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" No Password, no entry!"

— The Fat Lady in 1995 ^[src]

Passwords are used throughout Hogwarts Castle to restrict entry to certain areas such as house common rooms and teacher offices. Passwords in Hogwarts appear to change on a frequent basis.

During Sir Cadogan's period of guarding the Gryffindor common room, he changed passwords so frequently that Neville Longbottom had to write them down. This list was snatched by Crookshanks and was given to Sirius Black, allowing him entrance.

Passwords were also used as a way to gain to access to the radio programme Potterwatch, as a way to protect it from Death Eaters possibly listening. New passwords were introduced at the end of each broadcast, and could be used to listen to the next one.

List of previously used passwords

Hogwarts

Gryffindor Tower

1991

Caput Draconis (Latin for "Dragon's Head")
Pig Snout

1992

Wattlebird

1993

Fortuna Major (Latin for "greater luck")
Flibbertigibbet
Oddsbodikins
Scurvy Cur

1994

Balderdash
Banana Fritters
Fairy Lights

1995

Mimbulus mimbletonia
Alea iacta est^[1] (Latin for "The die is cast.")

1996

Abstinence
Baubles
Dilligrout
Tapeworm
Quid Agis (Latin for "How are you")

Hufflepuff Basement

Instead of a password, one must tap the correct barrel with their wand, in the rhythm of "Helga Hufflepuff".

Ravenclaw Tower

(Instead of a password, a conundrum is posed.)

Which came first, the phoenix or the flame?
- Answer: A circle has no beginning.
Where do Vanished objects go?
- Answer: Into nonbeing, which is to say, everything.

Slytherin Dungeon

1992

Pure-blood

Headmaster's Office

1992

Sherbet lemon

1994

Cockroach cluster

1996

1998

Dumbledore

Unknown

Chocolate Frogs

Prefects' bathroom

1994

Pine-fresh

One-Eyed Witch Passage

Dissendium

Chamber of Secrets and Salazar Slytherin's Locket

"Open" (spoken in Parseltongue)
Speak to me, Slytherin, greatest of the Hogwarts four. (spoken in Parseltongue, to release Salazar Slytherin's basilisk from its nesting place)

Elizabeth Burke's portrait

Slytherins are Supreme
Facta, non verba^[2] (Latin for Deeds, not words)

Glanmore Peakes's portraits

Sea Serpent

Percival Pratt's portrait

This Password is Absurd

Basil Fronsac's portrait

Studious Success
Libraries Liberate^[3]

Giffard Abbott's portrait

Dragon's Egg
Light against Darkness^[3]

Damara Dodderidge's portrait

Chops and Gravy
Dashing Cadogan^[3]

Boris the Bewildered's portrait

Forget-Me-Never

Old Posh Baron's portrait

Fizzy Pop

Hesper Starky's portrait

Lunartickle

(Grounds portrait)

Catweazle

(Dungeons portrait)

Wanglewort

(Upper Castle portrait)

Wolf's Bane

Marauder's Map

"I solemnly swear I am up to no good" to reveal the map, and "Mischief Managed" to hide it.

Potterwatch

Albus
Dearborn
Fawkes
Longbottom
Mad-Eye
Meadowes
Moody
Padfoot
Phoenix
Prewett
Sirius
Vance
Wulfric (One of Albus Dumbledore's middle names)

Appearances

Notes and references

↑ Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (video game) - Handheld versions
↑ Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (video game) GBA Version
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (video game)

[1] Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (video game) - Handheld versions

[2] Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (video game) GBA Version

[HBP/g-3] 3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (video game)

[1]

[2]

[3]

