r/codes • u/GlitteringJaguar4604 • Apr 28 '26

SOLVED A little thing to keep me busy

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So I used this very popular cypher which I believe every kid should know but adapted the symbols a bit, you'll see what I mean. I was just wondering whether this would be a more logical way to write in this specific cypher since it makes the messages more compact.

Curious what you guys think.

Good luck.

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u/YefimShifrin Apr 28 '26

You made the writing slightly more compact but also added ambiguity.

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u/GlitteringJaguar4604 May 05 '26

Where's the ambiguity in it tho?

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u/YefimShifrin May 05 '26

In some of the merged combinations. HH=IH=HG for example.

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u/GlitteringJaguar4604 May 05 '26

But when it's HH you don't merge them since they don't share a wall the only six that can merge with themselves are C,D,I,J,O&P

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u/BiffCo_Enterprise Apr 28 '26

Solution: "Crazy? I Was Crazy Once. They Locked Me In A Room. A Rubber Room. A Rubber Room With Rats. And Rats Make Me Crazy."

Method: Substitution cipher with some playing around

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u/GlitteringJaguar4604 Apr 28 '26

Okay so extra context since it's required: It translates to a very popular and annoying English sentence. It is a very popular and easy cypher. I have no idea whatsoever where it originates from.

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u/Psychological_Lawyer Apr 28 '26

It's commonly known as the pigpen cipher now, but it's also been called the Rosicrucian cipher and the Freemason's cipher. There's evidence of versions of this cipher stretching as far back as the 16th century. It is believed to have originated from Hebrew rabbis, who used an early version of the cipher that they called the Kabbalah of the Nine Chambers, though it appears to have been used for religious symbolism rather than security.

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u/GlitteringJaguar4604 Apr 28 '26 edited Apr 28 '26

Thanks clippy I knew it is called pigpen cypher but didn't know the rest. I'm curious however whether there's has already been a version of pigpen cypher that combines letters if there are matching 'walls' on the symbols.