Puzzle 1
Starter clue: K = O
JKHHKAMWYQLTWBRCDWFKLYKQKXTALCBKALYWAVWLPKT.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Warren G. Harding Cryptograms Set 1
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: X = I
UZJWFZCZZMIXFXT,JEQWM,WMAVZTXYXGECTXHZVKBFZVXPXZAWMAYTGVXPXZA.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 3
Starter clue: Y = E
HBBHYGTLWEUQSUFYHUWJYYKTSEXWUBIBZZBDWTHXWUMJXRJQSFYTLMJSWMYSDY.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 4
Starter clue: O = N
SLCVOEGZSLOWDYMTBYEOGDYOVGEBOVRKDVUD,VOXFDUYVJDEGFEGSVRRCVOAEOX.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 5
Starter clue: O = A
KIVPRWQOHIOHFTZAWAFTFQMNAVNIOBAWE,HJONMIFQQFPNBFRRIROTZRWONWOQNIRJ.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 6
Starter clue: S = E
NPJZW,MSNNSDNYZASFSDMSQPDS,ISBAPINYSZKULDZNLPAKPQYCHZABLAJ,ZAJKYZDSNYSH.
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)
- “Common welfare is the goal of our national endeavor.”— Warren G. Harding, 1921, Inaugural AddressCipher key: A=N B=I C=T D=H E=X F=G G=K H=M I=Z J=C K=O L=A M=W N=Q O=J P=V Q=F R=S S=B T=R U=P V=D W=E X=U Y=L Z=Y
- “We have seen civil, human, and religious liberty verified and glorified.”— Warren G. Harding, 1921, Inaugural AddressCipher key: A=D B=Y C=S D=Q E=U F=V G=O H=B I=C J=H K=T L=P M=N N=Z O=X P=F Q=M R=K S=J T=L U=W V=R W=A X=I Y=G Z=E
- “No one justly may deny the equality of opportunity which made us what we are.”— Warren G. Harding, 1921, Inaugural AddressCipher key: A=Z B=O C=B D=R E=L F=D G=J H=N I=F J=H K=Q L=S M=W N=G O=K P=V Q=M R=C S=A T=U U=Y V=X W=T X=I Y=E Z=P
- “Humanity hungers for international peace, and we crave it with all mankind.”— Warren G. Harding, 1921, Inaugural AddressCipher key: A=K B=O C=M D=E E=I F=W G=T H=J I=X J=V K=P L=U M=S N=Q O=N P=B Q=Z R=L S=H T=F U=C V=A W=G X=D Y=R Z=Y
- “We must face a condition of grim reality, charge off our losses and start afresh.”— Warren G. Harding, 1921, Inaugural AddressCipher key: A=I B=L C=B D=K E=Y F=O G=J H=C I=E J=H K=W L=Z M=G N=R O=A P=U Q=F R=S S=X T=N U=P V=M W=T X=V Y=Q Z=D
- “Today, better than ever before, we know the aspirations of humankind, and share them.”— Warren G. Harding, 1921, Inaugural AddressCipher key: A=N B=K C=U D=R E=Z F=V G=L H=M I=W J=D K=S L=I M=B N=T O=C P=O Q=F R=X S=E T=G U=P V=J W=Y X=Q Y=H Z=A