Puzzle 1
Starter clue: F = T
LBIFGQBXGIZIQECLZFGVXZIVFMIVY,FLUVEEFGJYQHIQBFZPFGVBMNPEFQRI,CQFGVOIBIALYIBFMQEULEQFQLBIAIBFLYQVZEVBMPBNPEFWIB.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Truth Cryptograms Set 28
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: A = E
TAEQXALPGAWPQLVAQNNAQVOJQWOPYPKWEAKQLWWEQWWNIAOYMOXOMIQVKNAAMPGLQYYPWASOUWTOWEPIWALPYPGOLUALINOWZQYMOYMAHAYMAYLA.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 3
Starter clue: Z = E
PMZCSZEPZSYESPFNQMEPOJXZTCMIFSGHEBBCFFVTIZBTZLZTXOJGFKBPFIZIEV,EXVTNTSZYZXPFNEXJPMTXC,TPTGLZSJBTDZBJPFIZOJCFFVIZMELTFS.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 4
Starter clue: F = E
LWLYBFIHFEWCNGTQYWITDYWMFUVNBFTBCFSTVZTDW,QTUVRVNY,YVNLQSWMLQSYVSVLQYWTQFZFMLQRTQF'YZVEPWMVWVIFVZYTCDWFCNVQRFQWLIFCNWIDF.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 5
Starter clue: N = O
JBWCQWWILTFODRDBNNF,JBWDBEGDWCNQWEDBTNHNQXOQFJNXWJEXNNUWFWVWGJEQHWULDEJONG,FOWREJJBWCNLGUEJONGNCNLQYBNFWINFOJODEFROJLEJONG.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 6
Starter clue: J = E
OJEPK,UVOJRJN,GVKVWUXKTVYSJNCPKJKWRPHLJYVNSJPEJLKHJIIOJBJJSJRJNEHJPNHQXKCXKGWUJJWUXEPHJHJCJKWOUXEUHXJIPWWUJNVVWVYWUJSNVDHJC.
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)
- “One thing here is worth a great deal, to pass thy life in truth and justice, with a benevolent disposition even to liars and unjust men.”— Marcus Aurelius, 1862, Meditations (George Long translation, 1862)Cipher key: A=V B=N C=W D=K E=S F=T G=H H=F I=E J=Y K=Z L=O M=D N=J O=B P=U Q=I R=C S=Q T=X U=P V=A W=M X=G Y=L Z=R
- “We have come to a clear realization of the fact that true individual freedom cannot exist without economic security and independence.”— Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1944, State of the Union AddressCipher key: A=E B=K C=Q D=G E=H F=B G=M H=P I=U J=Z K=F L=C M=D N=R O=I P=O Q=A R=J S=X T=W U=S V=L W=T X=V Y=N Z=Y
- “The greater part of what my neighbors call good I believe in my soul to be bad, and if I repent of anything, it is very likely to be my good behavior.”— Henry David Thoreau, 1854, WaldenCipher key: A=Z B=L C=G D=K E=A F=O G=S H=C I=B J=Y K=U L=V M=H N=F O=M P=T Q=W R=X S=R T=I U=Q V=D W=J X=N Y=P Z=E
- “It is perfectly monstrous the way people go about, nowadays, saying things against one behind one's back that are absolutely and entirely true.”— Oscar Wilde, 1893, A Woman of No ImportanceCipher key: A=J B=P C=L D=U E=C F=E G=M H=F I=R J=V K=Q L=I M=H N=Y O=X P=K Q=N R=D S=G T=O U=W V=A W=T X=Z Y=S Z=B
- “The free public school, the chance for each boy or girl to get a good elementary education, lies at the foundation of our whole political situation.”— Theodore Roosevelt, 1906, Sixth Annual Message to CongressCipher key: A=V B=H C=F D=C E=A F=L G=N H=Y I=P J=T K=J L=U M=K N=O O=I P=Q Q=R R=S S=Z T=B U=D V=M W=E X=G Y=W Z=X
- “We can, however, do nothing of permanent value for peace unless we keep ever clearly in mind the ethical element which lies at the root of the problem.”— Theodore Roosevelt, 1905, Fifth Annual Message to CongressCipher key: A=Z B=K C=M D=B E=C F=Q G=D H=L I=S J=E K=N L=U M=X N=R O=W P=A Q=Y R=V S=P T=G U=H V=O W=T X=I Y=F Z=J