Puzzle 1
Starter clue: F = O
CZJTMLMOPLDRGFRFSDWQOFOSKSFRKHOLFWCFWDOMFR.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Truth 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: E = T
XJEZSXEZJRIQWS,EZJRNQRSA,EZJRYJNS,PTWSNSEXMEZ.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 3
Starter clue: J = T
VLYENJKXJXYDNJYWGJOAJYBDNDDTJLUDMXYXELRWGXO.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 4
Starter clue: C = E
GCRGJAZCFJKIGCLMJBKSDBFICTXCNIIJECIMJSSCKJK.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 5
Starter clue: G = T
NIYDBGOIIZQBNQHZJWWO-WDGUNWUWDJABZIQOGNIGHDGN.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 6
Starter clue: A = E
UASAYWAPAWHIJQOAYPAOROUAZIHIVSAYWAPAWHIVCAQO.
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)
- “Publicity can do no harm to the honest corporation.”— Theodore Roosevelt, 1903, Third Annual Message to CongressCipher key: A=J B=Q C=P D=A E=V F=O G=D H=S I=G J=B K=E L=C M=I N=K O=T P=Y Q=M R=N S=H T=L U=Z V=F W=R X=W Y=X Z=U
- “Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth.”— Henry David Thoreau, 1854, WaldenCipher key: A=Y B=D C=J D=X E=T F=Z G=W H=B I=L J=A K=S L=K M=U N=M O=Q P=G Q=O R=N S=E T=I U=P V=C W=V X=R Y=F Z=H
- “Words that are strictly true seem to be paradoxical.”— Laozi, 1891, Tao Te Ching (James Legge translation, 1891)Cipher key: A=Y B=U C=J D=E E=D F=Q G=C H=G I=F J=T K=H L=O M=P N=S O=L P=K Q=N R=X S=Z T=M U=B V=W W=I X=A Y=R Z=V
- “He who lies on the ground must expect to be trodden on.”— German proverb, 1857, Recorded with English translation in Henry G. Bohn, A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs (London, 1857)Cipher key: A=L B=U C=E D=M E=B F=S G=H H=J I=T J=O K=N L=G M=R N=C O=Q P=Z Q=A R=W S=D T=X U=F V=K W=Y X=P Y=V Z=I
- “He must keep a sharp look-out who would speak the truth.”— Danish proverb, 1857, Recorded with English translation in Henry G. Bohn, A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs (London, 1857)Cipher key: A=D B=S C=Q D=U E=J F=B G=T H=R I=E J=L K=Y L=Z M=X N=H O=K P=C Q=A R=V S=I T=N U=W V=F W=O X=G Y=M Z=P
- “We believe in ourselves as we do not believe in others.”— Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1844, Essays: Second SeriesCipher key: A=E B=P C=H D=K E=Y F=C G=F H=N I=O J=U K=J L=Z M=X N=Q O=S P=V Q=R R=A S=B T=G U=W V=T W=I X=M Y=L Z=D