Puzzle 1
Starter clue: L = T
XMCJSIPHRLCMXTPRCLFJDHLMHZHFMJELTDLCPHLCMWDPMLZHIYLPSSZPTJEIMSPRCLEDSYLDIPMY.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Truth Cryptograms Set 20
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: P = E
HPIVSMMKPNVPBLOPSBPOQJSDQZHPKFNOPBSQDNOFPNLNVPGOQDJQGMPIQDHVQJVHPVSRPKPPDKOPW.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 3
Starter clue: P = E
JPZQEOWXQAAYBPQXWNAFWAXJYXSYOQRQDRNDQCDPFPAYWL,CNXJPJWNDLFAPHPABPXSPXANPRWNAHP.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 4
Starter clue: H = E
IKGRMPHKMOSRIMHPWZSHGSHOKPFMRGSRMJZGAHTMJG.VRCHSRIKIKMF,KGUSHZRPPOHPPEJXOSHOTXOS.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 5
Starter clue: N = E
SNTYLLWBNIZNTBBWCNVNFDNANGOVWHBWDF,CXBSNGWNIZNTBBWGDANKBDBWOGNPVYGDLPTWLGDBDWLK.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 6
Starter clue: W = N
EFQFMWQLEOTLXMLZVZWOPTCFEGLQMUEFQPQJZTWTWCXGAVTHVZWOLTLMUUGWOZJQWEZVTJXMPEZWHQ.
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)
- “Beholding the bright countenance of truth in the quiet and still air of delightful studies.”— John Milton, 1642, The Reason of Church Government, Introduction, Book II (in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed., 1891)Cipher key: A=M B=P C=H D=U E=F F=C G=Y H=N I=D J=O K=V L=T M=E N=W O=Z P=I Q=X R=G S=L T=R U=K V=J W=Q X=B Y=S Z=A
- “We shall be the more American if we but remain true to the principles in which we have been bred.”— Woodrow Wilson, 1917, Second Inaugural AddressCipher key: A=J B=M C=G D=N E=K F=U G=P H=W I=S J=C K=B L=O M=L N=T O=R P=E Q=I R=V S=A T=Q U=X V=H W=D X=Y Y=Z Z=F
- “We may not arrive at our port within a calculable period, but we would preserve the true course.”— Henry David Thoreau, 1854, WaldenCipher key: A=R B=V C=B D=L E=Y F=P G=F H=S I=K J=W K=J L=D M=Q N=U O=N P=E Q=A R=C S=H T=Z U=X V=G W=O X=T Y=I Z=M
- “Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.”— Oscar Wilde, 1891, The Critic as ArtistCipher key: A=P B=X C=V D=B E=Y F=K G=N H=E I=M J=O K=A L=Q M=S N=Z O=T P=L Q=J R=I S=H T=R U=D V=G W=F X=U Y=C Z=W
- “We can not expect to be relieved from toil, but we do expect to divest it of degrading conditions.”— Calvin Coolidge, 1926, State of the Union AddressCipher key: A=V B=T C=B D=I E=J F=L G=D H=M I=X J=Q K=S L=N M=H N=E O=F P=G Q=Y R=K S=W T=C U=Z V=R W=O X=U Y=A Z=P
- “The honest disposal and right use of the remaining public lands is of fundamental importance.”— Theodore Roosevelt, 1905, Fifth Annual Message to CongressCipher key: A=B B=Z C=G D=K E=T F=H G=U H=C I=X J=M K=W L=S M=O N=J O=D P=R Q=E R=Y S=Q T=I U=F V=L W=N X=P Y=V Z=A