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.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z
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)
“Oh, could you view the melody of every grace and music of her face, You'd drop a tear; Seeing more harmony in her bright eye than now you hear.”— Richard Lovelace, 1649, Orpheus to Beasts (in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed., 1891)Cipher key: A=E B=A C=R D=F E=W F=G G=L H=S I=X J=Y K=Q L=J M=N N=M O=V P=C Q=I R=P S=T T=H U=Z V=D W=O X=U Y=B Z=K
“The returns are a thousand fold in economic benefits, and infinitely more in reduction of suffering and promotion of human happiness.”— Herbert Hoover, 1929, Inaugural AddressCipher key: A=O B=C C=Z D=M E=G F=X G=V H=I I=N J=Y K=E L=B M=R N=Q O=J P=H Q=K R=U S=W T=D U=F V=L W=P X=S Y=A Z=T
“There was once a man who, not being able to find any other fault with his coal, complained that there were too many prehistoric toads in it.”— Mark Twain, 1894, The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead WilsonCipher key: A=X B=U C=T D=Q E=Y F=P G=V H=G I=R J=Z K=H L=N M=L N=O O=I P=M Q=W R=E S=J T=K U=B V=A W=F X=S Y=D Z=C
“We shall then exhibit the rare example of a great nation, abounding in all the means of happiness and security, altogether free from debt.”— Andrew Jackson, 1831, Third Annual Message to CongressCipher key: A=I B=J C=G D=P E=S F=L G=D H=A I=W J=Y K=M L=C M=V N=U O=R P=E Q=Z R=Q S=N T=O U=X V=K W=H X=F Y=T Z=B
“Let each man see to it that the dedication is in his own heart, the high purpose of the nation in his own mind, ruler of his own will and desire.”— Woodrow Wilson, 1917, Second Inaugural AddressCipher key: A=U B=T C=D D=K E=H F=X G=I H=Z I=M J=G K=E L=C M=W N=S O=P P=O Q=R R=L S=N T=Q U=V V=F W=Y X=A Y=J Z=B
“Young men are fitter to invent than to judge, fitter for execution than for counsel, and fitter for new projects than for settled business.”— Francis Bacon, 1625, Essays, Of Youth and Age (in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed., 1891)Cipher key: A=Z B=O C=M D=X E=K F=D G=Y H=Q I=B J=L K=F L=H M=J N=S O=E P=W Q=U R=A S=C T=N U=V V=T W=G X=R Y=P Z=I