What is the password for the fat lady to enter Gryffindor Tower?

When Harry and the other first-year students arrive at the entrance to Gryffindor Tower, Percy addresses the portrait of a very fat lady, in a pink silk dress, to give her the password, "Caput Draconis." Never named, the portrait is called The Fat Lady throughout the rest of the series.
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What is the password to get into Gryffindor Tower?

An iconic moment, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone boasted the very first utterance of a Gryffindor password. It was 'Caput Draconis' which is Latin for 'dragon's head' and that definitely fits as a straightforward password for the common room.
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What was the fat lady's password to get into the Gryffindor common room in the first movie?

At the start of the school year, the Fat Lady initally refused to allow Harry to enter as he did know the password, but Neville Longbottom arrived and gave the correct password Mimbulus mimbletonia and she allowed them entry.
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What was the Gryffindor password in Half Blood Prince?

Gryffindor Tower

Quid Agis (Latin for "What are you doing?")
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Does Hufflepuff have a password?

The entrance to the common room was located "in a nook on the right hand side of the kitchen corridor", concealed behind a stack of barrels. In order to reveal the entrance, no password was required.
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What is the Slytherin password?

The entry password was "Pure-blood" when Draco Malfoy let them in.
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How do Hogwarts students know the password?

As explained in this question, each password protected area appears to have the password set by its somewhat sentient guardian (such as the Fat Lady).
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What does the Fat Lady say in Harry Potter?

Fat Lady in Painting : Eyes like the Devil hr's got and a soul as dark as his name. It's him headmaster, the one they all talk about, he's here somewhere in the castle.
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How do I get into Gryffindor common room?

Location. The Gryffindor Common Room is located in Gryffindor Tower. To enter the room, you need to give the right password to the guardian painting, the Fat Lady. The Common Room is also the only way of getting to the Gryffindor dormitories, where the Gryffindor students sleep.
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Who scared the Fat Lady?

Half-crazed and desperate, Sirius sneaked into Hogwarts through the old passageway from the Shrieking Shack and on one occasion slashed the Fat Lady's portrait when she refused him entrance to Gryffindor Tower ,probably due to anger as he is unable to enter his own groups common room on 31 October, 1993.
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What are all the passwords for Dumbledore's office?

'Sherbet lemon' and 'Acid Pops' are used as passwords to Dumbledore's office, and his preferred jam flavour could be used as a question to check his identity – it's raspberry, just in case you want to know.
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Why did the Fat Lady change?

When Alfonso Cuaron signed on as director for Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, he recast the Fat Lady and gave the part to British television comedian Dawn French.
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How many dormitories are there in Gryffindor Tower?

There were two staircases opening off the common room into the Tower itself: the boys' staircase on which the seven boys' dormitories were located (one for each year) and the girls' staircase, on which the seven girls' dormitories were located (one for each year).
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Where is the Gryffindor common room in real life?

The fictional account of the room is liked by millions of fans worldwide. But now, Potter fans can actually get a real feel of the room if they happen to be in North Yorkshire, UK. A cottage in the county has a special cottage that looks a lot like the Gryffindor common room, complete with red shades and a fireplace.
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Do Hogwarts dorms have bathrooms?

Hogwarts does have bathrooms with toilets. One of these even features the entrance to a hidden chamber where an 80-foot snake resides and a toilet ghost. Another is just for Prefects. It has a 12-foot long sized bathtub that constitutes the only place a kid can get clean at Hogwarts.
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Where did the fat lady go?

In Harry's third year, Sirius Black broke into Hogwarts and viciously attacked the Fat Lady's portrait, ripping the canvas to shreds, making her flee her frame (PA8). She was found “hiding in a Map of Argyllshire on the second floor” (PA9).
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What painting does the fat lady hide?

On 31 October, 1993, Sirius Black attacked Fat Lady's portrait in a vain attempt to gain entrance to Gryffindor Tower. Scared, the Fat Lady ran away hiding in other paintings, including this one, where she hid behind the hippopotamus.
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How did Sirius Black enter Hogwarts?

Using his Animagus form, Sirius was able to enter the castle undetected. He made his way unseen all the way up to the entrance of Gryffindor Tower and changed back to his true form. However, The Fat Lady would not let him in without the password.
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What happens if a boy tries to enter the Gryffindor girls dormitories?

The dorm had a centrally located stove in the centre of the dormitory next to the table. The staircase to the girl's dormitory was enchanted so that if a boy attempted to enter the dormitory, a wailing klaxon went off and the staircase turned into a stone slide, sending them back to the Common Room.
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Can girls enter the boys dormitory at Hogwarts?

BOYS CAN'T ENTER THE GIRL'S DORMITORY

But the weird thing about this one was that boys were totally not allowed in the girls' dormitory, but the girls were allowed in the boys'. Hermione pointed this out as an old-fashioned rule, and she was right.
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Can you enter the Ravenclaw common room?

In order to enter the room, a person must answer a riddle asked by the eagle knocker; if they answered incorrectly, they had to wait for someone else who got it right.
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Is Slytherin common room underwater?

Their common room has high ceiling windows which can only look out into the depth of the Hogwarts' lake. It is described as having the ambiance of an underwater shipwreck that sees its fair share of aquatic creatures.
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What floor is the Hufflepuff common room on?

Common rooms

Hufflepuff Common Room — located in Hufflepuff Basement, below ground level behind a stack of barrels near the kitchens.
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Who ransacked Harry's room?

He was disappointed when Ginny reclaimed it. Seeing Harry with the Diary on Valentine's day, she feared it would reveal her secrets, and so she ransacked Harry's room to retrieve it.
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