Lloyd Maccallum

The Cryptogram Dictionary Lloyd Maccallum

Scrabble lovers and crossword puzzlers have their own dictionaries, but those who love solving cryptograms are often left on their own! Cryptograms are word puzzles in which every letter stands for another letter. Solving the puzzle involves figuring out how many times each letter occurs in a word and what those particular letters stand for. Avid puzzler Lloyd MacCallum has been solving cryptogram puzzles for years. Over the years, he has collected and coded words to help his own cryptogram habit, and now his compilation forms The Cryptogram Dictionary. This terrific book is essential for helping readers to decode the most common words that are found in popular cryptogram puzzles. Arranged in a dictionary format, MacCallum's book decodes words from 3 to 20-letter formats, along with decoding apostrophes. Fun and fast, it's no puzzle why The Cryptogram Dictionary provides an essential tool for any puzzle affined.