Puzzle 1
Starter clue: I = O
CVPLPRKBIZWBSICVWMLIBQ,OILCVPMLIBQ'KKWDP;AGCCVPLPAJCIEGLXVWKPVRZKPFOELIORC,ILEFPWKGLP,ILVIBIL,ILCVPFRDP.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Wisdom Cryptograms Set 236
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: Z = E
EQYZVZQVJZEMFJJQMAIZKHDCZOEZJDPZFVDJJ;AIZRAOFCZJQHAIOQKWIAIZMQOJG,JDPZEYDJDHWDYFWZEVKEIZGNOQYTZIDHG.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 3
Starter clue: D = N
DSWIRDZKHDUSYFMYSUSWFWIFMFYUHDFDWAFTOHYFSOWIFDHWRSDHDCDSWIRDZASPTCVFUSYFZYHWFOPTWSSPYKSDGWRWPFDWG.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 4
Starter clue: C = A
YCVLCIVRZYCTMIRDCPHMDUYFMTCVTPRFOIZFOZZACZAMYOIZIMMGZRVCPPRLAUILRPDT,CVTLCDDUVCINCXMIOXACIQUZZMTAUY.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 5
Starter clue: W = E
KHQVNFWTHZWHOSNOONZWJNHOGWRKEENIQEEOGWEKIWQHJEKSWTOMNIWFWTMKHJKFKJPQEDKOKLWHSWDNZWKHOWTWUOKHVONQEE.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 6
Starter clue: B = N
YBIMHEEUBYGUBWCR,TQXFQSGUXHYHMZUDYQCIBENIZZQBVMYHBE,XF'QBWUZBICEYYZM,IBEYBXFUQZFQBVUMVZIXUFIZMFXFHBEUZ.
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)
- “There is no man doth a wrong, for the wrong's sake; but thereby to purchase himself profit, or pleasure, or honor, or the like.”— Francis Bacon, 1625, The Essays or Counsels, Civil and MoralCipher key: A=B B=N C=T D=K E=P F=L G=U H=X I=O J=Y K=S L=R M=W N=J O=F P=E Q=G R=I S=D T=Q U=Z V=H W=A X=C Y=V Z=M
- “Some people swallow the universe like a pill; they travel on through the world, like smiling images pushed from behind.”— Robert Louis Stevenson, 1881, Virginibus Puerisque and Other PapersCipher key: A=T B=J C=V D=I E=S F=A G=D H=N I=H J=L K=U L=Z M=W N=F O=R P=K Q=O R=Y S=C T=B U=X V=P W=G X=Q Y=M Z=E
- “Nothing can more promote the permanent welfare of the nation and nothing would be more grateful to our constituents.”— George Washington, 1794, Sixth Annual Message to CongressCipher key: A=W B=J C=D D=N E=X F=E G=S H=A I=H J=Q K=C L=Y M=P N=V O=F P=U Q=Z R=I S=O T=L U=M V=B W=T X=K Y=R Z=G
- “Man was not made so large limbed and robust but that he must seek to narrow his world, and wall in a space such as fitted him.”— Henry David Thoreau, 1854, WaldenCipher key: A=H B=Z C=A D=L E=Y F=B G=K H=G I=S J=Q K=X L=W M=E N=P O=U P=R Q=F R=O S=J T=D U=I V=N W=V X=C Y=M Z=T
- “In a government bottomed on the will of all the life and liberty of every individual citizen become interesting to all.”— Thomas Jefferson, 1805, Fifth Annual Message to CongressCipher key: A=P B=K C=J D=C E=L F=V G=H H=N I=F J=D K=I L=Z M=Y N=O O=T P=U Q=A R=W S=B T=R U=S V=G W=E X=Q Y=X Z=M
- “On a sudden open fly, With impetuous recoil and jarring sound, Th' infernal doors, and on their hinges grate Harsh thunder.”— John Milton, 1667, Paradise Lost, Book II. Line 879 (in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed., 1891)Cipher key: A=V B=N C=L D=C E=D F=H G=P H=U I=A J=K K=B L=X M=S N=J O=Z P=Q Q=I R=Y S=M T=W U=E V=G W=F X=T Y=O Z=R