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How to make a cryptogram puzzle

Turn any quote into a printable cipher puzzle: let AI write the sayings or pick from the quote library, choose the hint level, check the answer key and download a free PDF.

0:58 · Narrated, with captions (turn them on with CC)

Step by step

  1. 1Open the Cryptogram Maker.
  2. 2In Let AI write it, describe the sayings you want — for example, short upbeat ocean sayings for a puzzle night.
  3. 3Press Generate · 1 credit, read what it writes, and press Use this. Each saying becomes a cipher where no letter stands for itself.
  4. 4Or open Browse Quotes, pick a topic and click a quote to add it.
  5. 5Choose the hint level: Easy gives 3 letters away, Medium 1, Hard none.
  6. 6Turn on Answer key to check the solution.
  7. 7With Plus, add a page theme or remove the credit line.
  8. 8Press Download PDF and print.

Transcript

Here's how to make a cryptogram. It takes about a minute. Type your own quotes. Or, with Plus, tell the AI writer the theme and the tone, in plain words. Read them first, then click Use this. Each one turns into a secret code. Or browse the quote library. Three hundred and thirty quotes, in fifteen topics. Click one to add it. Now the hints. Hard gives nothing away. Easy starts you off with three letters. Flip on the answer key. It's included, and free. Plus adds thirty page themes, like Ocean. And a clean PDF, without the small credit line. Everything else you just saw is free. Click Download PDF. Your puzzles and the answer key come in one file. Then print it. And there's your cryptogram, ready to hand out. Someone's already cracked the first word.

Chapter by chapter

0:04 Let AI write the quotes
Describe the theme and tone, press Generate · 1 credit, read the sayings, then Use this — each becomes a secret code.
0:17 Or browse the quote library
Open Browse Quotes, pick a topic and click a quote to add it to your phrases.
0:23 Pick the hint level
Easy reveals 3 letters, Medium 1, and Hard none.
0:29 Check the answer key
Answer key fills in every letter so you can check the solution.
0:33 The extras (Plus)
Plus adds page themes and a clean PDF with no credit line.
0:42 Download & print
Download the PDF — the answer key is included.

AI writing is a paid extra (the day pass or a plan) and is in beta — you read what it writes before it goes into your puzzle. Parts marked Plus in the video need PuzzlePage Plus or a day pass. Everything else shown is free. See the plans.