The Originals

A variety of quotes from literature, history, and pop culture - the collection that started it all.

1,247 cryptograms drawn from it from 488 different writers.

How hard they are

391 easy, 562 medium and 294 hard, graded by the model described in our guide to solving cryptograms.

They average 70.3 letters over 18.6 distinct ones, with 4.1 letters appearing exactly once.

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