Cryptograms Printable
Cryptograms printable in PDF, ready for US Letter. Free download for home, classroom, or planning use.
A cryptograms printable gives you a well-known proverb encoded with a letter-substitution cipher, ready to decode using logic and pattern recognition.
What is on the page
An encoded phrase with a blank line under each letter for writing in your guess as you work out the substitution pattern.
How to use it
Look for short words and common letter patterns to make initial guesses, then use those guesses to unlock the rest of the phrase. Every substitution puzzle here uses a well-known English proverb.
Printing tips
Print at 100 percent scale. Pencil works better than pen since early guesses often need correcting.
Frequently asked questions
What kind of phrases are used?
Common English proverbs and sayings, chosen because their familiar structure makes them solvable through logic.
Is every puzzle different?
Each cryptogram uses a different random substitution cipher, so the same proverb encodes differently each time.