Puzzle 1
Starter clue: D = E
QGBJOIDDRGDDMQHNXRJQHLLYXLYXKWDDHKYXFRDHDZ,LYDRJQHLVXHHJLMJHNRFDKDFTDQLKKYXFRHDKK.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Wisdom Cryptograms Set 214
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: Q = E
SGQIVAQRVBIXHQWUSXVBIGVJAHYQSVIQQSGUSSGQIJESVSUAVTRGUBKQIWQDWQIQBSISGQDJYAXRKVVH.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 3
Starter clue: Z = E
KQZYQIXZKQZIWPIRIMWLFBKLKMKLIFBLBVTBZCIFKQZXLVZWKPTFCLFCZUZFCZFGZIRKQZLFCLNLCMTX.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 4
Starter clue: P = I
WGOZKPBPWNYSPCOBWMPZWGOZNAOBOPIVCQSHYNBOAOBMPVEDBMFGPRGNDBPVZWPWDWPNVZHQMBOROPAO.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 5
Starter clue: Y = E
ZMROYCYTMRIIYEPOQYCYTAHRE,OMJPJPBQTOMYJEOYTYPOQBOMYSEJCYTPRF:OMJPHJLMOXYPSBBJVJYEO.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 6
Starter clue: B = E
RVBKBXNJH,EBFRZBHRSBYLHJXSLTG,OVJVLNHJRKSBLNIXBFHLZJJTHJWBS,YINREBFHRJSBXLESGNRIKFT.
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)
- “If you keep feeling a point that has been sharpened, the point cannot long preserve its sharpness.”— Laozi, 1891, Tao Te Ching (James Legge translation, 1891)Cipher key: A=M B=Y C=Z D=E E=Q F=R G=F H=N I=K J=O K=S L=T M=L N=G O=U P=J Q=I R=P S=X T=V U=W V=C W=B X=A Y=H Z=D
- “The sole consideration should be to see that the sum total of changes represents the public good.”— Theodore Roosevelt, 1907, Seventh Annual Message to CongressCipher key: A=L B=N C=X D=P E=M F=Z G=H H=D I=S J=U K=G L=W M=Q N=V O=K P=Y Q=E R=C S=T T=F U=A V=O W=R X=I Y=B Z=J
- “The whole theory of our institutions is based on the liberty and independence of the individual.”— Calvin Coolidge, 1926, State of the Union AddressCipher key: A=M B=S C=D D=K E=J F=N G=C H=G I=O J=X K=T L=I M=U N=V O=Z P=Y Q=H R=F S=Q T=A U=P V=B W=R X=L Y=W Z=E
- “The spirit of liberty is the sovereign balm for every injury which our institutions may receive.”— William Henry Harrison, 1841, Inaugural AddressCipher key: A=V B=R C=B D=U E=J F=W G=H H=M I=G J=Z K=P L=Q M=Y N=O O=E P=I Q=A R=C S=L T=D U=X V=N W=T X=K Y=F Z=S
- “Whatever happens to every man, this is for the interest of the universal: this might be sufficient.”— Marcus Aurelius, 1862, Meditations (George Long translation, 1862)Cipher key: A=Y B=F C=V D=J E=N F=L G=Z H=M I=P J=I K=D L=G M=H N=K O=T P=S Q=O R=A S=U T=R U=Q V=C W=X X=B Y=E Z=W
- “The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.”— Jane Austen, 1817, Northanger AbbeyCipher key: A=C B=E C=J D=X E=B F=I G=Y H=N I=U J=O K=P L=A M=Q N=S O=W P=F Q=K R=T S=L T=D U=Z V=H W=V X=R Y=M Z=G