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Finding digits that sum to 15
Rand and Rubio are playing a game in which they each take turns to pick a digit between 1 and 9, without replacement (i.e. all digits chosen are distinct). If one of them manages to get three digits which sum to 15, then he wins. If neither player…
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This is my first self-developed cryptographic puzzle. I hope it is neither too hard nor too easy for you to break, and that you enjoy it. Please do not only post the answer, but also your way towards it.
You are Alan Turing 2.0 - a British…
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This puzzle is driving me #$&@!
So, I've been given these strange blocks of clues. I've read them end to end but frankly I just can't make head or tail of them! I know I must be missing some kind of connection somewhere. Can't you help me, please? It's driving me insane!
Block…
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A simple visual puzzle to die for
Can you figure out how the patterns in the picture were generated, and determine what the hidden pattern at the bottom right should look like?
This is a visual puzzle, and the solution can be determined by simply looking at the image. But if you'd…
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A Humbled Response
Well, I may not be able to match the rhyme or meter ...or spelling ...or punctuation skills of other puzzle creators on this site, but I thought I should still at least have a go...
Well, I'm handing down the mantle- as that mountain dwarfs this…
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What's a good way to introduce someone to puzzle-making?
First off THIS ISN'T A PUZZLE. It's a question about puzzle making, as the title suggests, though I thought I would make it clear, as I can see someone out there making a puzzle with such a title.
The title is slightly misleading, I want this for my…
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The Security to the Party [12] (now with party soundtrack!)
This party is so popular!
So just like before, you want the spaghetti recipe yada yada yada... basically, you want to get in to the party.
The first guest arrives, the security guard says "6". The guest goes away to check the answer, but soon…
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Differentiate between the numbers from 1 to 5 with one single yes/no question
This question requires a bit of logical distortion to get the information required to answer the question.
However, I've never seen it asked before what would happen if more modes of question unanswerability were introduced.
I'm thinking of a…
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A-maze-ing Wordsearch
This is an entry to the 12th fortnightly challenge
You and your party realize that you possibly shouldn't have crossed the mad wizard at the black tower when all your vision goes pink and pale. When you come to your senses again, you are standing…
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Dotting the eyes and crossing the teas. But where is the PIN?
This puzzle belongs to the puzzle series: hyper-modern art
The two friends move on to the next room.
"You know what, the moving and flashing painting next door was nice."
"I'm glad you found something you liked. How about this piece? A plain…
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Does this metal puzzle have a solution (Baguenaudier)
When I was young I got this puzzle as a gift to me.
The aim is to get the long piece out. I haven't yet found a solution, and I'm not sure if there is one
Does this have a solution and if so what is it?
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There's no place like Home Theater!
Dorothy, now 93 years old, was watching some of her favorite movies in her home theater when, as one would expect in tornadic climes such as Kansas, her house blew away to somewhere over the rainbow.
"Not again!" Dorothy cried to her dog, Toto…
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A word puzzle about complimenting one's appearance
Think of a unit of measurement.
Now rearrange its letters and read them out loud to form a sentence (an example would be u r a b, meaning "You are a bee"). Make sure the sentence compliments someone on their appearance.
Now, what is the word? What…
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Drink a Little Wine, Cut a Little Rug
Consider the following diagram of your prized 9' x 12' Persian rug:
During some recent festivities a guest spilled wine on the rug, ruining the 8 square feet depicted in red.
To remedy the problem, you intend on…
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Make 11 from five identical digits
At a tender age my father introduced me to an arithmetic game: making the number 11 from five single digits using only the basic operators listed here:
+ addition
- subtraction
* multiplication
/ division
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