Valentine Day Cryptograms

by Kathy Gailey Stephens

A cryptogram is a saying written in code. Each letter of the alphabet becomes another letter; for instance, a becomes x, b becomes q, etc. The code is different in each of the following valentine cryptograms. See if you can figure them out.

1. Ncwwcv wqat wh nc shxco ej wh shxc.

________ ______ ____ ____ _______ ____ ____ ______.

2. … hvv gszg bv yirwov zoo blfi kzhhrlmh, gszg bv nzb yv uroovw drgs olev. …
Zonz

… _____ ______ ____ ________ _____ _____ __________, ______ ____ _____ ____ ________ ____ _______. …
______

3. Sr zmmizvm lrzimk xw mlr gozdjmjrk sr tjkedzw; sr irmzja mlrb xw mlr gozdjmjrk sr eckkrkk.

____ _________ ________ ____ _____ ____________ ____ _________; ____ ________ ______ ____ _____ ___________ ____ ___________.

Answers:

• 1. Better than to be loved is to love.

  Code:
  a a	g d	m g	s j	y m
  b n	h q	n t	t w	z z
  c b	i e	o h	u k
  d o	j r	p u	v x
  e c	k f	q i	w l
  f p	l s	r v	x y

  2. … see that ye bridle all your passions, that ye may be filled with love. … Alma 38:12

  Code:
  a z	g t	m n	s h	y b
  b y	h s	n m	t g	z a
  c x	i r	o l	u f
  d w	j q	p k	v e
  e v	k p	q j	w d
  f u	l o	r i	x c

  3. We attract hearts by the qualities we display; we retain them by the qualities we possess.

  Code:
  a z	g n	m b	s k	y w
  b x	h l	n a	t m	z y
  c v	i j	o c	u o
  d t	j h	p e	v q
  e r	k f	q g	w s
  f p	l d	r i	x u

Illustrated by Pat Machin