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Equine musicians?
What is interesting about the following sentence?
"Furiously, in back of shut portals, one in four silvery equids is only hiding many extra tidings of meadows, somewhat more craftily than normal," extremely fat musicians cried…
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Rolling cube on an infinite chessboard
Imagine a six-sided die, D6, the right size to exactly occupy a square on a chessboard.
The die can move to any adjacent square, but does so by rolling rather than sliding, so the topmost side of the die will show a different value.
Now suppose the…
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The lamest rhyme I ever wrote
The lamest rhyme I ever wrote
Was one involving Don Quixote.
No, wait, a lamer one than that,
The famous movie Chocolat.
But maybe even lamer still,
The butchering of "centre-ville".
And finally, to fill this hole,
The food we know as…
user88
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Are you getting tired of regular crosswords?
This puzzle is part of the Monthly Topic Challenge #4: Cross-*non*-words
Are you getting tired of regular crosswords? If so, then allow me to bring this one to your attention!
Solve the clues and fill the light grey-coloured squares – part of your…
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Avoid consuming broken cereal?
Please allow me to lead you on a merry dance through the following original puzzle (for which you will need to work out exactly which way to proceed).
The question is: What type of dance is it? The answer is 8 letters long.
Stiv
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What's the optimal strategy for Wordle?
Wordle is a game by Josh Wardle in which you try to guess a 5-letter word in at most six attempts. After each guess, the letters which are not in the word are highlighted in grey, the letters which are in the word, but are in the wrong place are…
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The Sinister Toy
My name is Gabee and I
live in Nebraska. Now,
my friend Ito R. Caxti
and I have thousands
of like-new toys. So, um,
Tue. eve we stopped at
a mall where plastic
pet giraffes rested
in an aisle. “We each, uh,
really shouldn’t own
such possessions.…
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Riley's Imposter!
Here is a six-letter word: ######
si####: I am the result of heat.
##dd##: I am the result of a depression.
####le: I am the result of laziness.
What is ######?
Rules:
Instead of giving you a hint for each of the prefix, infix and suffix of the…
risky mysteries
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A Tribute to Alex Trebek
This is a very sad day for puzzlers and Jeopardy! lovers alike. I decided to create this puzzle to commemorate Alex because he is the reason I got into making puzzles.
This is a typical connect wall, so it has 4 sets of 4 words that will lead you to…
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Two chunky pixelated X's locked in mortal combat!
In this dramatic image, we witness two rather chunky pixelated letter X's (having recently fattened themselves up for the approaching winter) locked in mortal combat, fighting to the death for the right to claim territory and ultimately to survive…
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Are there "rules" (or consistent conventions) that limit when the NY Times Crossword can deviate from rotational symmetry?
Most American crosswords use rotational (or "radial") symmetry so that squares directly opposite each other (through the center) are identical.
In the Times, I've only seen this not be the case when the layout was directly linked to the theme. Is…
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Pythagorean quilts
The King requests Pythagoras to his palace to discuss an important matter.
After the usual formal greetings the King asks:
- I have been told that you have a marvelous formula about adding squares together.
Pythagoras:
- Highness, what I discovered…
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Tribute to Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri
The background text that follows is in this case not part of the puzzle, nor fictitious. The puzzle, which is self-contained, consists entirely of the image below; I have composed it as a genuine (albeit poor) tribute to the work of a great…
Anon
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Unexpectedly Difficult Matchstick Problem
The words say:
听说只有智商高达200的人才有办法打出来 (only people with 200 iq can solve this).
只移动1根火柴让算式成立 (move only one match to satisfy the equation)
note: it is not my puzzle and i do not know the solution
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Start with U, add another U, remove the U - what is the word?
Start with "U".
Add another "U".
Remove the "U".
What is the word?
Hint: It's not "U" (or "you", "ewe", etcetera).
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