Puzzle 1
Starter clue: N = E
GNWPCNOUXNULSOLIDIUUIWNSJZXBNIINSPXOZXJQZSZI,PXOGNWPCNJWUGXIWNLIFUJIKUSVNPSPXHNZXNAPHIZXRULSUGXSZRWIJ.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Theodore Roosevelt Cryptograms Set 10
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: E = S
XJDTDHFXEKEXDTNPTMUFCQMAANFCXTDCXEFEFCFXEDEEDCODMESDTNOHMXFOMCSMTDHFOMCMEXJDONTTNCEOJNNGEKEXDTFXEDGP.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 3
Starter clue: B = O
MBBMJUJWJMUFBDJQSNFJFSBDDNEHABM,CMUAHZBNYUFJJKHBWBYYBZHPCHMBMJZBNYUBEEBFJXALBDBNFKJCFNDJFHBJDCUASCHJAH.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 4
Starter clue: L = E
OILZHSJOSLUVHJHOLPZJVMMLJJZVQJLQZ-TPFLSXGLXOHJVXZQHXMIHXTLXZPSMLGLXOPZOILQKEKXWOILMVOOHXTPVOPZMPSSVDOHPX.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 5
Starter clue: X = O
VXEIXLHBXYFRHRDZ,VXEIXLHBXYLDWTHB,FWVJWCDPAYXIWVKTXZZRVDRHBDIHBDVPJSDIXIHBDFBWIWFHDIXYHBDYWIJRVEAXAPTWHRXV.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 6
Starter clue: W = E
XALAMWTQAMZTENQZWHKAJEOSOUXPWELUNEXWHZQUX,EXZQWYUXOEWHEXZWMWTZAYAXWOJUTT,ZAKMWCWXZZQWWHROUZEAXAYUXAZQWMOJUTT.
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 have done our duty to others in letter and in spirit, and we have shown the utmost forbearance in exacting our own rights.”— Theodore Roosevelt, 1903, Third Annual Message to CongressCipher key: A=X B=L C=V D=Y E=Q F=M G=W H=C I=T J=S K=F L=U M=K N=E O=D P=A Q=P R=G S=R T=Z U=O V=B W=H X=N Y=J Z=I
- “The merit system of making appointments is in its essence as democratic and American as the common school system itself.”— Theodore Roosevelt, 1901, First Annual Message to CongressCipher key: A=P B=J C=N D=E E=S F=I G=L H=R I=X J=H K=Y L=Z M=A N=O O=C P=F Q=G R=W S=D T=M U=K V=B W=Q X=T Y=V Z=U
- “No one defends or excuses corruption, and it would seem to follow that none would oppose vigorous measures to eradicate it.”— Theodore Roosevelt, 1904, Fourth Annual Message to CongressCipher key: A=I B=O C=A D=R E=P F=S G=Y H=T I=B J=E K=M L=G M=N N=U O=K P=H Q=X R=J S=C T=Z U=D V=Q W=F X=V Y=L Z=W
- “The first requisite of successful self-government is unflinching enforcement of the law and the cutting out of corruption.”— Theodore Roosevelt, 1903, Third Annual Message to CongressCipher key: A=K B=Y C=B D=P E=W F=V G=M H=I I=H J=S K=A L=E M=C N=X O=T P=O Q=L R=Z S=R T=G U=Q V=U W=D X=N Y=J Z=F
- “No growth of cities, no growth of wealth, can make up for any loss in either the number or the character of the farming population.”— Theodore Roosevelt, 1907, Seventh Annual Message to CongressCipher key: A=P B=H C=K D=E E=G F=C G=J H=T I=R J=M K=Y L=W M=Q N=D O=Z P=U Q=V R=I S=B T=L U=X V=N W=A X=O Y=F Z=S
- “No more shortsighted policy can be imagined than, in the fancied interest of one class, to prevent the education of another class.”— Theodore Roosevelt, 1906, Sixth Annual Message to CongressCipher key: A=O B=Z C=V D=W E=I F=K G=Q H=D I=J J=L K=P L=M M=R N=G O=C P=B Q=H R=U S=Y T=S U=A V=X W=E X=N Y=F Z=T