Cryptogram Answers
Letter-substitution ciphers hiding a quotation and its author.
Cryptogram Answers Explained
A cryptogram is a quotation encoded by letter substitution: every A becomes some other letter, consistently, throughout the text. Solve the substitution and the quote appears. This archive holds 6,167 puzzles, each with its full decoded quotation and the author it belongs to.
What makes cryptograms solvable is not vocabulary but frequency. E is the commonest letter in English, single-letter words are almost always A or I, and apostrophes are followed by a very small set of letters. Every puzzle page here shows the decoded quote alongside a letter-frequency breakdown of that specific text, so you can see which patterns would have cracked it.
Puzzles are grouped into ranges of one hundred and each links to its neighbours. Because a cryptogram's difficulty depends on the length of the quote rather than its number, the archive shows the character count for each one so you can pick a short warm-up or a long challenge.
All 6,167 Puzzles
Grouped into blocks of one hundred — jump straight to the one you are playing.
How Cryptogram Works
The three moves that solve most puzzles in this game.
Count the letters
The most frequent symbol is usually E, then T, A, O and N. Frequency beats guessing every time.
Attack the short words
One-letter words are A or I. Common three-letter words are THE and AND, and they unlock the most letters at once.
Use the apostrophes
A letter after an apostrophe is almost always S, T, D, M, LL, RE or VE — a very short list to test.
Cryptogram Tips & Strategy
Six things that make the difference between stuck and solved.
Frequency first
Count which cipher letter appears most. In English text it is E far more often than not, and fixing E alone usually reveals two or three short words.
One-letter words are A or I
There are no others in ordinary English. Two free letters from a single glance at the text.
THE is the giveaway
The commonest three-letter word by a wide margin. Finding one THE gives you T, H and E in a single move.
Apostrophes narrow sharply
A letter directly after an apostrophe is nearly always S, T, D or M, or the pairs LL, RE and VE. Very few options to test.
Double letters are limited
Repeated pairs in English are dominated by LL, EE, SS, OO and TT. Spotting a doubled cipher letter cuts the possibilities to a handful.
Let the author help
Every puzzle here names the author. Once you have half the quote, knowing who said it often suggests the vocabulary for the rest.
Cryptogram Archive Stats
What this archive actually contains, counted from the data.
| Puzzles catalogued | 6,167 |
|---|---|
| Answers on file | 6,167 |
| Average answers per puzzle | 1 |
| Blocks of one hundred | 62 |
| Catalogue status | Complete |
| Developer | Cryptogram |
| Category | Logic |
Cryptogram FAQ
The questions players ask about this game, answered directly.
1How many cryptograms are in the archive?+
2What is a cryptogram?+
3How do I solve one without looking up the answer?+
4Do you show the author as well as the quote?+
5Why do some cryptograms feel much harder?+
6Are the puzzles in any particular order?+
How this Cryptogram archive is put together
Every Cryptogram puzzle on this site is imported from a structured source record rather than transcribed from a screenshot or copied from another answers page. On import each record is validated before it is allowed through: a puzzle missing its core data is left out of the archive instead of being published incomplete. That is why the count reads 6,167 rather than a rounder marketing number.
The archive is maintained by the Solved Archive editorial team, who play these games and use these pages themselves. Because Cryptogram has a fixed catalogue that does not change once complete, this archive is finished rather than growing — all 6,167 puzzles are present. If you spot anything wrong, tell us via the contact page with the puzzle number and we can trace it straight back to its source record. Our full process is written up on the method page.
Solved Archive is an independent fan resource. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or connected to Cryptogram or any game developer. Game names and trademarks belong to their respective owners, and this archive exists to help players who are stuck, not to replace the game.
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