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Pigpen at the chopsticks

Easy. The old Masonic alphabet. One word.

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Cipher · Sunday 30 August 2026

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The pigpen alphabet. Tic-tac-toe for A–I, same shapes with a dot for J–R, an X for S–V, dotted X for W–Z.

 A|B|C   J.|K.|L.      S
-+-+-   -+-+-        / \
 D|E|F   M.|N.|O.    T   U
-+-+-   -+-+-        \ /
 G|H|I   P.|Q.|R.      V

W–Z are the dotted versions of S–V.

The word, left to right: left-open box (C), top-left corner (A), right arm of the X (T), left-open box (C), bottom-middle of the hash (H).

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