Puzzle 1
Starter clue: Y = E
XKYSRXCBUFSRFVRXHYBRCUXHLFURCBMCUZYBUXOHYVFSZYFZHYANFAFJHMUZYBMIYXSURFQYRNYSXBMBFROFSYRNYLUYHWYURFMYXRN.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Wisdom Cryptograms Set 242
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: B = E
GMBHOSBEQBJLCIZHLMBHCUXBSZENOVPTSBBPXQBIBZIQBGMZOWHZGMPDBTZHBLZPXBLLBSGZSQN,OPUUZDBNLZQBPNPNOEEBSBHLQOEB.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 3
Starter clue: N = O
GQHICQCHUXLNZCEQGYKLHGXHANBEHWWCKGHYSCENEQCLNBEQ.GTYNJYNLNBEQ,YNYNUEQ,YNCHLE,YNJCLE,ENJQGSQGNJCHYFHWWCKGHYSC.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 4
Starter clue: D = E
BZDCRSIBSDLKRIRBDECIKYYDIICKQIDQC-UENDSTHDTBRIKTCQRTYZRTUDTCESYDHDTBECBZDQFXFTMBZDYKBBRTUEKBECYESSKABRET.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 5
Starter clue: J = T
PSDXCJOSDJTWXNSMSDJHLJPHQLHDHMJRTKHLMNHMJWDSJAWNHJTPSDPWMXDWMXJTJLWMDNSJSJCMSNQWSLHXZOPSNJTPSDDCAAHDDTL.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 6
Starter clue: P = T
PJFWHOPFEZPCPFZ,KOPJLIFCPGOAFICGOPN,MBBFIZOPZTOPOVFHZJOQPMCGGKJMOHLMMEBCOPJTMXQGNKOPJPJFIFUWOIFXFHPZMBGCK.
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)
- “A certain sort of talent is almost indispensable for people who would spend years together and not bore themselves to death.”— Robert Louis Stevenson, 1881, Virginibus Puerisque and Other PapersCipher key: A=W B=N C=I D=Z E=Q F=O G=J H=L I=Y J=U K=C L=M M=D N=H O=B P=K Q=G R=T S=R T=X U=S V=F W=V X=A Y=E Z=P
- “When I reflect upon the number of disagreeable people who I know have gone to a better world, I am moved to lead a different life.”— Mark Twain, 1894, The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead WilsonCipher key: A=Y B=E C=U D=V E=F F=X G=W H=N I=P J=C K=Z L=T M=H N=D O=I P=A Q=L R=J S=R T=G U=M V=S W=K X=B Y=Q Z=O
- “I have heard something said about allegiance to the South. I know no South, no North, no East, no West, to which I owe any allegiance.”— Henry Clay, 1848, Speech, 1848 (in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed., 1891)Cipher key: A=B B=U C=E D=F E=T F=Y G=I H=A I=V J=W K=G L=S M=X N=O O=P P=Z Q=H R=Q S=C T=K U=R V=J W=L X=D Y=N Z=M
- “The first requisite of successful self-government is unflinching enforcement of the law and the cutting out of corruption.”— Theodore Roosevelt, 1903, Third Annual Message to CongressCipher key: A=P B=T C=F D=E E=O F=A G=K H=M I=S J=B K=U L=Q M=D N=V O=Z P=J Q=L R=I S=R T=N U=G V=Y W=X X=W Y=C Z=H
- “His duty is to administer the present Government as it came to his hands and to transmit it unimpaired by him to his successor.”— Abraham Lincoln, 1861, First Inaugural AddressCipher key: A=C B=L C=U D=S E=Q F=W G=J H=E I=K J=T K=V L=R M=N N=M O=Y P=H Q=P R=G S=I T=O U=Z V=F W=A X=D Y=X Z=B
- “The United States, with great liberality, offers its citizenship to all who in good faith comply with the requirements of law.”— Ulysses S. Grant, 1875, Seventh Annual Message to CongressCipher key: A=B B=F C=A D=J E=D F=E G=L H=N I=R J=H K=W L=G M=O N=Y O=I P=T Q=P R=X S=V T=C U=Q V=Z W=U X=M Y=K Z=S