Puzzle 1
Starter clue: K = E
XNXRWONKINEKAZRKNEZNNEKFZIHEWAZI'NNKUUZUXKNEXILREKXRNEKPKRNVQGCKWOWIK.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Truth Cryptograms Set 17
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: Q = E
PDXQKBIJBAKADPAKAWYDVIQKBLYVBDDQSOBQL;VEGLPDQKQJBOO:YWDJBLGWIEQTQDOBQL.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 3
Starter clue: H = T
DPRQ,WXHQDHBSDYNWBWHEJESBWXYHWHSHWEXY,YQESGAREXRDADYECDHQWXIHEHQDEHQDB.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 4
Starter clue: T = A
ORSBEGYCLTSCTSRSLRSXTWRSMTQQBTYTSZBTYBLBPCGUTLLGZRTWBCERWFWYXBDRYWXB.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 5
Starter clue: D = O
XUWQQDGTAMEZFTBBABUPTNCUATX,AUX,UGNIDDXQDYAT;NAEDYXITNXBUGEDYXRDYBDEAMTX.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 6
Starter clue: Q = N
MNHGNIQSXLUXMGWVGVDGT,NQAWQGNIQNUDQMVDNGMDS,XQJNKXLNQXGNIQHISJXQJOXVVWQ.
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)
- “It is often the case that the man who can't tell a lie thinks he is the best judge of one.”— Mark Twain, 1894, The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead WilsonCipher key: A=C B=V C=G D=Y E=H F=M G=D H=W I=N J=Z K=E L=K M=P N=T O=F P=B Q=U R=S S=Q T=X U=L V=J W=O X=I Y=R Z=A
- “Urge him with truth to frame his fair replies; And sure he will: for Wisdom never lies.”— Alexander Pope, 1726, The Odyssey of Homer (Pope's translation), Book III. Line 25 (in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed., 1891)Cipher key: A=T B=I C=Y D=R E=N F=B G=D H=Q I=M J=W K=H L=S M=K N=C O=L P=U Q=E R=X S=P T=V U=Z V=A W=O X=G Y=F Z=J
- “Each, in the true spirit of our institutions, should concede something to the other.”— James K. Polk, 1848, Fourth Annual Message to CongressCipher key: A=D B=R C=M D=E E=O F=Z G=L H=T I=G J=F K=X L=Q M=Y N=P O=V P=A Q=H R=C S=U T=J U=W V=K W=I X=N Y=S Z=B
- “Fine words and an insinuating appearance are seldom associated with true virtue.”— Confucius, 1861, The Analects (James Legge translation, 1861)Cipher key: A=K B=E C=D D=V E=W F=H G=O H=X I=J J=B K=Y L=S M=G N=Q O=F P=L Q=P R=I S=N T=A U=M V=Z W=T X=U Y=R Z=C
- “Rich honesty dwells like a miser, sir, in a poor house; as your pearl in your foul oyster.”— William Shakespeare, 1600, As You Like It, Act V. Sc. 4 (in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed., 1891)Cipher key: A=S B=L C=M D=O E=Y F=W G=N H=G I=P J=B K=X L=V M=T N=A O=J P=K Q=H R=F S=Q T=E U=I V=Z W=C X=R Y=U Z=D
- “Fiction lags after truth, invention is unfruitful, and imagination cold and barren.”— Edmund Burke, 1775, Speech on Conciliation with America, Speech on the Conciliation of America. Vol. II. p. 116 (in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed., 1891)Cipher key: A=V B=X C=W D=U E=J F=Z G=T H=C I=O J=D K=M L=G M=F N=I O=B P=Y Q=N R=K S=L T=H U=S V=R W=E X=A Y=P Z=Q