Puzzle 1
Starter clue: E = A
RPVWXPYFSEOSURVOSSRPSUVFYPGQOYFEJ,GIGQUIJZVIYEOOEQUIJTEJ.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Wisdom Cryptograms Set 135
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: Y = O
IKYEVLMNRKMIYQZKJNTYEWVCJYCNKYXQFTVBBOVFYDXCFMBKJNTQYVL.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 3
Starter clue: O = E
IKOGERUSVSTYAYABFOAIRYA'GIKSDHKIUOBSROGYRSXONARYA'GGQOOBK.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 4
Starter clue: H = E
MHLHZHYWROHDGOKJGIRCOAQIGOHII,EOKLJHXRCICGMMAHCHMMLHOKHK.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 5
Starter clue: S = O
GVGFSUMNFOTMMSYDQSDMQYOSLQIRGLQNQTLFVSPQVLGZSWTUQESVGSU.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 6
Starter clue: B = T
KNKIZLPBBKILIMQJKJXQJLPB,MRWUPJBPDMHHBXKPRKBXMBQJAIMAVKW.
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)
- “Though pleased to see the dolphins play, I mind my compass and my way.”— Matthew Green, 1737, The Spleen (in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed., 1891)Cipher key: A=B B=Q C=J D=X E=A F=L G=I H=F I=M J=Y K=R L=V M=K N=Z O=S P=H Q=N R=T S=E T=W U=D V=O W=U X=G Y=P Z=C
- “Who makes the wolf his companion should carry a dog under his cloak.”— Italian proverb, 1857, Recorded with English translation in Henry G. Bohn, A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs (London, 1857)Cipher key: A=Z B=R C=N D=G E=M F=D G=Q H=J I=W J=I K=H L=K M=E N=S O=Y P=B Q=L R=T S=V T=C U=X V=A W=P X=U Y=O Z=F
- “The symbol of an ancient man's thought becomes a modern man's speech.”— Henry David Thoreau, 1854, WaldenCipher key: A=N B=C C=K D=U E=Y F=I G=S H=G I=T J=Q K=H L=V M=J N=R O=E P=Z Q=P R=M S=O T=F U=B V=L W=X X=D Y=A Z=W
- “Let every one mind his own business, and the cows will be well tended.”— French proverb, 1857, Recorded with English translation in Henry G. Bohn, A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs (London, 1857)Cipher key: A=B B=Z C=W D=M E=A F=P G=I H=E I=S J=H K=D L=T M=L N=X O=N P=Q Q=U R=O S=J T=G U=F V=K W=Y X=C Y=R Z=V
- “It is only shallow people who require years to get rid of an emotion.”— Oscar Wilde, 1891, The Picture of Dorian GrayCipher key: A=B B=J C=V D=P E=M F=S G=I H=X I=Q J=C K=Z L=R M=L N=Y O=H P=G Q=E R=U S=O T=A U=N V=T W=F X=K Y=W Z=D
- “Every potter praises his pot, and most of all the one that is cracked.”— Italian proverb, 1857, Recorded with English translation in Henry G. Bohn, A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs (London, 1857)Cipher key: A=C B=T C=Q D=F E=X F=W G=J H=L I=R J=S K=E L=P M=A N=V O=U P=O Q=I R=N S=B T=Z U=M V=K W=D X=H Y=G Z=Y