Puzzle 1
Starter clue: D = T
XOZAOZBBHPDYOUKDDOA,IKDRVFOVNKRZAOBVVCHPUZDDYORDZAR.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Large Print Cryptograms Set 6
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.
26 pt ciphertext with wide letter spacing and room to write. 34 pt ciphertext — readable across the table, one or two puzzles a page. 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: C = O
NETCLAPXGGCWCEPYG,WCPRCXU.NETCLAPXGGCWCEPV,WCGCWUGSUV.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 3
Starter clue: V = E
SPPCOVMXGPJ'RSRCSYV,SIJSPPCOVNVISIJMXNVINVGVPALPSAVGR.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 4
Starter clue: N = T
FQKNSKNGLUGAQISBQNNIBNSTSQUJBUKZNISYSZNJBUKLNISUSBQ.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 5
Starter clue: B = T
RPOAPUONHBXXPQEXHBNYBNBJPYWAKAHBXBNRIUAHPXSURGNCXSB.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 6
Starter clue: E = O
BUNAFZEVEOFARVFUOLTRZLUGETABWUAULEEQVUZNWETYQGF.GFEZF.
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 are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.”— Oscar Wilde, 1892, Lady Windermere's FanCipher key: A=R B=L C=K D=T E=C F=M G=Y H=I I=B J=V K=U L=Q M=J N=F O=E P=N Q=Z R=S S=P T=D U=G V=O W=X X=W Y=H Z=A
- “If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.”— Proverb, 1900, African proverbCipher key: A=W B=P C=O D=Z E=F F=M G=T H=C I=Q J=V K=B L=U M=J N=I O=X P=A Q=K R=L S=H T=Y U=E V=R W=G X=N Y=S Z=D
- “All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players.”— William Shakespeare, 1599, As You Like ItCipher key: A=Y B=J C=T D=K E=F F=X G=R H=Z I=N J=D K=V L=P M=W N=M O=H P=L Q=U R=S S=A T=C U=Q V=E W=B X=O Y=G Z=I
- “Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year.”— Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1870, Society and SolitudeCipher key: A=U B=A C=K D=L E=J F=W G=O H=X I=H J=D K=I L=N M=Q N=T O=G P=M Q=R R=C S=E T=V U=Y V=P W=F X=Z Y=B Z=S
- “Life is far too important a thing ever to talk seriously about.”— Oscar Wilde, 1892, Lady Windermere's FanCipher key: A=E B=T C=B D=Z E=P F=J G=Y H=R I=K J=H K=V L=X M=C N=A O=F P=I Q=M R=L S=U T=Q U=S V=W W=G X=O Y=N Z=D
- “Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one.”— Marcus Aurelius, 170, MeditationsCipher key: A=T B=W C=Y D=J E=O F=E G=B H=P I=Q J=Z K=X L=G M=C N=S O=R P=K Q=D R=I S=V T=U U=A V=M W=H X=F Y=L Z=N