🔥 Hard · Riddle · 25 words · ID hard-4
Hard Cryptogram No. 4
Decode this hard riddle cryptogram (25 words). Every letter has been swapped for a different letter, the same way every time, and no letter stands for itself. No letters are filled in, so start with word shapes and letter counts. This text is one of our riddles, so there is a bonus: once it is decoded, can you say what you are?
Each letter stands for a different letter. No letter ever stands for itself.
No starter hints. Good luck!
Bonus riddle: what am I?
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Hard cryptograms are long, over twenty words, with no letters revealed and punctuation stripped down to apostrophes, so you have to crack the cipher from letter frequencies and word patterns alone. New to cryptograms? Read how to solve a cryptogram, or print a batch from the printable cryptograms page. Hard Cryptogram No. 4 has the permanent address /cryptograms/hard/4.
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