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Puzzle: Who is the winner of the Great Puzzling Trophy?

It’s the 10th annual award ceremony for the Puzzling StackExchange community! As the host and his attendants are handing out the awards to the best members of the community, they suddenly realize that they have forgotten who the recipient of the…
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What is an Organizable 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 an Organizable Word™. Use the examples below to find the…
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All-Knowing Being is Lonely

A Story about a lonely All-Knowing Being All-Knowing Being kidnapped you and placed you inside its home. You are well fed and have everything you need. The thing is, you can't leave and you must play a game of your choice with the Being each…
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The Prognosticator

As I traveled across the web, searching far and wide, I came across an odd puzzle that made me feel awry. It foretold the future's path and predicted no tie. How could this puzzle work, and what was the answer it told me. I know it's my…
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RIDDÅL - another unfinished flat-pack puzzle

This is an entry to the 19th Fortnightly topic challenge Yesterday I got a package in the mail. Attached to its top was a letter: Dear Alconja, That's strange, I thought... Must have gone to the wrong user. As a result of your excellent choice in…
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A firm farewell - Rest in piece

Here is what I believe is the last masterpiece of Avigrail. May God rest his tiny soul.
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Which day of the week is today?

7 people are arguing what the current day of the week might be. Each states what he believes to know: The day after tomorrow is Wednesday. No, Wednesday is today. You are both wrong, Wednesday is tomorrow. Today is not Monday, nor Tuesday or…
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A star made of dice

This puzzle is based on another one called Stella di dadi (dice star) from a popular Italian puzzle magazine. However there have been some modifications to make this puzzle a bit a lot harder. Instructions: A word of 6 letters has been engraved on…
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I was round a long time ago

I was round a long time ago. Then I was brought to you without breath and you got upset when I went around the bend saying I was no longer fresh enough. I used to come and go, but now I decided to stay, or at least it seems that way. I am…
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Is it possible to scramble a Rubik's cube such that no two squares of the same color are touching?

My friend always insists on scrambling my Rubik's cube "perfectly" before giving it to me to solve. According to his definition, a "perfect" scramble must have no three of the same color touching (which takes an annoyingly long time to achieve). For…
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The SErial Killer (Part 2)

This puzzle is part of a series - part 1 is here. Any comments I make on the OP are canonical and out of character (OOC). Any comments I post on answers are for flavour only. Update: As it turns out, this was a very easy puzzle, and I'm actually…
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I'm 3 things in 1. What am I?

Do this to a crop Do it with a cup Do it with your hand If you're feeling stuck Do it to your enemy If you're truly vicious Do it to their house and home If you are malicious! Get it from the sky Get it from the Doc. …
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16 pawns on a chess board with no three collinear: how do I go about solving this?

Here's a problem that was posed to me but I haven't seen anything about it anywhere online! I'm beginning to wonder if I'm just getting played! You have a chessboard and sixteen pawns. The puzzle is to have all sixteen pawns on the board such that…
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The life of a Knight: Conway style

So I was thinking about Conway's game of life and the ridiculous kinds of patterns that can be made (Things that move across infinite space etc) and then I thought, hey could a chess knight do this as well? A refresher on the rules: Any live cell…
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I'm not a Terrorist!

I'm not a terrorist, but you don't like me,  I'll mess up your code and your recipes,  I'll bring software to its knees,  You can find one like me in all industries. Who am I? Hint: One word, that's one you've definitely already thought of. You…
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