Puzzle 1
Starter clue: N = T
NLVWCGWPNAGJEJGPNNAWZKWZNAGXLJVM.ILPNQGLQVGGSWPN,EZMNAENWPEVV.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
- A
- B
- C
- D
- E
- F
- G
- H
- I
- J
- K
- L
- M
- N
- O
- P
- Q
- R
- S
- T
- U
- V
- W
- X
- Y
- Z
Wisdom Cryptograms Set 4
5 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: W = N
BQWSEFSFCWQRQMTQWPSWFRSMLPSCWLWAWSWQPX-WSWQRQMTQWPRQMFRSMLPSCW.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
- A
- B
- C
- D
- E
- F
- G
- H
- I
- J
- K
- L
- M
- N
- O
- P
- Q
- R
- S
- T
- U
- V
- W
- X
- Y
- Z
Puzzle 3
Starter clue: S = E
EWSVSDEHIRJCDEVSHYENAYFEWNIPDNIEWSUCTFRKHIICEVSDSSICTSQSIECYKWSR.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
- A
- B
- C
- D
- E
- F
- G
- H
- I
- J
- K
- L
- M
- N
- O
- P
- Q
- R
- S
- T
- U
- V
- W
- X
- Y
- Z
Puzzle 4
Starter clue: P = L
TQZEYQZTBECLAHSQOENZFPAT,LAXZGZAGPZFDBPCTOPPLOECAYQZJLFDBPCTBECXBPPL.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
- A
- B
- C
- D
- E
- F
- G
- H
- I
- J
- K
- L
- M
- N
- O
- P
- Q
- R
- S
- T
- U
- V
- W
- X
- Y
- Z
Puzzle 5
Starter clue: Q = O
ASTUVMMUVPCJQNUJQQCLQPJJQGUCMUKJSKKXPCSKOVKSNQCSJEQPPUOSCJUPSKOFPQKOC.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
- A
- B
- C
- D
- E
- F
- G
- H
- I
- J
- K
- L
- M
- N
- O
- P
- Q
- R
- S
- T
- U
- V
- W
- X
- Y
- Z
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 (5 solutions)
- “To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, and that is all.”— Oscar Wilde, 1891, The Soul of Man Under SocialismCipher key: A=H B=F C=V D=U E=A F=K G=E H=B I=M J=R K=G L=O M=D N=T O=C P=S Q=P R=Z S=X T=J U=Y V=L W=I X=W Y=Q Z=N
- “Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration.”— Thomas Edison, 1903, Harper's Monthly interviewCipher key: A=D B=G C=O D=Z E=U F=S G=V H=F I=K J=L K=B L=A M=R N=X O=M P=T Q=E R=P S=I T=C U=Q V=H W=N X=Y Y=J Z=W
- “The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched.”— Helen Keller, 1903, The Story of My LifeCipher key: A=F B=P C=O D=S E=T F=L G=J H=A I=N J=M K=C L=Q M=X N=I O=K P=G Q=V R=D S=E T=R U=W V=B W=H X=Z Y=U Z=Y
- “When the winds of change blow, some people build walls and others build windmills.”— Proverb, 1900, Chinese proverbCipher key: A=O B=I C=D D=U E=N F=B G=P H=F I=Y J=R K=V L=S M=X N=G O=A P=L Q=H R=Z S=C T=W U=J V=K W=Q X=M Y=T Z=E
- “Life appears to me too short to be spent in nursing animosity or registering wrongs.”— Charlotte Bronte, 1847, Jane EyreCipher key: A=L B=J C=S D=Z E=Y F=W G=B H=Q I=D J=T K=N L=H M=P N=M O=G P=R Q=O R=K S=I T=F U=E V=A W=C X=U Y=X Z=V