Puzzle 1
Starter clue: A = I
QYRYXAUPYZACYXDGAYQOAXXCDGACZPGKJISYOAQIQJJFCDQFYRRYSGVQAGAJCYZDLJSAUD.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Woodrow Wilson Cryptograms Set 3
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: M = N
KTEHMHUURDS,XMGWTNXSPGRUGWXPSHORUZHPPXRMHMSVMDTPG,GRLTPTQU-ERMGHXMTSHMSPVDT.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 3
Starter clue: Y = E
FYTUYHMONYTJMRCMAUEGTJULEHOVYAEYJICMADMKKYUDYMUMATHLMOVYUBYTDYARJTDVEYGYKYHO.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 4
Starter clue: B = E
JBMGWZZSBQGBIRFBWIBFELWPETJBSDQFBIWEPQFDBQRQGBOFEPLEOZBMEPJGELGJBGWCBSBBPSFBY.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 5
Starter clue: S = E
WFSWFVEHDIKWMSNYESEYC,MSGRIKSWFSYTTYAWIEVWLVKFSASRENDRLSKGRTSIKVZCSFSKVWRWSYANSQRL.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 6
Starter clue: G = E
BIGRNDDGRREZXLXKBQAGXSRFCBBFGGVDGLBJIGSBIGSXBCESCRNRCSMBIXBLXKBQZEKXFXKMGXSPPGZCSCBGLNKLERG.
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)
- “No policy of isolation will satisfy the growing needs and opportunities of America.”— Woodrow Wilson, 1919, State of the Union AddressCipher key: A=I B=J C=S D=A E=K F=D G=T H=X I=G J=E K=H L=M M=Z N=Q O=W P=Y Q=N R=P S=R T=V U=C V=U W=B X=L Y=O Z=F
- “We can afford, in the midst of this day of passion and unrest, to be self-contained and sure.”— Woodrow Wilson, 1919, State of the Union AddressCipher key: A=X B=K C=Q D=R E=C F=Z G=T H=A I=J J=V K=W L=B M=N N=M O=Y P=S Q=L R=O S=D T=E U=F V=U W=H X=I Y=G Z=P
- “We are not jealous of rivalry in the fields of commerce or of any other peaceful achievement.”— Woodrow Wilson, 1914, State of the Union AddressCipher key: A=F B=P C=S D=C E=I F=W G=V H=N I=D J=L K=M L=Y M=O N=J O=T P=X Q=G R=U S=B T=A U=R V=H W=K X=Z Y=E Z=Q
- “We shall be the more American if we but remain true to the principles in which we have been bred.”— Woodrow Wilson, 1917, Second Inaugural AddressCipher key: A=Y B=E C=V D=U E=I F=R G=H H=J I=M J=W K=G L=C M=S N=Q O=P P=N Q=T R=O S=B T=F U=Z V=X W=A X=K Y=D Z=L
- “The thing must be done now, because the opportunity is here and may escape us if we hesitate or delay.”— Woodrow Wilson, 1916, State of the Union AddressCipher key: A=R B=Z C=W D=M E=N F=H G=C H=G I=U J=Q K=S L=Y M=B N=D O=X P=V Q=L R=A S=E T=P U=J V=I W=T X=K Y=O Z=F
- “The success of a party means little except when the Nation is using that party for a large and definite purpose.”— Woodrow Wilson, 1913, First Inaugural AddressCipher key: A=M B=T C=I D=C E=O F=L G=E H=B I=H J=W K=R L=P M=G N=U O=J P=D Q=Y R=S S=N T=Z U=K V=X W=V X=A Y=Q Z=F