John Green

23 cryptograms in the catalog, every one taken from John Green’s own writing rather than from a quotation list.

Where they come from

  • The Fault in Our Stars8
  • Looking for Alaska5
  • Paper Towns5
  • An Abundance of Katherines2
  • Will Grayson, Will Grayson1

21 of these name the book they came from. The remaining 2 are remarks, letters and speeches, which carry no work.

How hard they are

Graded by the model in our guide to solving cryptograms: 8 easy, 10 medium and 5 hard. Most of John Green’s puzzles land in the medium tier.

They average 72.8 letters over 18.9 distinct ones, with 3.8 letters appearing exactly once, which are the letters a frequency count cannot help you with. 60.9% carry an apostrophe, which hands over a letter outright.

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