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Lost in Translation
You arrive on a foreign island, but upon heading to the local library, you find yourself unable to decipher the texts. You wonder what's caused this...
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B H F K QCEI …
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What is a Tulip Word™?
This puzzle 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 tulip word.
Here is a list of examples:
TULIP
NOT…
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The lion and the zebras II: The lion with millimeter-long claws
This is a variant of this excellent question. The rules of the lion-zebra hunger games are exactly the same:
The lion plays a deadly game against a group of 100 zebras that takes
place in the steppe (= an infinite plane). The lion starts in the
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I am a former model
A long time ago, I used to be a model,
Even though I was a bit thick boned,
I'd dress in casual clothes like everyone else,
I could have been a thousand different things, I was way ahead of my time,
It pains me to think I should have been a singer…
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MSSNG VWLS CNNCT WLL
The words and phrases in the following connect wall are missing their vowels. Insert the missing vowels into each word or phrase (all of the words/phrases are spaced correctly), then sort them into four groups of four each. Finally, use the group…
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Cut a cake into 3 equal portions with only a knife
You have to determine a way to cut a circular cake into exactly three portions of equal size. The only marking on the cake is a candle in the very center.
All you have to work with is a knife that is at least as long as the diameter of the cake, and…
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Talk about Grandpa's weird talk: Who are these folks?
"These guys are strange" exclaimed Grandpa
"Why?" I opened my mouth. Too late.
"They constantly talk about only one country and only one sport-- boring sport if you ask me, and, get this, only one drink!"
"who?" I shouldn't have.
"and why in the…
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These were just lying around
What peculiar property do all these words have in common?
AMP
APP
BARF
COME
CUR
EAR
GANG
GROW
IMP
ON
PEAR
PIMP
SING
STAB
TRIP
Afterword:
As @TwoBitOperation astutely observed, it's not just that you can add –LY to each of these…
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How do I convince my grandmother?
How do I convince my grandmother (who really hates mathematics) that there exist three positive integers $x,y,z$ that satisfy the equation $28x+30y+31z=3650$?
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Recycling old answers
Each of the puzzles below gives a two-word answer. Solve the puzzles and arrange the resulting 16 words into four groups of four, each with a common theme. The resulting group names form a clue for the final answer.
Written every which way
A…
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Lowest total scrabble score
It's generally easier to get a low score in Scrabble than a high one. But is it easier to get a really low score?
Suppose you play a game of Scrabble by yourself in which you only make legal plays (that is, they'd withstand a challenge). You…
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This is why we puzzle
What kind of puzzle solver are you? Let’s map it out!
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Nail item before each paper item (7)
After shooter’s return, receive big chunk (6)
Encourage bone disease (4)
Lost charge of gold and silver - lies! (4)
Theater costume’s warmth…
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Where will this killer strike next?
I'm going to try something new here... this puzzle is going to play out in real-time, so if it remains unsolved long enough the final objective will change. That'll be bad news for some fictional person, but no particular loss for those of you…
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What is the most triangles you can make from a capital "H" and 3 straight lines?
So start with an upper case H, and then draw $3$ straight lines. What is the greatest number of closed triangles that you can form? For example:
Note that triangles inside of triangles only count once (e.g. 5 & 6 in the image don't count):
And you…
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A title for a history book
A German historian is sitting by his desk, pondering a title for his book. He picks up and pen and starts writing down possible titles.
South Asians
No, too short. Let's try to add something to it...
A number of South Asians
Still needs…
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