Lewis Carroll

51 cryptograms in the catalog, every one taken from Lewis Carroll’s own writing rather than from a quotation list.

Where they come from

  • Through the Looking-Glass26
  • Alice's Adventures in Wonderland19
  • Alice in Wonderland3
  • Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass1

49 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: 16 easy, 21 medium and 14 hard. Most of Lewis Carroll’s puzzles land in the medium tier.

They average 69.8 letters over 19.1 distinct ones, with 4.1 letters appearing exactly once, which are the letters a frequency count cannot help you with. 58.8% carry an apostrophe, which hands over a letter outright.

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