Puzzle 1
Starter clue: J = I
JYNJQQOWYAZLWXAYZLYPIYNJYPTZRZTZOMZZJYPZTYWJOLJSJLXIQWTOIYJWOIQNZQRITZIFTJMXQYXTZJVWRDTJUITHJUDWTYIOMZ.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Wisdom Cryptograms Set 241
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.
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The puzzles
Puzzle 2
Starter clue: V = E
XVYXRYQUZDPVPRJDRYXUROVPQY,JDYXVYXRYTDKWDJEVJQVJWVYROVPQY;YXVJXDLWRJRJMURJHVPRQBYDHKVRORJDRYXXVJVEVKURBV?
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 3
Starter clue: G = T
GYUDICJEDGIMGYUZIQUWCPUCGSCVYTGWUBTGURGIMIWUSZCLIVUWRSRTBVTARTCIKFUDGIMGYUYSZYURGSPLIWGTCDUGIGYUCTGSIC.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 4
Starter clue: B = T
PRFULEBMSEGUGKPZPGZBMRBPBIGLOTASASBBSEUGELYBGMRQS[ZGORIY]RBROOBMRZBGMRQSBMSFPZYGKEGTPNPGLYZLFASEYRYISMRQS.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 5
Starter clue: U = E
VTUNCZEYFVJZXQZKVTUJXVUCJZCITJFTQUUOLSLCOUVLGCZLELCUEJCUFVDBEUNUXEUXVZXVTUQLKUVBLXEKCUUEZSZKZYCFZSSUCFU.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 6
Starter clue: X = I
PBPDJUNXITVNXKNXRXILIJVLJFPLHUXQHZXRFPLHUXQHZXIXURPZQ,LIYUPDSXILUPRXIXURPZQ,IWUNLBXITADLXRPLRALDUWQXURPZQ.
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)
- “It will not be doubted that with reference either to individual or national welfare agriculture is of primary importance.”— George Washington, 1796, Eighth Annual Message to CongressCipher key: A=B B=X C=Z D=P E=J F=G G=K H=Y I=A J=I K=Q L=D M=C N=W O=N P=H Q=L R=F S=V T=R U=M V=S W=O X=U Y=T Z=E
- “He that imposes an oath makes it, Not he that for convenience takes it; Then how can any man be said to break an oath he never made?”— Samuel Butler, 1664, Hudibras, Part II, Canto II. Line 377 (in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed., 1891)Cipher key: A=Q B=D C=G D=O E=V F=X G=Z H=B I=U J=N K=R L=W M=Y N=L O=K P=S Q=I R=A S=J T=F U=M V=E W=C X=H Y=T Z=P
- “The conduct of the Government in what relates to foreign powers is always an object of the highest importance to the nation.”— James Monroe, 1821, Second Inaugural AddressCipher key: A=Y B=L C=N D=C E=U F=J G=T H=Q I=O J=D K=B L=P M=F N=X O=K P=M Q=V R=S S=I T=A U=E V=W W=R X=Z Y=H Z=G
- “I am further of opinion that it would be better for us to have [no laws] at all than to have them in so prodigious numbers as we have.”— Michel de Montaigne, 1588, Essays, Book III, Chap. XIII. Of Experience (in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed., 1891)Cipher key: A=B B=T C=Y D=X E=R F=M G=O H=Z I=W J=K K=P L=U M=H N=G O=L P=I Q=V R=A S=E T=D U=F V=J W=C X=Q Y=S Z=N
- “The productions of the interior which seek a market abroad are directly dependent on the safety and freedom of our commerce.”— James K. Polk, 1845, First Annual Message to CongressCipher key: A=J B=Y C=R D=L E=D F=C G=B H=Z I=W J=I K=F L=A M=X N=P O=K P=V Q=S R=Q S=M T=H U=E V=T W=G X=N Y=U Z=O
- “Everything which is in any way beautiful is beautiful in itself, and terminates in itself, not having praise as part of itself.”— Marcus Aurelius, 1862, Meditations (George Long translation, 1862)Cipher key: A=P B=V C=X D=R E=K F=B G=Q H=U I=N J=Y K=C L=A M=Z N=H O=J P=E Q=F R=S S=M T=G U=T V=W W=O X=I Y=D Z=L