Puzzle 1
Starter clue: A = E
OLAYZZAQAWSTVAFOTDLYFXWTVKCKJYKCOH,TFBAFTDCOHCKNAYJOJ,CJYSTVAFNALCKWOLAAHA.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Wisdom Cryptograms Set 199
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: F = E
ALHFLAFLYDDALDBFHFYALYWFBU,LBWLDFRGFYDALDBFHFYDPYFU,LBWLDCTKADALDBFHFYATYDU.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 3
Starter clue: S = E
CXSZBHZOAWWXCZFWSHGZBHZYHPNSOBSDSAXBANZCXKPSUPNZTSYCXRPZSGTIBANYCXNYASXYS.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 4
Starter clue: A = T
AKDQMCIUXAKDDQBAKIACSNIUPAGCICRJOAKBUPEKAKDSDVABDUXDQSKQVLDGDBOAUTVUBSCAO.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 5
Starter clue: T = E
ZETSZEXZNHVUNKGNMRXHJTRZNKRTHUXKVT,BKNIMJTZETGKITAZGHRZTXINWZETGKIGRJEXKVT.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 6
Starter clue: B = I
BDBMHMPHTLIRJDPLMROADRCLIBJMDDRSBKLXHWBEDPBMABIL,XPLEDPWCRUWURLMERDSBKLXHW.
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)
- “The alleged power to charm down insanity, or ferocity in beasts, is a power behind the eye.”— Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1860, The Conduct of Life, Behaviour (in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed., 1891)Cipher key: A=E B=F C=I D=C E=J F=R G=Q H=Y I=V J=S K=N L=H M=K N=B O=T P=X Q=G R=U S=P T=O U=Z V=W W=D X=M Y=A Z=L
- “Have a heart that never hardens, and a temper that never tires, and a touch that never hurts.”— Charles Dickens, 1865, Our Mutual FriendCipher key: A=H B=N C=O D=T E=B F=E G=P H=V I=J J=Z K=C L=A M=G N=W O=Y P=I Q=X R=M S=Q T=U U=S V=L W=D X=F Y=R Z=K
- “One that will not plead that cause wherein his tongue must be confuted by his conscience.”— Thomas Fuller, 1642, The Holy and Profane State, The Good Advocate (in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed., 1891)Cipher key: A=I B=H C=O D=R E=J F=P G=D H=A I=Y J=V K=G L=K M=Z N=S O=W P=U Q=X R=F S=E T=B U=M V=Q W=L X=N Y=C Z=T
- “The axis of the earth sticks out visibly through the centre of each and every town or city.”— Oliver Wendell Holmes, 1858, The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table, VI (in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed., 1891)Cipher key: A=T B=R C=I D=E E=G F=M G=V H=Z I=S J=L K=H L=D M=X N=K O=Y P=U Q=A R=B S=C T=W U=O V=N W=P X=F Y=Q Z=J
- “They that on glorious ancestors enlarge, Produce their debt instead of their discharge.”— Edward Young, 1728, Love of Fame, the Universal Passion, Satire I. Line 147 (in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed., 1891)Cipher key: A=B B=P C=X D=Z E=H F=J G=I H=N I=D J=C K=R L=K M=U N=O O=V P=Q Q=M R=S S=Y T=E U=L V=G W=F X=A Y=W Z=T
- “It is a shame for the soul to be first to give way in this life, when thy body does not give way.”— Marcus Aurelius, 1862, Meditations (George Long translation, 1862)Cipher key: A=L B=I C=B D=T E=N F=J G=Z H=A I=F J=R K=V L=E M=S N=P O=U P=H Q=X R=O S=G T=M U=D V=Q W=Y X=W Y=K Z=C