Pigpen Cipher

Turn letters into pigpen (Freemason) symbols, with a full chart to decode.

Text to encode

Pigpen symbols

Your encoded symbols appear here.

Pigpen is a graphical cipher — it encodes letters into symbols. To decode, match symbols against the chart below. Letters only; other characters pass through.

Pigpen alphabet chart

This tool uses the common tic-tac-toe (A–R) plus X-grid (S–Z) layout. Some printed charts assign the X letters differently — match symbols to the chart above.

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How to Use Pigpen Cipher

Type the text you want to encode into the input box.
Each letter is drawn as its pigpen symbol below, in order.
To decode a pigpen message, match each symbol against the A-Z chart on this page.
Pigpen is a graphical substitution cipher — letters become shapes from a grid and an X.

Examples

How it encodes — input:

MEET

Output:

Four pigpen symbols (see the live output and chart)

Grid vs X letters — input:

A-R use tic-tac-toe cells

Output:

S-Z use the X shapes

Center square — input:

Output:

A full square (all four sides)

Features

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All processing happens in your browser. No data is sent to servers.

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