Puzzle 1
Starter clue: K = O
XKKFBMUFMUNOFBCXYXPKXHJFJKXCGCXHJNNMHJCFMOYUUMXHMU.JRUKRKOMFKNKLMJNNMHJCFMGSYRKXSKYUEKUVO.
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Ulysses S. Grant Cryptograms Set 3
5 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 = T
PJGFXRPGYLPBPGL,KRPJHTGBPORDGTBORPZ,UNNGTLRPLERPRMGXLJRWPUBOOKJURXHUUYNBRPJEUCWOZKRPJPJGTGSFRTGCGXPLUNOBK.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 3
Starter clue: P = E
PYPVULZFZDPSYZGZFZSTFRPLOIZFOWXPPWGOIVZHPZSZFGTVENZSTAPOQFU,OSHFROFRPFEEZGIOVFENSPVZSFRPZSYPGFJPSFGJOHPRPVP.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 4
Starter clue: K = E
ICKKNKYJIGZVJVUMRAGBGEJIGZVZBICKEGYGNDKAYGEKZBICKWZYKAVXKVIQGNNLKCJGNKUQGICJMMAZYJNLFICKQCZNKMKZMNKZBICKRVGIKUDIJIKD.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 5
Starter clue: K = T
KJNRVEXOZJDUFNNSSVKKVXSPAXWNXSKVKJNYXUHVCVLEDYUDEWNDHZNSDOKNH,FAKKVENDWSKJNXWURXWXKDSHXSKNSKDSHKVNSLVWONKJNCDOOVWHXSIEZ.
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 (5 solutions)
- “No other terms than unconditional and immediate surrender. I propose to move immediately upon your works.”— Ulysses S. Grant, 1862, To Gen. S. B. Buckner, Fort Donelson, Feb. 16, 1862 (in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed., 1891)Cipher key: A=Z B=H C=A D=B E=W F=T G=L H=D I=G J=I K=O L=V M=E N=M O=S P=C Q=J R=P S=Y T=F U=R V=K W=Q X=N Y=U Z=X
- “The United States, with great liberality, offers its citizenship to all who in good faith comply with the requirements of law.”— Ulysses S. Grant, 1875, Seventh Annual Message to CongressCipher key: A=V B=A C=M D=B E=C F=U G=E H=G I=X J=H K=W L=S M=Z N=F O=L P=T Q=K R=I S=Q T=R U=O V=J W=P X=N Y=D Z=Y
- “Every citizen visiting the capital feels a pride in its growing beauty, and that he too is part owner in the investments made here.”— Ulysses S. Grant, 1873, Fifth Annual Message to CongressCipher key: A=B B=K C=J D=Z E=O F=T G=S H=D I=P J=M K=Q L=C M=X N=W O=A P=E Q=U R=H S=N T=G U=Y V=R W=L X=F Y=V Z=I
- “The elevation and purification of the civil service of the Government will be hailed with approval by the whole people of the United States.”— Ulysses S. Grant, 1870, Second Annual Message to CongressCipher key: A=R B=F C=H D=S E=C F=Y G=I H=J I=T J=A K=E L=B M=P N=L O=Z P=K Q=W R=U S=Q T=X U=D V=N W=G X=M Y=V Z=O
- “The policy has been not to inquire into the wisdom of laws already enacted, but to learn their spirit and intent and to enforce them accordingly.”— Ulysses S. Grant, 1871, Third Annual Message to CongressCipher key: A=U B=K C=M D=A E=L F=B G=V H=D I=G J=H K=T L=F M=J N=E O=C P=Q Q=Z R=P S=N T=X U=S V=O W=R X=I Y=W Z=Y