Secret Message Puzzles (or Cryptograms) are great for teaching problem solving, letter combinations and reading, math, science, and computer programming. And they’re super fun, too! These 74 puzzles all have a single letter entered into the key to get new puzzlers started on this fun word game. They'll also be practicing letter recognition and early reading skills.

You can do these together as a class, use them as a bell ringer or down-time activity, or give them as homework or extra credit. They're also great on trips or anyplace you want to introduce some screen-free fun!

What’s Included:

• 74 jokes in cryptogram form, each on a half sheet of paper
• Just 1 letter is filled in in the key at the bottom
• An answer key at the back
• Color, black and white, letter, and A4 (international) versions of all the pages and a table of contents to help you locate the right ones within the packet.

How to Play:

Kids will need to use their knowledge of common words, letter combinations, and patterns to help them solve the riddle. They’ll need to look for clues in the length of the words and in guesses about what the phrase is likely to be. It’s a wonderful mix of pattern recognition, spelling, problem solving, and even computer science as they test out possible solutions to see if they work.

If these puzzles are too advanced for your kids, try the beginner ones first that have the full answer key filled in, or the medium hard ones with a few letters filled into the key.

Learn more about how to learn with these Secret Message Puzzles.

You can also try some for free or make your own on The Trip Clip website.