Today’s Cryptogram Challenge

[Apple Pan Dowdy]

OJ TQFXMR VHTVTU UQEU VK UQJ VCCVZYEHU OQF GFCJT QJYJ VH ZFFR KEVUQ IJGFCJT EH ECJYVGEH EHR ETTVCVMEUJT QVCTJMK UF XT, QJ TQEMM IJ UYJEUJR FH EH JDEGU JAXEMVUW OVUQ JPJYWFHJ JMTJ. IXU UQVT VT NYJRVGEUJR XNFH UQJ CEH'T IJGFCVHZ VH PJYW KEGU EH ECJYVGEH, EHR HFUQVHZ IXU EH ECJYVGEH. — UQJFRFYJ YFFTJPJMU

[Apple Pan Dowdy]

👋 Hello,

Ready for a mental workout? 🧠 A Cryptogram is a classic quotation puzzle frequently featured in daily publications. I source the best and most challenging ones to help keep our minds sharp and boost cognitive health!

🧩 How the Cryptogram Works

In a Cryptogram, a single letter always stands for another letter.

(Example: AXYDLBAAXR might translate to LONGFELLOW. This is just an example and does not apply to today’s puzzle.)

If this is your first time, don’t be intimidated—the game is very addictive, and you will quickly master the technique! If you find yourself stumped, simply take a break and return to it later. ☕

📋 Instructions & Community Etiquette

Please follow these guidelines for the best experience for everyone:

• Solving: I suggest printing the puzzle 🖨️ and working on it with pen and paper. You can also copy and paste the text into the helper link below if you prefer a digital tool. (I recommend that you do NOT look at the letter counter in the Helper for a better challenge).
• Share Time, Not Answers: 🚫 DO NOT post the solution in the general comments. Please DO post your solving time ⏱️ and a brief note on how you made out.
• Solutions & Hints: Send your solution to me via private reply 📩 only. If you need a hint for today’s puzzle, feel free to ASK THE GROUP FOR HELP! 🙋

🔗 HAL’S CRYPTOGRAM HELPER

💡 Post a Clever Clue

Feel free to post a fun or clever clue—the more tangential to the quotation the better! Just remember that your clue must not contain the actual words of the solved quote.

Good luck, and enjoy the challenge! 🍀

[Apple Pan Dowdy]

Enjoy today’s Cryptogram

[TheThirdRuffian]

Ah, a clue discussing the Department of Motor Vehicles.

[Apple Pan Dowdy]

[BlueLancer]

Foreign policy at its greatest ...

[BlueLancer]

A Foreign Policy Triumph

[Steven Tyler]

E pluribus unum

[T.B. Yoits]

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

Previous puzzle Sunday, December &, 2025

FIVTV YTV DKJM FSD SYMN FD JGOV MDCT JGLV. DKV GN YN FIDCEI KDFIGKE GN Y PGTYHJV. FIV DFIVT GN YN FIDCEI VOVTMFIGKE GN Y PGTYHJV. —YJXVTF VGKNFVGK

Solution to previous Puzzle: (select the yellow text with your cursor to read):

HERE ARE ONLY TWO WAYS TO LIVE YOUR LIFE. ONE IS AS THOUGH NOTHING IS A MIRACLE. THE OTHER IS AS THOUGH EVERYTHING IS A MIRACLE. —ALBERT EINSTEIN

HAL'S CRYPTOGRAM HELPER

[Magnum44]

[grey_whiskers]

OK, you win the thread.

[Magnum44]

Thanks, personally I liked the ‘Dora the illegal explorer’ one 🤣

[Magnum44]

[SharpenedEdge]

Outstanding quote, timely and from an impeccable source. Truer words were never spoken.

[nikos1121]

Well, that’s an excellent quotation that should be posted on every blog in the country and listed by every YouTuber podcast

[Apple Pan Dowdy]

Nikos,

🔗 HAL’S CRYPTOGRAM HELPER

Above, I posted the exact line of code you sent me in your FReep mail. Click on the link and see what happens

[gitmo]

I attended school in a barracks his people constructed.

[manna]

Thanks.

[metmom]

Link to the Cryptogram helper is not working.