Puzzle 1
Starter clue: H = O
XLKSTYYSTQIUHNSUHHIWHQUUHCSIYSEULEEAQILERTELNHILUMHQQSRLIUSQLEROQHERI.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Medium 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.
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: Y = E
GQUYCPYIQPFAPYCW,GQUYCMDRYSYAPYCWFYGG,CFJGQUYDCSYAPYCWFYGGWDPEGWELQFWDYU.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 3
Starter clue: F = E
PWTFZJSFJOWUOBFMFWMHF,EKOBFMFWMHF,UWZOBFMFWMHF,QBXHHJWOMFZAQBUZWSOBFFXZOB.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 4
Starter clue: S = A
EZIYSQSCSWZKPSCTHVGWYYTPZQWVLSTSH;OYSXPSQSCOVWZKPSCTHVGWYYTPZQWVLSBZWYOZQY.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 5
Starter clue: W = O
AURAWOKSKOHMUKDYWGYKOEWWJEWBEYZUCYGMDUK;AURAWNWUKGWDOKSBUCOYGKOEWWJEWBUZUB.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 6
Starter clue: G = E
KTGTGDCTKVXECLGFKJGZLGFYTGPFZPRGUKBGLGZHKFKKFDZGPXEVNPPGZSODCTK,XNKKTGE,BTDOGKTGDLYHJUFZDHZVVOGUK,BGLGKHDODZCNUBFLPDZKTGZDCTK.
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)
- “Life appears to me too short to be spent in nursing animosity or registering wrongs.”— Charlotte Bronte, 1847, Jane EyreCipher key: A=U B=D C=B D=K E=N F=Z G=X H=O I=S J=Q K=F L=I M=Y N=M O=W P=J Q=R R=G S=E T=A U=T V=C W=H X=L Y=P Z=V
- “Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.”— William Shakespeare, 1601, Twelfth NightCipher key: A=G B=Z C=A D=H E=U F=N G=S H=W I=B J=D K=L L=P M=C N=K O=X P=R Q=O R=I S=V T=J U=M V=Y W=T X=Q Y=E Z=F
- “Government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.”— Abraham Lincoln, 1863, Gettysburg AddressCipher key: A=I B=H C=X D=U E=B F=E G=J H=L I=W J=N K=Y L=C M=P N=Z O=T P=G Q=S R=D S=M T=V U=F V=K W=O X=A Y=Q Z=R
- “Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.”— Proverb, 1885, English proverbCipher key: A=Z B=L C=N D=P E=G F=J G=U H=Y I=V J=B K=S L=R M=W N=K O=T P=H Q=M R=Q S=A T=D U=X V=O W=F X=C Y=E Z=I
- “He who asks a question is a fool for five minutes; he who does not ask remains a fool forever.”— Proverb, 1900, Chinese proverbCipher key: A=H B=R C=M D=T E=F F=C G=N H=Q I=B J=L K=S L=Y M=U N=D O=A P=X Q=Z R=W S=K T=P U=E V=G W=O X=J Y=I Z=V
- “The heights by great men reached and kept were not attained by sudden flight, but they, while their companions slept, were toiling upward in the night.”— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, 1858, The Ladder of St. AugustineCipher key: A=Q B=W C=G D=I E=Y F=A G=E H=O I=X J=M K=T L=R M=Z N=U O=L P=D Q=J R=K S=F T=H U=P V=S W=V X=B Y=C Z=N