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6 free easy cryptograms for beginners. Each is a short, well-known proverb with five letters already given, so you can start reading it straight away.

New to these? Each letter stands for a different letter, and the swap stays the same all the way through. Fill in the given letters first, then read how to solve a cryptogram for the next steps. Ready for more? The standard cryptograms give you only one letter.

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Easy Cryptogram #1

Given: U = T, V = S, Q = I, D = C, Y = A.

AYSVTUIQTUCDLIQXTUIQBMSVAYRMSVXIQXM.
ABCDCEFGHIJKLMNOPQIRSTUTVSWXYAZ

Easy Cryptogram #2

Given: Z = B, O = A, W = E, H = R, B = C.

QKEWEWAORHVRBZLRHACBAOQCBKEWEQKEWXFRHT.
ABCCDEFGHRIJKLMNOAPQRSTUVWEXYZB

Easy Cryptogram #3

Given: R = O, O = T, L = E, M = A, Q = D.

AMGAMTOEXELDQKORTOHELNELDPORWBA.
ABCDEFGHIJKLEMANOTPQDROSTUVWXYZ
NameDate

Easy Cryptogram #4

Given: Y = R, C = T, P = H, B = A, M = O.

TCSOMHPZABOQABRYZLZTCTCZRYTCHPABFOMFZ.
ABACTDEFGHIJKLMONOPHQRSTUVWXYRZ

Easy Cryptogram #5

Given: V = A, X = B, C = L, Q = K, D = F.

LCGGKQBXJFDGSJMGYLCJAVA.
ABCLDFEFGHIJKLMNOPQKRSTUVAWXBYZ

Easy Cryptogram #6

Given: T = H, B = S, W = I, F = R, J = F.

IHTPRFPVHTPRFPIWSBSBGYRP,VHTPRFPIWSBFJIWRFP.
ABSCDEFRGHIJFKLMNOPQRSTHUVWIXYZ

Answers

Easy cryptograms — answers

  1. A STITCH IN TIME SAVES NINE.
  2. THE EARLY BIRD CATCHES THE WORM.
  3. A WATCHED POT NEVER BOILS.
  4. TWO HEADS ARE BETTER THAN ONE.
  5. LOOK BEFORE YOU LEAP.
  6. WHERE THERE IS SMOKE, THERE IS FIRE.

✓ Checked: every code decodes back to its proverb and no letter stands for itself.

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