Puzzle 1
Starter clue: L = E
ULOPRWTMHGDKRTWTPLMMWQLTULURTXLEWALAZKLRUULSPRIMLPOWIDTRMYZORXCDAPWTQPGLXWYYLOLTULAILPNLLTURSWPRMRTXMRIZO.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Woodrow Wilson Cryptograms Set 4
5 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: F = I
HPWPMSIYMEJPPWKFWWIMWWIPAPAFSMWFKEFJFEIFJKVEIPMQW,WIPIFBIRXQRKJPKOWIPEMWFKEFEIFJKVEYFEA,QXHPQKOIFJKVEVFHHMEAAPJFQP.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 3
Starter clue: J = E
WIJBLJXWBDZJLCSJCWAJUDZJYIXKWDDDVWJCNJJCSXYJGKJDVVDLTLHZXWJXCYKJUVHKITGLTDKJK,XCYWIDKJAIDGKJYHWIXYVDLBDWWJCWIJTJDTUJ.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 4
Starter clue: C = E
ECVULUNBULZRLCUKHCLNOKIRMIDZUHRLVRXRVKMPPRGCHNFMLVZHCCLMNRULMPVCXCPUSDCLNNUNOCRLBRVCLNIMLVDUXCDCLNIUZMZZMRHIEORBOMZZCBNULPFUKHICPXCI.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 5
Starter clue: K = E
JCDRDMKQIUVMHAWQYKWAAKHFKIWQIMUWAAKHFKIGMFVJCFDKUKDXWFMJQ,YKAWCUKMFMUJRRKDKIMQWUHMDMFWQIRJDWHCDHJUKGVMAVQJJQKQKKIKXKDTCKUFMJQJDUCUHKAF.
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 (5 solutions)
- “Certainly human intelligence can devise some acceptable tribunal for adjusting the differences between capital and labor.”— Woodrow Wilson, 1919, State of the Union AddressCipher key: A=S B=K C=J D=U E=V F=Z G=H H=Y I=B J=X K=M L=E M=L N=W O=R P=T Q=G R=A S=P T=N U=C V=Q W=I X=D Y=F Z=O
- “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=D B=G C=X D=V E=N F=I G=K H=L I=H J=S K=O L=Q M=A N=Y O=F P=E Q=R R=P S=C T=J U=Z V=W W=T X=U Y=M Z=B
- “The great Government we loved has too often been made use of for private and selfish purposes, and those who used it had forgotten the people.”— Woodrow Wilson, 1913, First Inaugural AddressCipher key: A=W B=G C=N D=O E=Z F=C G=U H=I I=H J=E K=S L=R M=J N=B O=Y P=Q Q=X R=K S=M T=P U=L V=F W=T X=A Y=D Z=V
- “We do not confine our enthusiasm for individual liberty and free national development to the incidents and movements of affairs which affect only ourselves.”— Woodrow Wilson, 1915, State of the Union AddressCipher key: A=X B=C C=E D=M E=W F=Y G=B H=R I=S J=K K=U L=N M=A N=T O=H P=L Q=J R=I S=P T=Z U=O V=D W=Q X=V Y=G Z=F
- “Our friendship can be accepted and is accepted without reservation, because it is offered in a spirit and for a purpose which no one need ever question or suspect.”— Woodrow Wilson, 1914, State of the Union AddressCipher key: A=C B=M C=U D=R E=G F=T G=W H=P I=D J=O K=E L=Z M=I N=L O=J P=Y Q=N R=F S=X T=Q U=S V=H W=A X=V Y=B Z=K