William Shakespeare

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

Where they come from

  • Hamlet2
  • Macbeth2
  • As You Like It1
  • Romeo and Juliet1
  • The Passionate Pilgrim1
  • The Taming of the Shrew1
  • Twelfth Night1

9 of these name the book they came from. The remaining 3 are remarks, letters and speeches, which carry no work.

How hard they are

Graded by the model in our guide to solving cryptograms: 5 easy, 3 medium and 4 hard. Most of William Shakespeare’s puzzles land in the easy tier.

They average 67.3 letters over 18.1 distinct ones, with 3.8 letters appearing exactly once, which are the letters a frequency count cannot help you with.

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