Puzzle 1
Starter clue: Z = E
SDGCZJZBXYBLXYALGBZOGRZXN,DHLGPROHPZGBZCDZLGOZ.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Large Print Cryptograms Set 4
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: I = O
OCIONCVDINPUCPSXNTYYDIGYCYYDIGNJSIZZDKIVYZISCY.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 3
Starter clue: Z = A
DQARZPJCZWZYQHOCMQTZMCH,IAMDQARZPPQMVZXCEMWHEPX.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 4
Starter clue: C = T
CUVKDSSVQCUXCGEJFVGGCVXFGGDEVCUJAZIKDECUVCUJVI.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 5
Starter clue: S = H
SMFUBNKSUKSBCTABKSJUIKSUGNKSIKFUGXSUNBCKSUNMVQ.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 6
Starter clue: Q = I
NFPJQUDQKUPQHHDPDBCYCZSZBDHCQJ.KQEWJQUZ,KQEWJQUZ.
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)
- “Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same.”— Emily Bronte, 1847, Wuthering HeightsCipher key: A=L B=R C=T D=H E=J F=X G=A H=I I=K J=V K=Z L=S M=B N=F O=M P=N Q=Y R=D S=W T=P U=Q V=G W=C X=O Y=U Z=E
- “People who live in glass houses should not throw stones.”— Proverb, 1640, English proverbCipher key: A=Y B=F C=E D=H E=M F=X G=U H=Z I=O J=D K=R L=C M=K N=L O=P P=I Q=J R=Q S=N T=A U=V V=W W=B X=G Y=S Z=T
- “You can lead a horse to water, but you cannot make it drink.”— Proverb, 1546, English proverbCipher key: A=U B=Z C=E D=Y E=I F=G G=X H=R I=B J=L K=J L=V M=T N=F O=S P=N Q=O R=C S=P T=W U=Q V=M W=D X=K Y=H Z=A
- “The robbed that smiles steals something from the thief.”— William Shakespeare, 1603, OthelloCipher key: A=N B=Y C=T D=O E=M F=L G=S H=W I=F J=I K=R L=U M=K N=X O=Z P=C Q=D R=V S=B T=J U=H V=E W=Q X=A Y=P Z=G
- “Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul.”— Emily Dickinson, 1891, Poems, Second SeriesCipher key: A=W B=I C=N D=Y E=K F=P G=R H=Z I=A J=F K=T L=D M=O N=S O=J P=Q Q=L R=B S=H T=G U=E V=U W=V X=C Y=X Z=M
- “Our life is frittered away by detail. Simplify, simplify.”— Henry David Thoreau, 1854, WaldenCipher key: A=K B=D C=A D=E E=M F=U G=H H=T I=Z J=L K=S L=C M=N N=O O=Q P=R Q=I R=V S=B T=X U=F V=G W=P X=J Y=W Z=Y