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The most important trait for puzzling?
I was wondering what the most important trait for a puzzle creator and/or solver was. I think I've found the answer, but I could be wrong. I thought about it, deconstructed it, put it back together a different way and took it apart again.
In the…
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The last question to the guards
"What will happen next?" asked the old man. His voice was friendly, his eyes bright, as always. His hair and beard seemed to be even whiter than ever before.
"The standard procedure is as follows: New arrivals are subject of a test after they are…
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Insecurity to the Party
Lord Gray has invited you to the annual ball at his mansion.
But being a socially awkward person, there's nothing you could dread more than being called upon to dance in a huge bright hall filled with all sorts of people.
However, Lord Gray is a…
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The odd one out amongst odd ones out
For this task you will be presented four lists consisting of eight items. All items consist of two parts. To make things slightly easier for you, the length of the shortest part is given.
In each list the items share a common theme; your task is to…
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What is a KMorG Word™?
In the spirit of the What is a Word™/Phrase™ series started by JLee, a special brand of Phrase™ and Word™ puzzles.
*(ApoloGies in advance, I seeM to be havinG soMe trouble with My Keyboard today.)*
If a word conforMs to a special rule, I call it a…
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2017 is the 1st prime satisfying three conditions. What is the 2nd?
$2017$ is prime, and so is $(2017+1)/2=1009$.
$2017$ can be written as $a^2 + b^4$:
$2017 = 44^2 + 3^4 = 1936 + 81$.
$2017 \equiv 2 \bmod 31$.
What is the next prime (if any) that satisfies these same three conditions?
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How were the Japanese planning to corrupt the youth of The West?
1980 - Location: Classified
"Commander, we've received a message from a deep cover asset in Japan".
"Well decode it then, what does it say?"
"Well, erm. This asset is a little eccentric boss. He doesn't trust ciphers, never uses them. But he's sent…
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Pathetic Neighbor!
Mr. Heisenberg recently moved next to my apartment. An old and needy person I say. Disgusted with the continuous taps and noises on my door I decided to leave the apartment. Well, are you thinking about the taps and noises? Well, I will explain it…
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Find the missing result
On a scrap of paper you read the following results:
$$
\begin{array}{r c l c}
NETHERLANDS & - &FINLAND & 3-1 \\
JAPAN & - &IRAQ & 0-0 \\
RUSSIA & - &INDONESIA & 1-0 \\
AUSTRALIA & - &CHINA & 0-1 \\
CANADA & - &CUBA & 2-1 \\
SWITZERLAND & - &FRANCE…
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Decrypting the Key: "Phage is Spreading.."
I've been trying to solve this puzzle called "Phage is Spreading.."
To complete stage one is an achievement.
To complete the test is talent.
Talent will be rewarded.
Good luck.
-Phage
Images given:
What I tried was decrypt the second Image…
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Longest "De Bruijn phrase" in English
Let's call De Bruijn n-phrase a sequence $S$ of n words $W_1 W_2 W_3... W_n$ such that any "left-rotation" of its words constitutes a correct and meaningful phrase. The left-rotations of $S$ are:
$W_1 W_2 W_3... W_n$
$W_2 W_3... W_n W_1$
$W_3...…
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I have hundreds of friends. What am I?
I am neither a living being nor an object.
I have hundreds of friends, but they usually reject me.
Sometimes they let me join them, but it's always temporary.
Although without him none of us would exist, the sun is source of my loneliness.
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A weird website
So I recently stumbled upon a very strange website:
There doesn't seem to be anything except a normal navigation-bar (which isn't working) and a cipher. Can you decrypt it? Maybe the plaintext will tell us how to log in (i.e. username, password)!…
user14478
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Dot message on a Star Wars frisbee team
So I was given this image to "decrypt"/ figure out the message and report back. However I am completely lost... Can anyone give me an idea of where to start? Can anyone solve this? Thanks for whatever information you can give me!
Note: Star Wars…
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Make the equation true by only drawing a single straight line
Fred has a puzzle. The instruction sheet, which is separate from the equation,simply says: "Make this equation true. You may ONLY draw ONE, PERFECTLY straight line". The equation is all alone on a blank piece of paper and reads: …
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