Instructions

What is a Cryptogram?

A cryptogram is a type of puzzle where a short piece of text is encrypted by substituting each letter with a different letter. Your goal is to decipher the text by figuring out which original letter each substituted letter represents.

An Example

Here we have a cryptogram:

L
Y
X
X
B
  
M
L
Y
P
Y
  

We need to figure out the original letters for each substituted letter: L, Y, X, B, M, and P

Lets start with X - Since we have a double X we can try a common double letter pattern, like LL:

L
Y
L
X
L
X
B
  
M
L
Y
P
Y
  

Now we could try and think of a 5 letter word with an LL in the middle, lets try HELLO:

H
L
E
Y
L
X
L
X
O
B
  
M
H
L
E
Y
P
E
Y
  

Substituing a letter will also fill it in everywhere it appears in the text, as you can see above with H and E

Once you have correctly deciphered the text it will display like this:

YOU DECIPHERED THE QUOTE!

HELLO THERE
- Unknown

Tips and Tricks

Try to identify the most frequent letters:

  • In English the most frequently used letters are E, T, A, O, I, N, and S
  • The most common letter in the cryptogram might correspond to E and the second most common might be T and so on.

Identify repeated patterns:

  • Look for patterns like double letters. Common double letters in English include LL, EE, SS, OO, TT, and FF.

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