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Grade 6 Secret Codes Worksheet with Answers
Grade 6 (US) · Year 7 (UK) · Class 6 (India) · English
Unit 7: Going FurtherWord PuzzlesChallenge
Cracking and writing secret messages with number codes and letter-shift ciphers. This free middle school worksheet has 12 questions and a full answer key. Print it or save it as a PDF — every answer is checked by code, not guessed.
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Grade 6 · English
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Learning goal: Word Puzzles
Directions: Use the words in the word bank to help you. Use the diagram to help you.
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- 1
Use the code A = 1, B = 2, C = 3 … Z = 26. Decode the secret word: 18-1-9-14
- 2
Use the code A = 1, B = 2, C = 3 … Z = 26. Decode the secret word: 19-8-9-16
- 3
Each letter of a secret word was moved 4 letters forward in the alphabet (A → E). Decode: JMWL
- 4
Each letter of a secret word was moved 1 letter forward in the alphabet (A → B). Decode: DBLF
- 5
Use the code A = 1, B = 2, C = 3 … Z = 26. Decode the secret word: 18-15-2-15-20
- 6
Each letter of a secret word was moved 4 letters forward in the alphabet (A → E). Decode: GPSYH
- 7
Each letter of a secret word was moved 1 letter forward in the alphabet (A → B). Decode: TNJMF
- 8
Each letter of a secret word was moved 2 letters forward in the alphabet (A → C). Decode: JCRRA
- 9
Each letter of a secret word was moved 2 letters forward in the alphabet (A → C). Decode: VKIGT
- 10
Each letter of a secret word was moved 1 letter forward in the alphabet (A → B). Decode: SPCPU
- 11
Use the code A = 1, B = 2, C = 3 … Z = 26. Decode the secret word: 20-9-7-5-18
- 12
Use the code A = 1, B = 2, C = 3 … Z = 26. Decode the secret word: 19-21-14
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Answer key — Secret Codes (Grade 6)
- 1.rain
- 2.ship
- 3.fish
- 4.cake
- 5.robot
- 6.cloud
- 7.smile
- 8.happy
- 9.tiger
- 10.robot
- 11.tiger
- 12.sun
Answer key (click to show)
- 1.rain
- 2.ship
- 3.fish
- 4.cake
- 5.robot
- 6.cloud
- 7.smile
- 8.happy
- 9.tiger
- 10.robot
- 11.tiger
- 12.sun
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