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.
Collections
- The Originals1,247