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title: "Medium codeword: free printable with answers"
description: "Free printable medium codewords with answers. A balanced starting key, decoded one way. Print with the answer."
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# Medium codeword

A medium codeword gives you a balanced key: enough to get in, but you work the letter patterns for the rest. Every puzzle decodes exactly one way.

PuzzleDesign

Difficulty

Harder grades reveal fewer starting letters. Every puzzle decodes one way.

13×13 cipher grid. 12 letters are given; crack the rest so every word reads.

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StandardClean

Clean drops the title band and footer, leaving the grid.

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Two pages: the cipher grid with its starting key, and the decoded answer. Every puzzle decodes one way, checked against a dictionary by the same engine as our KDP studio.

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Preview

The numbered cipher grid with its key, and the decoded answer.

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- Codeword Medium

  A 16B 18C 11D 8E 17F ·G ·H ·I 3J ·K ·L 6M 9N 13O ·P ·Q ·R 5S ·T 19U 1V ·W ·X ·Y ·Z ·

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  Puzzle
- Codeword Medium · Solution

  A 16B 18C 11D 8E 17F 2G ·H 4I 3J ·K ·L 6M 9N 13O 15P ·Q ·R 5S 10T 19U 1V 12W 7X ·Y 14Z ·

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  Solution

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## How to solve a codeword

Every letter has been replaced by a number, the same number for the same letter throughout. A few letters are given; work out the rest so every word reads.

### The method

1. Fill in the given letters. Write each given letter into every cell that carries its number, and cross it off the A to Z key.
2. Look for short, forced words. A three-letter word with two letters known usually has only one sensible completion, which pins another number.
3. Use letter patterns. A doubled number is a double letter (EE, LL, SS); a lone number between vowels is often a common consonant. Every placement unlocks more.
4. Track the alphabet. Keep the A to Z key up to date so you can see which letters and numbers are still unused, and let the grid settle.

**The one rule**

Same number, same letter: decode it so every across and down word is real.

**What the answer page shows**

The fully decoded grid is printed at the back.

**How the grades differ**

Harder grades reveal fewer starting letters.

**Good for**

Solvers who like deduction and word patterns over clues.

## Making a whole codeword book?

This page makes one puzzle. To publish a book on Amazon KDP, the [KDP codeword maker](https://www.oncebooks.com/kdp-codeword-maker) generates hundreds of graded puzzles at any trim, as a print-ready 300 DPI interior and solutions PDF.

## More printable codewords

- [Easy codeword](https://www.oncebooks.com/codeword/easy)
- [Hard codeword](https://www.oncebooks.com/codeword/hard)
- [Expert codeword](https://www.oncebooks.com/codeword/expert)
- [Codewords for beginners](https://www.oncebooks.com/codeword/for-beginners)
- [Large print codewords](https://www.oncebooks.com/codeword/large-print)

[See every printable codeword](https://www.oncebooks.com/codeword)

## Questions

**Are these medium codeword free to print?**

Yes. Generate the puzzle above and print it with its answer, at no cost and with no sign-up.

**Does every puzzle decode one way?**

Yes. Every puzzle is generated and checked against a dictionary so the starting key forces exactly one decoding. The answer is on the second page.

**Can I make a codeword book to sell on KDP?**

Yes. The free tool makes one puzzle. The KDP codeword maker generates hundreds of graded puzzles at any KDP trim, as a print-ready 300 DPI interior and solutions PDF.