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"The Cryptogram Dictionary"
The Cryptogram Dictionary by Lloyd MacCallum is an invaluable game dictionary that helps to take the mystery out of cryptogram puzzles by decoding certain words in the puzzle.
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Think of puzzles and you might think of crossword puzzles or word searches, but some of the most popular puzzles around are cryptograms. A cryptogram is a puzzle in which each letter is represented by another letter. To solve the puzzle and read the real word or message, one must figure out the original lettering. Begun in the fifth century BC, cryptograms were used by the Spartan military to send coded messages that the enemy could not read. In the Middle Ages, monks found that cryptograms were a wonderful and intellectual way to fill the time. Millions of modern-day puzzles lovers are often addicted to the syndicated newspaper puzzle Cryptoquip.
Solving cryptogram puzzles, though, can be difficult and time-consuming. You need to figure out which letter stands for which, and also to keep track of how many times that letter shows up. Solving one puzzle can be an all-day affair! But now, there is help. The Cryptogram Dictionary by Lloyd MacCallum is the fast, fun, and easy way to decode these puzzles. Readers can solve most cryptograms by looking up words that match the letter combinations that are found in this dictionary. For example, a word that appears as BXNXQBZQS would be coded as 12-231-3-. Readers could use this easy to follow code in the nine letter section to find which words could fit for this part of the puzzle. In this case there are two possibilities, depending or rehearsal. Many codes will have more that one possibility, but readers will be able to use the known letters or clues to eliminate the incorrect words.
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