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Want to See My Crossword? Too Bad!
I had a wonderful crossword all prepared for you.
But... you suck. >:( So I'm just going to tell you about it.
It was an 8-by-8 American-style grid with white and black squares, 180° rotationally symmetric. All the words contained at least two…
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Five Linux command line rebus puzzles
Solve the following 5 text rebuses, which are in the form of Linux (bash) command lines.
Rebus #1 (solved by Prem)
# type beep sound > file.txt 2> file2.txt
Hints:
1. The solution is a single word that appears in dictionary.com.
2. The word has…
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Mrs. Malaprop Reads A Riddle
I, Mrs. Malaprop, will recite an original riddle, perspired by this puzzle. Each of lines 1-5 inscribe a part of a word, put them together in sequins to get the one-word answer to the riddle.
First Part: According to the psychiatrist, this is it I…
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A New Word Order
These ten words are arranged in order according to a certain property they share:
festive
fixture
salient
resolving
recline
accessory
advise
headlight
redcoat
programming
Where should each of the following four words be…
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The Writing's on the Wall
In the course of your travels, you stumble onto a cryptic message:
You lament that the three bottom lines are badly degraded and nearly unreadable. You're certain that the information they contain is necessary to decode the message.
The smaller…
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Face Up Poker with Alice and Bob
Alice and Bob are going to have a poker night. They have invented a variant where there are no secrets, and no randomness, called Face-Up Poker. Here's how it works.
A standard 52 card deck is spread face up on a table.
Alice picks up any 5 cards…
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I'm 26, what am I? - riddle
I'm 26
I'm usually cool
Sometimes I am hot, steaming hot
The Male me have a shining heart and can fly
The Young female me is, however, horrible and brings a lot of pain
What am I?
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Nine Bottles of Wine, One Poisoned, Two Mice, Two Tests
Came across this puzzle and couldn't think of a solution:
You are given nine bottles of wine out of which one is poisoned. Given
two mice (that will die when taken a sip of poisoned wine), how can
you find out which bottle is the poisoned one…
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A long, lonely drive
It's early in the wee hours of the morning when a lonely farmer loads up his truck with his goods to sell. He lives far from the city and if he wants to ensure a good spot at the bazaar, he will need to leave with haste. The road is long and dull,…
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Three Doors, One Truth-Teller, One Question
You are in a prison. There are 3 doors, and a ghost standing in the middle of the prison. He says one of the doors is the way to freedom while the other two lead to death. You get to ask only one question. He will only answer with YES or NO. All he…
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Noita Eye Glyphs
A puzzle found hidden between the background layers of the computer game Noita. The puzzle has not been solved since it was added to the game in October of 2020.
It is made of thousands of eye images, each eye looking in one of five directions,…
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A Ticking Time Bomb
This puzzle is part of the Monthly Topic Challenge #6: Is it really that [time] again?.
You wake up, finding yourself sitting in a room you've never seen before. Around the room there are loads of clocks - more than you've ever seen in one place…
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My IQ will be so high if someone can solve this for me
This puzzle is part of the Monthly Topic Challenge #2: IQ Puzzle Parody
I'm stumped with the IQ test question below. Can anyone give me a hand so I can prove how smart I am? Which of the three options is correct?
Jafe
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Where Do Birds Go
This puzzle is part of the Monthly Topic Challenge #1: Restricted Title: xkcd 1xxx
Where do birds go?! A famous ship? A Channel Island? A river in Greece? A Caribbean island? A conifer leaf? A circle of light? A California stadium? A New…
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Liar Wordle - Yet Another Wordle Variant!
In Liar Wordle, standard rules apply except each row contains exactly one clue of the wrong colour. For instance if we consider only the first row the correct colours could be Y-B-B-B-Y and the correct word would be BENCH. But that would break…
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