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Cryptogram decoder applet (useful but requires some reading to figure it out). Another cryptogram cracker that is fairly easy to figure out without reading.
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Amazon.com: The Cryptogram Challenge: Over 150 Codes to Crack and
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Amazon.com: The Puzzle Addict's Book of Codes: 250 Totally Addictive
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This is a simple substitution cryptogram: each letter stands uniquely for another letter in the English alphabet. Edgar Allen Poe, in his short story The Gold Bug, provides a good description of how one goes about solving such a substitution cryptogram (see below).
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But remember that the cryptogram must not have any new lines in it {Enter}. The cryptogram must be all on one line. (It may show up in the program as though it were on multiple lines...but that is only because it dosn't have any more room so it goes to the next line.
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This applet helps you to solve cryptograms, like the CryptoQuote that is usually found in newspapers next to the crossword puzzle. In a cryptogram, one letter stands for another and to solve it you have to find what each of those letters are.
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