You are probably familiar with secret coded messages from your childhood days.
In a cryptogram, each letter in the message is replaced by another letter of the alphabet. For example,
LET THE GAMES BEGIN!
may become this cryptogram:
YZF FOZ JUKZH CZJVQ!
In the cryptogram Y replaces L, Z replaces E, F replaces T, and so on. Notice that the same letter substitutions are used throughout this cryptogram: Every E in the sentence is replaced by a Z, and every T is replaced by an F.
Solve These Puzzles
I have created three cryptogram puzzles related to RRID principles. Download PDF version, print it out, and solve the puzzles:
Stop reading if you don’t need help.
Clues
The first word in Cryptogram Puzzle 1 is SUPPORT.
The first word in Cryptogram Puzzle 2 is KEEP.
The first word in Cryptogram Puzzle 3 is LET.
Useful Information
Letter Frequency
- The most commonly used letters of the English language are e, t, a, i, o, n, s, h, and r.
- The letters that are most commonly found at the beginning of words are t, a, o, d, and w.
- The letters that are most commonly found at the end of words are e, s, d, and t.
Word Frequency
- One-letter words are either a or I.
- The most common two-letter words are to, of, in, it, is, as, at, be, we, he, so, on, an, or, do, if, up, by, and my.
- The most common three-letter words are the, and, are, for, not, but, had, has, was, all, any, one, man, out, you, his, her, and can.
- The most common four-letter words are that, with, have, this, will, your, from, they, want, been, good, much, some, and very.