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Decode ciphers, convert coordinates, identify symbols, and analyze cache pages — all in one place.

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The site has had a top-to-bottom redesign. It is mobile-first, responsive, and thoughtfully created with puzzle solvers in mind. Every tool you know and love is still here, just better organized and easier to find. Take a look around, see what's new, try the new search bar above, and please feel free to share your feedback!

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Translate between DD, DDM, DMS, UTM, MGRS, Reverse Wherigo, and more.

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Drop a coordinate in any of many notations — Decimal Degrees, DDM, DMS, MGRS, UTM, Reverse Wherigo (Waldmeister and day1976), Plus Code, Maidenhead, Geohash, GeoHex, Geo3x3, NAC, Mapcode, OSGB, Mercator, and more — and get all the others at once. The full tool also includes a map view, elevation lookup, and links out to Google Maps, OpenStreetMap, and other mapping sites.

Paste cipher text and run every decoder at once.

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This tool is designed to solve a wide variety of codes and ciphers. It has spots for keywords, alphabets, numbers, etc. and will attempt to solve based on the information put in. The list of supported codes and ciphers is growing periodically so check back often.

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Type plaintext and produce every cipher encoding at once.

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The reverse of the Multi Decoder. Enter a message, supply any keys/pad/numbers a cipher needs, and the encoder produces every reversible cipher and variant we can generate (Caesar, Bacon in every style, Morse, Atbash, Vigenère, Base64, and more), each with a round-trip check so you know exactly what got encoded.

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Inspect any geocaching.com cache page offline — coordinates, hints, logs, and more.

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Geocache Viewer is a browser-based tool that lets you view, analyse, and extract data from any Geocaching.com cache page. It transforms the raw HTML into a clean, organised layout and reveals details that are normally hidden. Drop a saved cache page, view source, or pocket-query GPX file — nothing is uploaded, everything stays in your browser.

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Drop a .gwc cartridge to reveal hidden coordinates.

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The Wherigo Solver decompiles Wherigo cartridge files (.gwc) and automatically analyses them to find the final geocache coordinates. Upload any .gwc file and the tool scans the Lua code, zone data, and messages to surface the most likely final location with a confidence rating. Built-in solvers for Reverse Wherigo cartridges (Waldmeister and day1976 formats) are included.

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Paste unknown ciphertext and find out which cipher it most likely is.

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Paste an unknown ciphertext and the identifier analyses its charset, letter frequency, index of coincidence, bigrams, and repeat patterns to rank the most likely ciphers. Each result links straight to the matching solver with your text carried over.

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Look up a symbol or pick a code table.

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Identify symbols from semaphore, Morse, runes, flags, and more. Over 300 code tables, the majority of which are interactive and let you type out your own custom phrases. Use the filter to find a specific code, or pick "Show All Codes" to render the same message in every monoalphabetic code table at once, handy for spotting which code a puzzle is using.

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Upload a photo of one unknown glyph to find which symbol alphabet it is.

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Snap or upload an image of a single glyph from an unknown symbolic alphabet (Pigpen, Dancing Men, Aurebesh, Klingon, Daedric, and dozens more) and the identifier compares it against thousands of reference glyphs to rank the closest matches, each linked to its code table.

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Upload a picture of a coded message and read the whole thing back to letters.

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Upload a picture of a message written in a symbol alphabet (pigpen, braille, and other glyph codes) and the decoder finds each glyph, identifies the code, matches every symbol against its reference set, and checks the result against a dictionary and coordinate patterns. Works best on clean, evenly spaced, high-contrast images.

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Auto-solve a monoalphabetic substitution cipher (Caesar, Atbash, keyword).

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Paste cipher text and the solver runs a hill-climb / simulated-anneal pass against an English quadgram model, returning the most likely plaintext plus runner-ups. Auto-detects Caesar shifts, Atbash, keyword-substitution alphabets, and arbitrary monoalphabetic mappings (Aristocrat / Patristocrat). Does not solve polyalphabetic ciphers like Vigenère, use the Multi Decoder's Vigenère Automatic Solver for those. Lock known letters or whole words on the full tool to refine, then re-run with custom restarts.

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Rearrange a set of letters into words and multi-word phrases.

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Enter letters, a word, or a phrase and the solver finds every dictionary word and multi-word phrase that uses them, plus a "words from these letters" subset mode. Toggle between a common-words list for readable answers and a 235,000-word full dictionary for exhaustive recall, and filter by minimum word length, maximum words, or a word that must appear. Runs entirely in your browser, so it is instant and has no limits.

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About CacheSleuth

CacheSleuth is a free collection of tools for geocachers and puzzle solvers alike. You'll find ciphers, codes, coordinate calculators, mapping tools, and reference material. Built and maintained by CacheSleuth.