Puzzle 1
Starter clue: A = N
T'JJASXOUFAKGFOSXXFKGTACSLLGLLTSAESDFITAKNSQTADGRGDLTSA.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Wisdom Cryptograms Set 131
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: R = L
SIZGSUJDRRTMPUOMZUZSYHZMZGPLDRRSZLSRRDZRPDUZRPDCPDBDVH.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 3
Starter clue: S = E
RSNWFSONSMWESHSSLOBDBEEWHLWFJSRBTONSUSKJIJBHBTONSRBUKL.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 4
Starter clue: A = T
DOJBGNGVOMABFOYNUHGOUUDHARXNAANMGHGIHAAXXNMXDGHGAOMOUA.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 5
Starter clue: E = T
IRONNQFGMPEIOHYGMEVH,OFVKVEEVFETOHNOFXVQFGMPEIOHYIVNYGR.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 6
Starter clue: K = E
FKGFXTCKUUKUAJXEFKCU'ZVXEFKUGAVVSKLJTCKUUKTXJEFKFAIFGND.
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)
- “I'll not change a cottage in possession for a kingdom in reversion.”— English proverb, 1859, Recorded in Walter K. Kelly, Proverbs of All Nations, Compared, Explained, and Illustrated (London, 1859)Cipher key: A=N B=Q C=P D=R E=F F=A G=E H=Y I=K J=L K=G L=S M=J N=D O=C P=W Q=M R=V S=O T=I U=H V=U W=X X=T Y=Z Z=B
- “If this ball does not stick to the wall it will at least leave a mark.”— Spanish proverb, 1857, Recorded with English translation in Henry G. Bohn, A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs (London, 1857)Cipher key: A=X B=M C=V D=A E=G F=P G=H H=K I=F J=B K=Z L=W M=O N=Y O=N P=E Q=J R=L S=I T=D U=S V=R W=U X=Q Y=C Z=T
- “We have the same need to command a view of the religion of the world.”— Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1841, Essays: First SeriesCipher key: A=J B=O C=U D=C E=M F=V G=P H=N I=G J=I K=L L=D M=S N=H O=T P=X Q=Z R=W S=E T=F U=R V=B W=A X=K Y=Q Z=Y
- “We can undertake business without turning it to our own interest.”— Francois de La Rochefoucauld, 1871, Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims (J. Hain Friswell translation, 1871)Cipher key: A=T B=A C=P D=W E=Q F=K G=N H=I I=G J=C K=X L=Y M=R N=U O=E P=F Q=Z R=H S=L T=J U=S V=D W=M X=O Y=B Z=V
- “Small profits and often, are better than large profits and seldom.”— German proverb, 1857, Recorded with English translation in Henry G. Bohn, A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs (London, 1857)Cipher key: A=W B=Z C=U D=Q E=T F=R G=O H=N I=S J=C K=B L=Y M=F N=L O=A P=I Q=P R=M S=J T=H U=X V=E W=K X=G Y=D Z=V
- “He who dresses in others' clothes will be undressed on the highway.”— Spanish proverb, 1857, Recorded with English translation in Henry G. Bohn, A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs (London, 1857)Cipher key: A=I B=V C=R D=Y E=T F=H G=W H=K I=G J=N K=E L=U M=P N=A O=X P=Z Q=M R=Q S=B T=D U=S V=L W=J X=O Y=F Z=C