Today's Cryptogram Challenge

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

NM NLB QRK YMLDQMW KNM YMBBRQ RU YVUM ANR WRMB QRK MTMDE WLE BPDZRPQK L UMLD. -- XLVPB HPYVPB SLMBLD

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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 Tuesday, February 17, 2026

Puzzle:

YU WBEKL'C SYBCW 100 PGXC, ZH GRYHUGWHP EC SBIK IEB GRRYHC, DBGCZHP WZH CWIDQ KGBQHW, PHDYKGWHP E.C. DGUDHB BHCHGBDZ, HVLHRRHP GKHBYDGU WIPPRHBC, RICW WZH DGUGPYGU HRHDWYIU OX LBIVX, GUP WZBHGWHUHP XIEB CIDYGR CHDEBYWX DZHDQC. — ZYRRGBX DRYUWIU

-FVG JOMMVJOX

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

IN TRUMP'S FIRST 100 DAYS, HE ALIENATED US FROM OUR ALLIES, CRASHED THE STOCK MARKET, DECIMATED U.S. CANCER RESEARCH, EXPELLED AMERICAN TODDLERS, LOST THE CANADIAN ELECTION BY PROXY, AND THREATENED YOUR SOCIAL SECURITY CHECKS. — HILLARY CLINTON

HAL'S CRYPTOGRAM HELPER

[ComputerGuy]

Et tu?

[Apple Pan Dowdy]

[Baldwin77]

[T.B. Yoits]

Thank you. This is a very good quote. It's also been attributed to John Dryden and later Emerson. Seneca had a similar one as well.

It would be interesting to see where the quoted author wrote it.

[Magnum44]

[SharpenedEdge]

[manna]

Thanks.

[gitmo]

Everything fell in place except the word “BPDZRPQK”. That one took me a couple of minutes.

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

Everything fell in place except the word “BPDZRPQK”. That one took me a couple of minutes.

It took you a couple of minutes to:

overcome, defeat, master, conquer, take, worst, get, beat, best, stop, subdue, dispatch, succeed, overbear, prevail (over), overmatch, triumph (over), lick, win (against), upend, get around, get the better of trim, do down, overwhelm, surpass, bury, finish, skunk, exceed, crush, better, sweep, knock for a loop, excel, vanquish, annihilate, transcend, score, slaughter, upset, trounce, flatten, whip, blow out, rout, outdo, flourish, edge (out), clobber, nose out, outstrip, overpower, cap, outdistance, unseat, blow away, subjugate, break, top, skin, cream, overthrow, outshine, pip, bomb, drub, smoke, thrash, snow under, shellac, wallop, knock over, wax, eclipse, outfight, ace (out), overtop, knock off,

Well done, good sir!