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A puzzle that heavily depends on linguistic features; for instance it may concern foreign languages, or only work in some particular language, or be built around a peculiarity of the English language.

A puzzle that heavily depends on linguistic features.

For example:

  • A puzzle reliant on words in a language other than English;
  • A puzzle built around a peculiarity of the language;
  • A puzzle that plays heavily with particular features of language such as verbs, nouns, adjectives, etc.
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✯ Familiar Faces ✯ \(^ヮ^)/

I invited a bunch of people to a small party: A. ㇏(う_う)ﾉ B. (°ヘ°) C. (イ◠‿◠) D. ¯\_(シ)_/¯ E. (メ°皿°)ﾉ Everyone made it and we all had a great time. I was the second person in the room. She came first, he was last and you came just before…
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What is my clock telling me to do?

My two year old played with my calendar clock, and while it still shows the correct time, now it tells me my name, where I work, and also something I should do, which I'd rather not. What is it? Hint 1 The clock is a fairly cheap device available…
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A Palindrome Challenge

Write a sentence that has the following properties: Is a palindrome Is true Can be used as a template to generate an infinite number of sentences which are both palindromes and true As a bonus, write a sentence in a language other than English…
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The Babel Brotherhood - #1

Meta: If you find this kind of puzzle fun, I'd like to make a complete series with the same style. Let's see how it goes! The Babel Brotherhood is composed of people from all around the world. Two members of the Brotherhood, codenames Madrid and…
Racso
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Alien Language Test Run

Given the following sentences... The being ate the Earthling Chwtwobattaxkof kwmwhtiesh kielokebbexkof They are ordering the Earthling Vophanihdiezh kielokebbexkof I serve a dinner Bsazakiehdiazh rachatebbexkof I cook a Earthling Krwotihdiosh…
Prince North Læraðr
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What English words contain the vowel letters, a, e, i, o, and u, with fewest consonant letters?

What English words contain the five vowel letters, a, e, i, o, and u, with fewest consonant letters? Facetious and abstemious contain the five in alphabetical order, and each contains four consonant letters: fcts in facetious, and bstm in…
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HAs YOU BRaIN CoNFUSION?

CaN YOU AsCErTaIn WHAt IS UNUSUAl As CoNCeRnS ThIS PArAgRaPH? SURe, YOU CaN NoTiCe OBVIOUS AlTeRaTiONS In ClAsSiC PHRaSe CHoICeS. WHY UPPEr CaSe SO OFTeN? HAs OP BRaIn CoNFUSiON? HAs YOU BRaIN CoNFUSION? ONCe KNoWN, IS OBVIOUS, YEs? …
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Just Read My Lips

Do you know the game I play? I think that it's quite fun. Find the rules that bind it, and you just might find the one. This puzzle's for lovers once kissing - and a missing thing used for things missing.
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This Riddle Should Be Easy

I am a word with rhyming parts, Each part a word if spoken aloud. The first is to bully The last is to steal And spoken together, a pleasant meal. What am I?
kedarguru
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Nested Analogies

Your puzzle is solving a nested analogy, where the goal is to find the word that fills in the final blank, based on the answer to the analogy in parentheses. An example: sky:blue::(bird:worm::cow:____):____ In this case, the answer to the part in…
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Translate a new language

You are given the task as translator for a new language. There is no dictionary but you are given the following translations to help you. kisha dogafam kotirash ‘Someone has shot the squire.’ flori konekash dogredam ‘The barmaid has…
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The Babel Brotherhood - #3 (Fan Made)

Recently, the puzzles of @Racso and @PerpetualJ caught my attention and I had to make one myself. Check out The Babel Brotherhood - #1 and The Babel Brotherhood - #2 if you're unsure how this works. Two members of the Babel Brotherhood, Cologne and…
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An image filled with circles

Here is an image. My question is simple: what is this? (As a side note, I did not invent this, and it was not intended by its creator to be a puzzle.) PS: If you believe you have solved it, see if you can figure out this second image.
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The Babel Brotherhood - #2

Inspired by @Racso's Babel Brotherhood #1, I've decided to create one as well. Good luck to you all! Also, @Racso, I would love some feedback on my first attempt so I can make sure my future renditions do your puzzles justice! The Babel Brotherhood…
Hazel へいぜる
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Longest intelligible sentence with words of two or fewer letters

The task is to find the longest intelligible and grammatical English sentence containing only words of two or fewer letters. To limit the possibilities, you may use only the following words: Single letter words, "I" (pronoun), "A" or "a"…
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