Puzzle 1
Starter clue: S = E
YJMPZZRMSSAEFZZOKSPABMSASTAIPRMIEMPDYQXVSJRSQVSVKSZICBMSVYXQYBOIEMYJBIAO.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Wisdom Cryptograms Set 198
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: M = E
X,ONPFGMUDMLOXGUHYZDKDEMGKF,CDDKMKXLCOMKOYLDYFMGMFFCGKONMWMOOMZXGUYBAEAXGK.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 3
Starter clue: B = E
NBTBXLRNUIMIMBKB,EXYTUFGB,XLR'SKLLFHLTZBIIMBYOCB,RFTUYBFBSPBORIUBKLHIMBFLTIM.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 4
Starter clue: F = R
SPKJVBRWFSCFPLQCFNVPFYLWFPFINFWIFPQQNBRLQWSFCSFSQKSMLWJWJSFLOJWRNCNWJSFR.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 5
Starter clue: K = N
APIITYMROGIFKUYOKDRPXIKAMNYOECDWWMGGOYADMKDRFKPMKMGAMFKFADMK,KMAFUDRQGFWI.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 6
Starter clue: F = E
CFXHZUFRQDIWXHFKVOKRDFPZQCZRINNFRHZOFTKDF,QCKQHTZRRZRJHUFFTHIRCFXHINQKAUF.
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 shall cheerfully bear the reproach of having descended below the dignity of history.”— Thomas Babington Macaulay, 1849, The History of England, Vol. I. Chap. I (in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed., 1891)Cipher key: A=R B=T C=W D=V E=F F=U G=Q H=J I=O J=S K=B L=M M=H N=X O=Y P=A Q=N R=C S=E T=P U=Z V=D W=K X=G Y=I Z=L
- “I, thus neglecting worldly ends, all dedicated to closeness and the bettering of my mind.”— William Shakespeare, 1611, The Tempest, Act I. Sc. 2 (in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed., 1891)Cipher key: A=M B=F C=A D=L E=Y F=S G=N H=W I=X J=V K=D L=C M=E N=H O=T P=U Q=P R=K S=Q T=J U=G V=Z W=B X=I Y=O Z=R
- “Were you with these, my prince, you'd soon forget the pale, unripened beauties of the north.”— Joseph Addison, 1713, Cato, a Tragedy, Act I. Sc. 4 (in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed., 1891)Cipher key: A=Z B=E C=L D=Q E=M F=N G=C H=F I=T J=K K=S L=O M=H N=W O=A P=B Q=X R=U S=D T=R U=I V=J W=V X=Y Y=P Z=G
- “Each must refrain from arbitrary or tyrannous interference with the rights of others.”— Theodore Roosevelt, 1902, Second Annual Message to CongressCipher key: A=Q B=U C=F D=P E=D F=R G=V H=X I=Y J=H K=C L=I M=W N=O O=G P=A Q=N R=S S=E T=L U=K V=M W=T X=Z Y=B Z=J
- “The exposure and punishment of public corruption is an honor to a nation, not a disgrace.”— Theodore Roosevelt, 1903, Third Annual Message to CongressCipher key: A=T B=Z C=L D=I E=B F=A G=R H=V I=E J=Q K=N L=W M=O N=F O=U P=H Q=G R=S S=Y T=X U=D V=J W=C X=M Y=P Z=K
- “Her silent course advance with inoffensive pace, that spinning sleeps on her soft axle.”— John Milton, 1667, Paradise Lost, Book VIII. Line 163 (in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed., 1891)Cipher key: A=X B=M C=H D=C E=Z F=E G=J H=S I=O J=G K=A L=B M=K N=F O=V P=W Q=T R=N S=Y T=P U=L V=D W=U X=R Y=Q Z=I