Puzzle 1
Starter clue: T = E
QHLCGVTHGUECQGTVAOETLETUHVMGCLECGSOLJTZGSL.FCDTECQHQHGM,HLPETOCVVUTVVBSNUETUZNUE.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Easy Cryptograms Set 2
4 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: D = E
FADQDNGSB,HDCFUDBFYDXWBSNYWME,VASAWGBSFQYDWGZNDCBWUSSMBSLDY,XZGFHDCBFSYDNWHYEGFZQCM.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 3
Starter clue: L = S
ZMTILMPHUHLMAOMZXHL,ZMTILMPHTAFLMAOMZXHL,ZMTILMPHIQHAOTZLVAX,ZMTILMPHIQHAOOAACZLPJHLL.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 4
Starter clue: L = N
XOXENOYZOAZLXPJYENQQWNBRLHTQJKMJK,OANONEXLMQJCNLXLVHEEJEEXHLHINMHHKIHYOZLJ,CZEOFJXLTNLOHINTXIJ.
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 (4 solutions)
- “Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.”— Oscar Wilde, 1891, The Critic as ArtistCipher key: A=F B=Y C=I D=V E=H F=G G=S H=A I=Z J=P K=B L=N M=K N=U O=W P=D Q=M R=C S=O T=E U=T V=L W=Q X=J Y=X Z=R
- “The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.”— Jane Austen, 1817, Northanger AbbeyCipher key: A=H B=N C=I D=E E=Y F=T G=S H=B I=Z J=F K=X L=V M=D N=R O=J P=Q Q=P R=K S=O T=C U=G V=W W=A X=M Y=L Z=U
- “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness.”— Charles Dickens, 1859, A Tale of Two CitiesCipher key: A=O B=U C=L D=J E=X F=R G=Q H=E I=A J=N K=C L=S M=T N=V O=F P=H Q=G R=Y S=Z T=W U=B V=D W=P X=M Y=K Z=I
- “It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.”— Jane Austen, 1813, Pride and PrejudiceCipher key: A=H B=C C=M D=J E=S F=B G=Q H=O I=F J=E K=D L=N M=G N=A O=T P=V Q=L R=K S=Z T=W U=X V=P W=Y X=I Y=R Z=U