5 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.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z
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)
“No small part of the trouble that we have comes from carrying to an extreme the national virtue of self-reliance, of independence in initiative and action.”— Theodore Roosevelt, 1907, Seventh Annual Message to CongressCipher key: A=I B=F C=S D=R E=U F=M G=B H=J I=L J=N K=Z L=H M=V N=P O=Y P=A Q=C R=X S=K T=O U=T V=D W=E X=G Y=Q Z=W
“Successful enterprise, of the type which benefits all mankind, can only exist if the conditions are such as to offer great prizes as the rewards of success.”— Theodore Roosevelt, 1901, First Annual Message to CongressCipher key: A=V B=D C=Q D=C E=J F=W G=U H=T I=X J=M K=L L=S M=Y N=H O=B P=R Q=E R=O S=G T=Z U=A V=I W=K X=N Y=F Z=P
“Public opinion throughout the United States has moved steadily toward a just appreciation of the value of forests, whether planted or of natural growth.”— Theodore Roosevelt, 1901, First Annual Message to CongressCipher key: A=I B=J C=Z D=N E=S F=H G=F H=D I=Q J=Y K=V L=C M=W N=K O=T P=A Q=U R=E S=X T=P U=L V=B W=O X=G Y=M Z=R
“We owe it to future generations to keep alive the noble and beautiful creatures which by their presence add such distinctive character to the American wilderness.”— Theodore Roosevelt, 1904, Fourth Annual Message to CongressCipher key: A=H B=J C=X D=G E=T F=Q G=I H=F I=D J=V K=L L=U M=W N=Z O=R P=O Q=N R=S S=Y T=A U=E V=M W=B X=C Y=K Z=P
“No country can develop its full strength so long as the parts which make up the whole each put a feeling of loyalty to the part above the feeling of loyalty to the whole.”— Theodore Roosevelt, 1906, Sixth Annual Message to CongressCipher key: A=E B=P C=Z D=O E=G F=L G=I H=X I=N J=H K=A L=V M=S N=Q O=U P=C Q=F R=Y S=T T=D U=K V=R W=M X=W Y=J Z=B