Cryptogram - Word Puzzle Game

Brandon Denney

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About this game

Challenge your mind with Cryptogram — a beautifully crafted word puzzle and brain teaser where you decode encrypted quotes, also known as cryptoquotes, from history's greatest thinkers, artists, and leaders.

Each puzzle presents a famous quote where every letter has been swapped with another. Use logic, pattern recognition, and your knowledge of language to crack the cipher and reveal the hidden message. It's the classic newspaper cryptogram, reimagined as a modern word game for your phone.

HOW TO PLAY
Tap any letter to select it, then choose your guess from the alphabet below. Every instance of that encrypted letter updates at once. Look for short words, common patterns, and letter frequencies to work your way through the cipher. When every letter is decoded, the quote and its author are revealed.

THE DAILY CRYPTOGRAM
A brand new puzzle every day. Build your streak and make it part of your daily routine — just like your morning crossword or word game.

FREE PUZZLES
Hundreds of free cryptogram puzzles across three difficulty levels:
• Easy — Great for beginners and quick brain teasers
• Medium — A satisfying challenge for most solvers
• Hard — Test your skills with longer, trickier cryptoquotes

Track your progress as you work through each difficulty. Pick up where you left off or jump into a random puzzle anytime.

10 CATEGORIES
Discover quotes spanning Literature, Movies, Science, Philosophy, History, Humor, Motivation, Politics, Sports, and Music. Every cryptoquote is a chance to learn something new.

PUZZLE PACKS
Themed collections for when you want more. Dive deep into topics you love with curated packs full of hand-picked quotes.

SMART FEATURES
• Hints — Stuck? Reveal a letter to get back on track (3 per puzzle)
• Error highlighting — Optional feedback when a guess is wrong
• Auto-advance — Automatically move to the next empty cell
• Letter frequency — See how often each encrypted letter appears
• Pause & resume — Your progress is always saved

TRACK YOUR STATS
See your total puzzles solved, best and average scores, completion times by difficulty, daily streak, and recent activity. Watch yourself improve over time.

NO ADS. EVER.
No pop-ups. No interruptions. No video ads between puzzles. Just you and the puzzle. Designed for readability and focus, with a clean, minimal aesthetic that gets out of your way. If you're tired of ad-heavy word games and brain games, Cryptogram is the alternative you've been looking for.

Works completely offline — no internet required for free puzzles. The perfect offline word game for flights, commutes, or anywhere without a signal.

Whether you love cryptograms, crosswords, word searches, or other word puzzle games, download Cryptogram and start decoding today.

Ratings and reviews

I like the challenge this game offers. Reminds me of newspaper crytoquips I used to work.

I love cryptogram puzzles. they are so much fun to figure out.

Great cryptogram puzzle app! Love that there's no ads and a ton of free puzzles.

What’s new

• Smarter difficulty ratings — puzzles reclassified using a new algorithm based on cryptogram-solving research
• 250 new easy puzzles added across all categories
• Hard puzzles now give 5 free hints, medium gives 4, easy gives 3
• Fixed bug where puzzles solved entirely via hints wouldn't complete