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🔥 Hard · Riddle · 30 words · ID hard-47

Hard Cryptogram No. 47

Decode this hard riddle cryptogram (30 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?

Cryptogram · HardNo. 47 · ID hard-47

Each letter stands for a different letter. No letter ever stands for itself.

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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. 47 has the permanent address /cryptograms/hard/47.

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Two elves guard two doors, and one door leads to Santa's workshop. One elf always tells the truth and the other always lies, but you do not know which is which. You ask either elf, "Which door would the other elf say leads to the workshop?" The elf points to Door A. Which door really leads to the workshop?

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Door B

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Two fathers and two sons share three cookies so everyone gets one. How is that possible?

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They are a grandfather, a father and a son

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How can you add five to nine and get two?

Type:Math
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The answer is

On a clock: 9 o’clock plus 5 hours is 2 o’clock

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