Puzzle 1
Starter clue: I = E
RIGRQGQKCEHQXMIWDKVXDPXIQWRFVRQZIXQGDFXIGICCRIDIPWXIDFHCPKEPMCIXRFHLVQKLRXRFBVICWXQMIPXDKIZQIB.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Truth Cryptograms Set 25
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: Z = T
ZAFIGAWUPWGZAFZDOZATDFPWZFBOTVZWZAWXFGAWVWCFJZ,TPYZAFIGAWVWCFJZTDFPWZFBOTVZWZAWXFGAWYFVJQAZJPJZ.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 3
Starter clue: T = E
TWTICBMQNMKOSRPMMORGIOZLSPTMSTNOLEPWPMTEXCRUTHITLTMRPJTMRQKLQJTXQEC,XTKQITPRNOLOSRGOZZCWTIPKPTE.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 4
Starter clue: G = T
EFALGOSYGETGLOSYWTBGFIKOSYLTXOSFGOEFOSKZZJEGBVFCCLOHKGLKXJEOCBTQQJEGJZGLFBIJTSGENOCCJHKEGLKVJECY.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 5
Starter clue: Y = I
CLNYXDPYTF,OJMYJZYPWYXTJMRULYQESYXGXGJTJJHBRNJMYWYBLTMYOJNXI,MDYH,SYXGBLXEPBSYPWYX,XGJJWWBRHJFBQNDQI.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 6
Starter clue: C = E
BCJHWBZOEZLCEVCVWGCXSDWGOWHCXZIEHYSEFDYCERFHA,SDWGGWYCDEZFWH,EHYEACHCDWQXDCAEDYSWDZOCDFAOZXWSWZOCDX.
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)
- “He who would not be frustrate of his hope to write well hereafter in laudable things ought himself to be a true poem.”— John Milton, 1642, An Apology for Smectymnuus (in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed., 1891)Cipher key: A=Q B=M C=L D=R E=D F=I G=W H=N I=E J=X K=U L=G M=B N=Z O=K P=A Q=O R=H S=C T=Y U=V V=S W=F X=T Y=J Z=P
- “They who know the truth are not equal to those who love it, and they who love it are not equal to those who delight in it.”— Confucius, 1861, The Analects (James Legge translation, 1861)Cipher key: A=H B=Q C=V D=R E=B F=E G=W H=X I=Y J=I K=P L=C M=J N=F O=U P=N Q=G R=Z S=M T=A U=K V=L W=O X=S Y=D Z=T
- “Every known fact in natural science was divined by the presentiment of somebody, before it was actually verified.”— Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1844, Essays: Second SeriesCipher key: A=Q B=K C=Y D=G E=D F=J G=U H=P I=R J=M K=F L=S M=N N=W O=A P=I Q=O R=T S=C T=E U=H V=X W=V X=B Y=Z Z=L
- “Right and truth and justice and humanitarian efforts will have the moral support of this country all over the world.”— Calvin Coolidge, 1924, State of the Union AddressCipher key: A=G B=S C=L D=X E=R F=I G=T H=V I=C J=O K=E L=H M=Q N=Y O=A P=B Q=P R=K S=N T=U U=Z V=W W=J X=M Y=D Z=F
- “Puritanism, believing itself quick with the seed of religious liberty, laid, without knowing it, the egg of democracy.”— James Russell Lowell, 1870, Among My Books, First Series. New England Two Centuries ago (in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed., 1891)Cipher key: A=X B=O C=P D=A E=K F=M G=H H=D I=Y J=E K=Z L=U M=L N=R O=B P=N Q=C R=F S=W T=S U=Q V=J W=G X=T Y=I Z=V
- “We know that peace comes from honesty and fair dealing, from moderation, and a generous regard for the rights of others.”— Calvin Coolidge, 1927, State of the Union AddressCipher key: A=G B=W C=E D=R E=A F=I G=M H=N I=Y J=K K=J L=P M=Q N=Z O=H P=X Q=U R=L S=F T=B U=V V=C W=O X=S Y=D Z=T