Archive · 3 Sep 2025
J.K. Rowling's New Book Features Pigpen Cipher
Imagine a secret code used by detectives in a mystery book.
This code is called the Pigpen cipher, also known as the Freemason's cipher.
Instead of using letters, it uses symbols like grids and X-shapes.
The detective in the book, Cormoran Strike, has to figure it out.
The author, J.K. Rowling, says it's a simple code once you know how it works.
So, the detective must crack the code to solve the mystery in the story.
J.K. Rowling's new novel, 'The Hallmarked Man,' features the Pigpen cipher.
The cipher is a key element for detective Cormoran Strike to decrypt.
The Pigpen cipher is also called the Freemason's cipher.
The cipher uses symbols like grids and X-shaped patterns instead of letters.
The Pigpen cipher is a simple substitution cipher.
- Who
- Cormoran Strike, the detective in J.K. Rowling's novel
- What
- The Pigpen cipher is featured as a puzzle in J.K. Rowling's new book.
- When
- The cipher is featured in her latest novel.
- Where
- The novel, 'The Hallmarked Man'
- Why
- To create a puzzle for the detective to solve.
- Cipher Name
- Pigpen Cipher
- Also known as
- Freemason's cipher
- Featured in
- The Hallmarked Man
- Author
- J.K. Rowling (as Robert Galbraith)
- Type
- Substitution Cipher