual Message to CongressCipher key: A=H B=K C=W D=M E=C F=Q G=Z H=X I=B J=G K=A L=J M=L N=F O=E P=T Q=O R=I S=U T=Y U=V V=D W=P X=N Y=R Z=S
- “Toward all other nations, large and small, our attitude must be one of cordial and sincere friendship.”— Theodore Roosevelt, 1905, Inaugural AddressCipher key: A=U B=N C=Q D=B E=T F=C G=J H=O I=H J=A K=S L=I M=L N=Y O=E P=R Q=F R=W S=K T=P U=M V=Z W=G X=V Y=D Z=X
- “Other great business interests are awakening to the need of forest preservation as a business matter.”— Theodore Roosevelt, 1903, Third Annual Message to CongressCipher key: A=C B=Y C=K D=O E=B F=D G=X H=L I=Q J=Z K=T L=U M=J N=I O=V P=R Q=F R=W S=P T=S U=H V=E W=G X=N Y=A Z=M
- “In the field of peaceful disposal of international differences several important advances were made.”— Theodore Roosevelt, 1907, Seventh Annual Message to CongressCipher key: A=Y B=O C=U D=F E=K F=E G=V H=N I=T J=X K=P L=G M=R N=Q O=Z P=D Q=M R=B S=W T=L U=I V=A W=J X=C Y=H Z=S
- “The regulation of the national highways must be such that they shall serve all people with equal justice.”— Theodore Roosevelt, 1908, Eighth Annual Message to CongressCipher key: A=C B=Q C=E D=N E=P F=K G=M H=W I=V J=A K=U L=F M=I N=T O=H P=Z Q=X R=B S=R T=Y U=D V=O W=L X=S Y=G Z=J