Today’s Cryptogram Challenge

[Apple Pan Dowdy]

XOJ WNOPR UPRR VCGYTLC VCGOO UOGWYNR: 1) WV MPX’V SO NYXO. 2) WV UGYSPSBD MPX SO NYXO, STV WV’R XYV JYGVC NYWXL. 3) W ZXOJ WV JPR P LYYN WNOP PBB PBYXL! — PGVCTG M. MBPGZO

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[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 challenge

[Apple Pan Dowdy]

[ComputerGuy]

A Fall of Moon dust

[ComputerGuy]

Make that Moondust.

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

Previous puzzle Sunday, January 18, 2026

T JNYM DNQ STUM L STHM OJLO DNQ’EM YENQB NH, LKB TH DNQ HTKB OJLO DNQ’EM KNO, T JNYM DNQ JLUM OJM FOEMKROJ ON FOLEO NUME. —H. FINOO HTOVRMELSB

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

I HOPE YOU LIVE A LIFE THAT YOU’RE PROUD OF, AND IF YOU FIND THAT YOU’RE NOT, I HOPE YOU HAVE THE STRENGTH TO START OVER. —F. SCOTT FITZGERALD

HAL'S CRYPTOGRAM HELPER

[Magnum44]

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

Geostationary orbits are also called MBPGZO orbits after a young RAF officer who first proposed them for communications satellites and later found prominence in a related field.

[T.B. Yoits]

[scrabblehack]

It looks like Nicholas Klein had a “first they ignore you” as well as “and then they attack you.”

[manna]

Thanks.

[gitmo]

[SharpenedEdge]

Good one!