Charles Bukowski
11 cryptograms in the catalog, every one taken from Charles Bukowski’s own writing rather than from a quotation list.
Where they come from
- Barfly1
- Love Is a Dog from Hell1
- Tales of Ordinary Madness1
- The People Look Like Flowers at Last1
- Women1
5 of these name the book they came from. The remaining 6 are remarks, letters and speeches, which carry no work.
How hard they are
Graded by the model in our guide to solving cryptograms: 4 easy, 4 medium and 3 hard. Most of Charles Bukowski’s puzzles land in the easy tier.
They average 72.5 letters over 18.9 distinct ones, with 4 letters appearing exactly once, which are the letters a frequency count cannot help you with. 18.2% carry an apostrophe, which hands over a letter outright.
Collections
- The Originals1,247