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History of Cryptograms
Cryptograms were not first used as entertainment, but in the Spartan military in 5th century B.C. this code consisted of a staff around which a strip of paper was wrapped without overlapping. A message was written on the paper, which was then unwrapped and sent on its way. The message could only be correctly decoded with the right diameter of stick. Julius Caesar invented the first substitution cypher, one which still bears his name.
The Cryptogram was first used for entertainment during the Middle Ages by monks with spare time. A manuscript found at Bamberg states that Irish visitors to the court of Merfyn Frych ap Gwriad (died 844), king of Gwynedd in Wales were given a cryptogram which could only be solved by transposing the letters from Latin into Greek. Around the 13th century, the English monk Roger Bacon wrote a book in which he listed seven cipher methods, and stated that "a man is crazy who writes a secret in any other way than one which will conceal it from the vulgar". During the Rennaisance, cryptograms were used to political ends.
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dailycryptogram (Daily Cryptogram) Thu, 24 Dec 2009 16:16:33 -0000
Added some Christmas Quotes. http://www.dailycryptogram.com/today choose Search for more Cryptograms and use keyword Christmas.
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Mugglesbeth2 (Beth Muggles) Thu, 24 Dec 2009 12:23:38 -0000
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solving cryptograms make me feel awfully clever.
AlecVanD (Alec Van Dyke) Wed, 23 Dec 2009 17:48:52 -0000
solving cryptograms make me feel awfully clever.
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Working on ACA SO2009 Cryptograms.
maegical (maegical) Tue, 22 Dec 2009 21:04:17 -0000
Working on ACA SO2009 Cryptograms.
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All-Star Puzzles' Cryptograms - Daily problems with browser based solver. The author's name is hidden in the cipher alphabet. [Requires Java]
Meta Description: [ Classic cryptograms with a challenging twist. ]
American Cryptogram Association: Crypto Drop Box - Sample journal issue, links to member homepages, subject-related graphics, subscription information, and resources.
Between Waters - Daily problems and solutions available with or without interactive browser-based solver.
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Copycreate.com Cryptoquote/Cryptogram - Daily cryptoquotes, and archive. Has browser-based helper form.
CRpuzzles - Collection with browser-based solver tool. Includes hints. After deciphering the hidden quotation, solvers must derive the author's name from the cipher-quote letter pairs to complete their puzzle task. [Requires Java]
Meta Description: [ New free puzzles daily: Cryptogram, Crypto List, Word Search, Crossword Puzzle, Picture Scramble, Logic Problem, Kriss Kross, Word Math, and more. ]
CryptaGram - Offers download of limited version solver software. Extended version available for purchase. Has 14 quote topics, three levels of difficulty, and helpers. [Windows 95/98]
Cryptagram - Cryptagram is a Windows version of CryptoQuote and WordSearch. It is availible in a freeware and an extended version.
Cryptic Quoter - Functional online cryptogram machine and solver. Has wof and buster extra features.
Meta Description: [ axydlbaaxr is longfellow, Cryptic quotes Generator Writer ]
Crypto Challenge - Free Windows-based software for solving. Uses quotations, humorous sayings, and scriptures. Extras available for a nominal charge. Includes screen shots. Keeps track of which letters are in play. Counts the frequency of each letter. Word lookup table.
Meta Description: [ An excellent application for cryptogram
lovers. Download it free and try it out. Extra cryptograms available for a
nominal charge. Cryptograms include quotes, humorous sayings, scriptures, historical dates
and poems. New: a word lookup for partially solved words of up to five letters.Can't h... ]
Cryptogram game - Browser based solver. [Requires Flash 6]
Meta Description: [ Your mission is to decipher a secret message. Computer will do the hard work and leave you with the fun part. ]
Cryptogram Solver Source Code - Source code archive with several programs to automatically solve puzzles. Also includes crypo-quote of the day.
Cryptograms Louise - A new problem every week.
Cryptograms Weekly - Weekly puzzles for printing and solving along with the solutions. Also offers a magazine and an online store.
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Cryptographs - Puzzles featuring a portrait of a famous person and an encrypted quotation of its source or subject.
Edgar Allan Poe Crypto Challenge - Historical background, contest details, and solution for the 157 year-old cryptograph which may have been written by Edgar Allan Poe.
Meta Description: [ Win fame and prizes for solving a 157 year-old cryptograph which may have been written by Edgar Allan Poe. ]
Letter Frequency and Word Frequency in the English Language - Has the statistics for various types of writings(Press, Religious, Scientific), position in the word(first, second, third, last), and digraphs.
Meta Description: [ Letter Frequency and Word Frequency in the English Language (Letter Frequencies and Word Frequencies) ]
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Literary Cryptograms - Collection based on literary passages, both general and with specific sets from William Cowper, Jane Austen's Persuasion, Plato's Phaedrus. Includes browser-based solution and solving instructions.
Meta Description: [ Home Page for Mirror Website Cryptogram Puzzles. ]
OneAcross - Cryptograms - Solving tool through web browser. Allows entry of a phrase, or selection from easy, medium, or hard quotations taken from the Linux fortune collection. Also features the ability to send cryptogram-encoded messages via email.
Meta Description: [ Free help with crossword puzzles, search to find answers to crossword puzzle clues. ]
Professor Payne's World of Cryptograms - Interactive browser-based solver. Also contains program to generate cryptograms from a user-submitted quotation.
Puzz.com: Cryptograms - Ten problems with solutions taken from famous sayings, adages, and proverbs. By William F. Bultas.
Meta Description: [ Try to decipher these fun cryptograms, which were made using famous (and often humorous) sayings, adages, proverbs & maxims. ]
RuneQuest Challenge - A multi-layered cipher puzzle using lore themes with cash prizes for various checkpoints and the final solution. In order to be eligible for the prizes, a solver must register their name/address/email and pay a registration fee. Registered people will get some additional helpful clues.
Meta Description: [ RuneQuest : A Cipher Challenge - by John B. Wilson ]
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Wordles! - Get free cryptograms, create your own, and look up crossword puzzle words.
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