Puzzle 1
Starter clue: J = E
KJUNIJMPLBJNDZEJHMFUHMVHMQPCNGJMJIPBJMXJFUNFHDPMBRAJNDZEJSGRHFDKPEVD.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Work Cryptograms Set 8
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: L = E
NYLGSIIZBPNCDNADJTLXYSZARXYDJLNYLFZJRLBXDXKLAADXNYLFLBLQPNXSQPBRZXNJC.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 3
Starter clue: B = E
VEBSJVESGSGWGVBILZMLTBPJIBJV;CVCGKBXXYXSJJBH,BXSFLPSVB,SJHCGKBXXOSPPCBHLJ.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 4
Starter clue: M = E
QGTMDIXMILFKHGXEMLMILYRMISPPYRGHGXEGKMFLYGDNSKLDBKLMMKAGDLRMYRGPMEMGEPM.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 5
Starter clue: L = A
PLSLDCLKLFYVIHIOYWSEQIYVLYAEPINPPISOEOYVIRVLDRIYNKNSUVLSCLYKNSUKNSYVCNEDX.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 6
Starter clue: F = E
KSTNMMFFQRGKDFSKDFCKCJQFT,MJZJMRKLINTKXFTDSOG;RGKDFBJO,MSGMFJBIFGKSWRKORBBQS.
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)
- “We have no pleasure in thinking of a benevolence that is only measured by its works.”— Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1844, Essays: Second SeriesCipher key: A=M B=L C=F D=S E=R F=T G=B H=I I=V J=E K=W L=P M=N N=A O=Z P=O Q=G R=Y S=D T=Q U=H V=K W=J X=C Y=X Z=U
- “The community at large should share the burdens as well as the benefits of industry.”— Theodore Roosevelt, 1907, Seventh Annual Message to CongressCipher key: A=L B=N C=Y D=A E=V F=B G=C H=J I=M J=R K=W L=E M=Q N=T O=P P=I Q=F R=D S=O T=G U=K V=Z W=X X=S Y=H Z=U
- “The ant has a system of government; it is well planned, elaborate, and is well carried on.”— Mark Twain, 1906, What Is Man? and Other EssaysCipher key: A=Q B=E C=I D=J E=H F=B G=S H=D I=M J=N K=W L=O M=G N=K O=C P=R Q=U R=X S=A T=V U=Z V=T W=Y X=L Y=P Z=F
- “Government is competent when all who compose it work as trustees for the whole people.”— Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1937, Second Inaugural AddressCipher key: A=F B=U C=X D=R E=P F=I G=O H=C I=N J=Q K=S L=T M=E N=K O=J P=L Q=G R=H S=A T=V U=Z V=D W=B X=M Y=W Z=Y
- “Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.”— Theodore Roosevelt, 1903, Address to the New York State Agricultural Association, Syracuse, N.Y., September 7, 1903Cipher key: A=L B=J C=D D=N E=I F=Y G=U H=B I=E J=M K=W L=A M=Q N=O O=S P=F Q=Z R=C S=R T=V U=K V=H W=P X=G Y=T Z=X
- “To succeed in the other trades, capacity must be shown; in the law, concealment of it will do.”— Mark Twain, 1897, Following the EquatorCipher key: A=Q B=L C=R D=H E=J F=E G=N H=Z I=M J=A K=T L=Y M=C N=U O=W P=V Q=D R=I S=O T=S U=G V=K W=F X=B Y=X Z=P