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Continue the Pattern of Circles
The following shapes are sequenced from left to right. Describe or create the next five shapes. Bonus points to those who describe how the pattern works.
The pattern could continue on forever.
The line thicknesses you see here are 1, 3, and 5; and…
Rip Leeb
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Clever ways to solve Mastermind?
Is there any specific way to solve Mastermind?
Apart from the first step that is pure chance, is there any way to continue based on the colors that you think are correct?
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You can order them, and keep them
Each clue gives TWO words, which give a letter; the letters can be combined to form two more words, which share a special property with all of the decoded clues.
All of forever. (8)
It's big enough to grab! (8)
Look at the front face. (7)
Merchant…
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Have You Heard My New Riddle?
A stirrup I own that no stallion can wear.
I am not a smith though an anvil I bear.
My hammer? No Middle Earth dwarf gives a care.
With diamonds or pearls adorned may I be.
The heart of my heart holds the truth secretly.
In truth…
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I am ... not a political riddle
I am.
With the left wing, I seek to ban suffragettes.
With the same right wing, I'm for a third party.
Remove that wing from me, and I'll be leaving.
Make one of me Dutch, and I'll join the army.
Who or what am I?
Rand al'Thor
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A riddle for Emrakul
Argh! I think I must be going mad!
Beating others in a fevered dream -
Colours whirling, twisting, changing,
Digits blurring, causing pain.
Experts say the tiger-owl is king.
Finally success is found!
Gasping, I survey my work:
Happy faces, no more…
Rand al'Thor
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A simple alien safe
Oh no!! Abducted by aliens and put into a labyrinth for ability testing - again!
There is (obviously) no deeper meaning behind this all, but can you help me open this safe, as it undoubtedly contains some strange device I will need in the next room…
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What is a Bind Word™?
This is in the spirit of the What is a Word™/Phrase™ series started by JLee with a special brand of Phrase™ and Word™ puzzles.
If a word conforms to a special rule, I call it a Bind Word™.
Use the examples below to find the rule.
Bind Words™
Not…
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You think YOU have it bad?
Let me tell you about MY life:
They took from me something near to my heart. I crossed the Atlantic, my short became long, but I was still essentially myself.
I gave up heroin. I introduced my companions to my friend Syrah.
Once accustomed to a…
Rubio
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My Uncle's present
It was Christmas at my Uncle's and I rushed downstairs waiting to see the present he had bought for me. But instead of a giant wrapped gift, I found a puzzle.
My greetingc! I hope you are woll.
If you are reading my letter you’ll be disappointed…
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Reverse puzzling. What game is this?
I saw my friend working on making a computer game version of an old game (not traditionally a computer game) and his notepad has these strange series of numbers. What game is he working…
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Cheating is efficient, but only until you get caught!
This is an entry into the 16th Fortnightly Challenge - reverse-puzzling
The Puzzleland Inc. is recruiting some fresh blood, and after some brain-bending tests, the candidates have been shortlisted to just two - of which you are one, of course. The…
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My Two Strange Friends
I have two strange friends; they don't seem to get along, and they say phrases that make no sense.
The following are some phrases my first friend has said:
great trees feared axes
caged war gave a start
tears were dared
And the following are…
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A princess fell in love
Once upon a time there was a princess.
She fell in love with a prince, wrote him a letter and sent it via
Celeste, who was always willing to help. The prince was Laniff III and
was in love with the princess, too.
However, there were a lot of…
Maria Ivanova
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The youngest, What am I?
I'm the shortest of all my brothers and sisters
I've never won first
I'm known to love the water
And I leap with a burst
In the north I like it colder
And I have a heart that can be versed
What am I?
Hint:
I don't leap far
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