Puzzle 1
Starter clue: V = I
ECDYUFDIVAFIVAOQNQYNGVXVRVMIFVQAFKCIBCJYIFCDIFCNVIRSIUVUEVFKQYFEKVGKFKIFGVXVRVMIFVQAGIAAQFCHVUF.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Theodore Roosevelt Cryptograms Set 9
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: A = O
RGZYAYZYFBCAYRSAYPTFYABGZSASRSAYPTVFYMABGZST,BGZSZCTYABSCNDYFINZWASZRGCXGBGZRSAYPUAZSXFYNZNSADPGB.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 3
Starter clue: Z = E
OPZZNNZKOJQUOPJKAJNOPQOOPZLVGDNPVBUTAVWVGLQGTBKTZGOPZSZNOMVNNJSUZMUQK,QKTLJOPOPZUZQNOMVNNJSUZTZUQE.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 4
Starter clue: V = E
ZHMEJVQGBHDAKMVXVFWVXVMCTFQTQKKVYFQFCVXHJRVQGTCFHQYHMTAATXXFKVQCGFQFQKDGCMLFMMVGRVXCFWVHYQVPAFPVQXV.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 5
Starter clue: M = E
CMSMQUOMIRJDQGSZIKMHQIMDSLIQTOUHZIEIQXQJMTMHZIEZCMIHUODUCMKZSZUVIMMJLRZSRMKMUZMXMILDGMIQRDSIMEFYJQR.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 6
Starter clue: O = E
EAPVUFOYEZZOYYPDPEBOLAOBQCOVUCEZFJOAOVJY,VPUPVNWSYBOMSBJYPEBPKVKONDSBO,TEUSYBOMSBJYUFOKONDSBOPDCSVXQVJ.
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)
- “We must maintain for our civilization the adequate material basis without which that civilization can not exist.”— Theodore Roosevelt, 1907, Seventh Annual Message to CongressCipher key: A=N B=D C=E D=M E=W F=T G=C H=X I=A J=Q K=H L=G M=Z N=R O=F P=J Q=O R=L S=B T=K U=S V=I W=Y X=V Y=U Z=P
- “When one nation wrongs another or wrongs many others, there is no tribunal before which the wrongdoer can be brought.”— Theodore Roosevelt, 1904, Fourth Annual Message to CongressCipher key: A=O B=T C=I D=U E=P F=A G=H H=X I=L J=V K=Q L=J M=Y N=B O=Z P=G Q=K R=W S=R T=S U=D V=M W=F X=C Y=N Z=E
- “The essential thing is that the work should go forward under the best possible plan, and with the least possible delay.”— Theodore Roosevelt, 1908, Eighth Annual Message to CongressCipher key: A=G B=U C=Q D=K E=Y F=C G=R H=X I=M J=I K=N L=W M=P N=S O=T P=H Q=A R=Z S=B T=D U=L V=O W=F X=J Y=V Z=E
- “Workmen should receive certain and definite compensation for all accidents in industry irrespective of negligence.”— Theodore Roosevelt, 1907, Seventh Annual Message to CongressCipher key: A=L B=H C=T D=U E=K F=I G=S H=O I=X J=M K=D L=Y M=R N=B O=J P=G Q=N R=P S=Q T=A U=Z V=E W=V X=C Y=F Z=W
- “We neither claim nor desire any rights or privileges or powers that we do not freely concede to every American Republic.”— Theodore Roosevelt, 1906, Sixth Annual Message to CongressCipher key: A=J B=Q C=W D=A E=P F=U G=M H=S I=R J=L K=D L=Y M=E N=Z O=H P=K Q=I R=C S=N T=G U=T V=F W=X X=V Y=B Z=O
- “Upon the success of our experiment much depends, not only as regards our own welfare, but as regards the welfare of mankind.”— Theodore Roosevelt, 1905, Inaugural AddressCipher key: A=P B=R C=M D=F E=U F=H G=V H=Z I=J J=D K=W L=X M=G N=L O=E P=O Q=I R=Q S=A T=B U=T V=N W=Y X=K Y=S Z=C