Maya Angelou

12 cryptograms in the catalog, every one taken from Maya Angelou’s own writing rather than from a quotation list.

Where they come from

  • I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings1
  • Letter to My Daughter1

2 of these name the book they came from. The remaining 10 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, 6 medium and 2 hard. Most of Maya Angelou’s puzzles land in the medium tier.

They average 66.7 letters over 18.2 distinct ones, with 3.8 letters appearing exactly once, which are the letters a frequency count cannot help you with. 16.7% carry an apostrophe, which hands over a letter outright.

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