Today's Cryptogram Challenge

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

WOU GYQP WY UQEX EWGUUW TYUE WOGYMTO WOU EUIUG. -- ZYOC BQPPUC

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[Lonesome in Massachussets]

👋 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! 🍀

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

Previous puzzle Wednesday, January 14, 2026

D ZEQEW CMPQDXL EC CTKMLEKMC WEGM D YPTGMX ZDXXTX - EL STX'L STPG DXA JTF ZDX'L NEPM EL. -- BMTPBM C. HDLLTX

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

A CIVIL SERVANT IS SOMETIMES LIKE A BROKEN CANNON - IT WON'T WORK AND YOU CAN'T FIRE IT. -- GEORGE S. PATTON

HAL'S CRYPTOGRAM HELPER

[anton]

AI makes these obsolete.

[ComputerGuy]

I’ll stay where I am, thanks.

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

[ComputerGuy]

The author was afraid to fly. Like me

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

Cheating.

[anton]

Took Claude 17seconds. No clues.

[anton]

I don’t think so. The whole basis of single letter substitution is the data on which letters appear most frequently and which occur next to one another, etc.
Did you create the data and recognition patterns?

[T.B. Yoits]

[Magnum44]

[Magnum44]

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

The puzzles are intended to exercise your brain. Cut and paste is not a mental exercise. It’s like riding an electric bike for exercise.

[grey_whiskers]

OK, you win the thread for that one!

[gitmo]

Easy one today. Just took a few seconds.

[gitmo]

[manna]

Thanks.

[anton]

Im buying an electric bike.

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

Your buying an electric bike doesn’t make my pedal bicycle obsolete, and doesn’t provide you much exercise.

[anton]

I guess there is an analogy here. A pedal bike is, in some ways, like wasting your energy on pointless puzzles when there are actual things in the world worth using your brain to do. Yea, I like that. For may part, I work 7 days a week on interesting matters that save people money. And, AI let’s me do a better job.

Rhetorical dueling aside, I do like pedal bikes. They are just way to dangerous for a person my age.