Puzzle 1
Starter clue: Y = E
KYNIXKNGJPKYYVOAIGYZZBNFYQYNAXT;OHGYVTNGJPEZBYXHPZPEZXBEGYTNGJIHY.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Truth Cryptograms Set 15
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: M = E
RSMBMAGMRVYMBYFKFMOMINGVNAKVYRO,KFWYFFNRVMRRYFJRSMGYJSRTNTMFRBVYD.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 3
Starter clue: X = E
QHQSXTUAXBUAFTLGMLRXTQBXR,URZJHTX;QMXGLLSLAFRUCXQMUQJXUATUQHQSXSHXT.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 4
Starter clue: Q = E
WDQRGWNSRGOBQXSABKQX,WDQR,GBQARQCDGAXWQV,GRV,GXJQMQONQLQ,NRQCDGAXWNMOQ.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 5
Starter clue: H = E
HDEMFSBBPHISWZJSWJJGZVHKQIJQH,LQWBSAHZJGZVXFKIXEHJWGHJQLJWZDTHWIQH.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 6
Starter clue: B = O
ZTRXSYZTOBZWYPP;ABTVXOZREQXTWZBBQNXPXAZBRTLBREZTGABTBRTLBREZTG'WKBBQ.
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)
- “Health and cheerfulness make beauty; finery and cosmetics cost money and lie.”— Spanish proverb, 1857, Recorded with English translation in Henry G. Bohn, A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs (London, 1857)Cipher key: A=U B=M C=P D=X E=O F=K G=N H=I I=L J=D K=H L=Q M=V N=A O=F P=C Q=B R=J S=Z T=Y U=W V=R W=G X=T Y=E Z=S
- “The secret lies in an eye for locality, and in not letting the right moment slip.”— Sun Tzu, 1910, The Art of War (Lionel Giles translation, 1910)Cipher key: A=C B=S C=Q D=P E=Z F=N G=R H=J I=F J=G K=A L=W M=E N=O O=Y P=U Q=X R=T S=H T=M U=K V=L W=D X=V Y=I Z=B
- “Titles are marks of honest men, and wise; The fool or knave that wears a title lies.”— Edward Young, 1728, Love of Fame, the Universal Passion, Satire I. Line 145 (in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed., 1891)Cipher key: A=R B=M C=V D=X E=Q F=K G=F H=I I=Z J=W K=U L=O M=H N=J O=P P=G Q=T R=N S=L T=S U=A V=C W=Y X=E Y=B Z=D
- “The national resources, then, are unexhausted, and, as we believe, inexhaustible.”— Abraham Lincoln, 1864, Fourth Annual Message to CongressCipher key: A=U B=R C=X D=H E=Q F=Z G=A H=K I=M J=W K=C L=V M=B N=I O=L P=G Q=E R=N S=O T=F U=Y V=D W=T X=S Y=J Z=P
- “Envy will merit as its shade pursue, But like a shadow proves the substance true.”— Alexander Pope, 1711, An Essay on Criticism, Part II. Line 266 (in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed., 1891)Cipher key: A=K B=L C=Z D=N E=V F=W G=H H=E I=R J=S K=P L=B M=Y N=F O=G P=M Q=U R=Q S=I T=C U=X V=D W=T X=O Y=J Z=A
- “True patriots all; for be it understood we left our country for our country's good.”— George Barrington, 1796, Prologue written for the Opening of the Play-house at New South Wales, Jan. 16, 1796 (in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed., 1891)Cipher key: A=F B=O C=X D=V E=N F=H G=Y H=K I=Q J=M K=G L=C M=Z N=W O=I P=L Q=D R=U S=P T=R U=J V=B W=S X=E Y=A Z=T