Every puzzle here hides a message in code, and your job is to crack it. Some use a shift cipher, where every letter moves the same number of places down the alphabet. Others use a number code or a full substitution cipher, where every letter stands for a different one. Each prints on one page with the answer folded out of sight at the bottom.
Easy · Medium — shift ciphers, number codes & substitution ciphers
The friendliest way in: every letter has moved 3 places forward (A→D, B→E). Shift them back to read the saying.
Print this puzzle »Solve six fall riddles, then copy each letter into every box with the same number. The hidden saying spells itself out.
Print this puzzle »Every letter stands for a different letter, and none stands for itself. Work out the swaps to reveal a famous witches’ spell.
Print this puzzle »A cryptogram is a message written in code. The words are all still there, with the same lengths and the same spaces and punctuation. Only the letters have been swapped. That leftover shape is what gives the code away.
In a shift cipher, every letter moves the same distance down the alphabet. Once you know the distance, you know the whole code. Our easy and medium shift puzzles tell you the shift up front, so it’s a matter of counting carefully. Write the alphabet across the top of your page, then the shifted alphabet underneath, and read straight down.
Fill in every copy of a letter as soon as you’re sure of it, and the rest of the message starts to read itself. For the full method, read our guide to solving cryptograms.