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 ==List of previously used passwords==
 ===[[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry|Hogwarts]]===
-====[[Gryffindor Tower|Gryffindor Common Room]]====
+====[[Gryffindor Tower]]====
-=====[[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone]]=====
+=====[[1991]]=====
 *Caput Draconis (Latin for "Dragon's Head")
 *Pig Snout
-=====[[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets]]=====
+=====[[1992]]=====
 *Wattlebird
-=====[[Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban]]=====
+=====[[1993]]=====
 *Fortuna Major (Latin for "greater luck")
 *Flibbertigibbet
 *Oddsbodikins
 *Scurvy Cur
-=====[[Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire]]=====
+=====[[1994]]=====
 *Balderdash
 *Banana Fritters
 *Fairy Lights
-=====[[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix]]=====
+=====[[1995]]=====
 *[[Mimbulus Mimbletonia|Mimbulus mimbletonia]]
+*Alea iacta est<ref>''[[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (video game)]]'' - Handheld versions</ref> (Latin for "The die is cast.")
-=====[[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince]]=====
+=====[[1996]]=====
 *Abstinence
 *Baubles
@@ Line 32: / Line 33: @@
 *Tapeworm
 *Quid Agis (Latin for "How are you")
+====[[Hufflepuff Basement]]====
+*Instead of a password, one must tap the correct barrel with their wand, in the rhythm of "[[Helga Hufflepuff]]".
 ====[[Ravenclaw Tower]]====
 (Instead of a password, a conundrum is posed.)
-*Which came first, the phoenix or the flame?
+*Which came first, the [[phoenix]] or the [[Fire|flame]]?
 **Answer: A circle has no beginning.
 *Where do Vanished objects go?
@@ Line 41: / Line 45: @@
 ====[[Slytherin Dungeon]]====
-=====Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets=====
+=====1992=====
 *[[Pure-blood]]
 ====Headmaster's Office====
-[[File:19.JPG|thumb|250px|[[Minerva McGonagall]] using "Sherbet lemon" in [[1992]].]]
+[[File:19.png|thumb|250px|[[Minerva McGonagall]] using "Sherbet lemon" in [[1992]].]]
+=====1992=====
+*[[Sherbet lemon]]
+=====1994=====
+*[[Cockroach Clusters|Cockroach cluster]]
+=====1996=====
 *[[Acid Pops]]
-*[[Cockroach Clusters]]
 *[[Fizzing Whizbees]]
-*[[Sherbet lemon]]
-*[[Lemon drop]]
 *[[Toffee Eclair]]s
+=====[[1998]]=====
 *[[Albus Dumbledore|Dumbledore]]
+=====Unknown=====
 *[[Chocolate Frog]]s
 ====[[Prefects' bathroom]]====
+=====1994=====
-*Pine fresh
+*Pine-fresh
 ====[[One-Eyed Witch Passage]]====
-*''Dissendium''
+*[[Dissendium]]
 ====[[Chamber of Secrets]] and [[Salazar Slytherin's Locket]]====
@@ Line 66: / Line 76: @@
 ====[[Elizabeth Burke]]'s portrait====
-*''Slytherins are Supreme''
+*Slytherins are Supreme
-*''Facta, non verba''<ref>[[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (video game)]] GBA Version</ref> (Latin for ''Deeds, not words'')
+*Facta, non verba<ref>[[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (video game)]] GBA Version</ref> (Latin for ''Deeds, not words'')
+====[[Glanmore Peakes]]'s portraits====
+*Sea Serpent
 ====[[Percival Pratt]]'s portrait====
-*''This Password is Absurd''
+*This Password is Absurd
 ====[[Basil Fronsac]]'s portrait====
-*''Studious Success''
+*Studious Success
-*''Libraries Liberate''<ref name="HBP/g">''[[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (video game)]]''</ref>
+*Libraries Liberate<ref name="HBP/g">''[[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (video game)]]''</ref>
 ====[[Giffard Abbott]]'s portrait====
-*''Dragon's Egg''
+*Dragon's Egg
-*''Light against Darkness''<ref name="HBP/g"></ref>
+*Light against Darkness<ref name="HBP/g"></ref>
 ====[[Damara Dodderidge]]'s portrait====
-*''Chops and Gravy''
+*Chops and Gravy
-*''Dashing Cadogan''<ref name="HBP/g"></ref>
+*Dashing Cadogan<ref name="HBP/g"></ref>
 ====[[Boris the Bewildered]]'s portrait====
-*''Forget-Me-Never''
+*Forget-Me-Never
 ====[[Old Posh Baron]]'s portrait====
-*''Fizzy Pop''
+*Fizzy Pop
+====[[Hesper Starky]]'s portrait====
+*Lunartickle
 ====(Grounds portrait)====
-*''Catweazle''
+*Catweazle
 ====(Dungeons portrait)====
-*''Wanglewort''
+*Wanglewort
 ====(Upper Castle portrait)====
-*''Wolf's Bane''
+*[[Wolfsbane Potion|Wolf's Bane]]
+====[[Marauder's Map]]====
+"I solemnly swear I am up to no good" to reveal the map, and "Mischief Managed" to hide it.
 ===[[Potterwatch]]===
-*''[[Albus Dumbledore|Albus]]''
+*[[Albus Dumbledore|Albus]]
-*''[[Caradoc Dearborn|Dearborn]]''
+*[[Caradoc Dearborn|Dearborn]]
-*''[[Fawkes]]''
+*[[Fawkes]]
-*''[[Longbottom family|Longbottom]]''
+*[[Longbottom family|Longbottom]]
-*''[[Alastor Moody|Mad-Eye]]''
+*[[Alastor Moody|Mad-Eye]]
-*''[[Dorcas Meadowes|Meadowes]]''
+*[[Dorcas Meadowes|Meadowes]]
-*''[[Alastor Moody|Moody]]''
+*[[Alastor Moody|Moody]]
-*''[[Sirius Black|Padfoot]]''
+*[[Sirius Black|Padfoot]]
-*''[[Phoenix]]''
+*[[Phoenix]]
-*''[[Prewett family|Prewett]]''
+*[[Prewett family|Prewett]]
-*''[[Sirius Black|Sirius]]''
+*[[Sirius Black|Sirius]]
+*[[Emmeline Vance|Vance]]
-*''Vase''
+*Wulfric (One of Albus Dumbledore's middle names)
-*''Wulfric''
 ==Appearances==
-*''[[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone]]''
+*''[[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone]]'' {{1st}}
 *''[[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (film)]]''
 *''[[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (video game)]]''
@@ Line 138: / Line 157: @@
 *''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2]]'' {{Comment|Possibly}}
 *''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (video game)]]''
-*''[[Lego Harry Potter: Years 1-4]]''
+*''[[LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4]]''
 ==Notes and references==
 {{Reflist}}
+[[de:Passwort]]
+[[es:Contraseña]]
 [[fr:Mot de passe]]
-[[Category:Magic]]
 [[Category:Passwords]]
+[[Category:Opening magic]]