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Each of the small images corresponds to at most 5 letters. The answer to this puzzle is a word.


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The answer is

ELEMENTS

Each rebus-type image

yields a word. Subtracting the letters indicated above yields one or two letters. Each is an element symbol.

The image at the very top

hints that we should draw lines connecting the elements in the table.

Each line of images

forms one letter. Pluses indicate lifting the pen.

Full explanation of images


 CAR      -3          Ca  Calcium
 OK       -1          K   Potassium
 RIB      -2          Rb  Rubidium
 COS      -2          Cs  Caesium
 AFRO     -1,-4       Fr  Francium
 RA                   Ra  Radium
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 RIB      -2          Rb  Rubidium
 SIR      -2          Sr  Strontium


 SOCK     -2,-4       Sc  Scandium
 YES      -2,-3       Y   Yttrium
 LUCK     -3,-4       Lu  Lutetium    (thanks to Synchronous)
 LAR      -2          Lr  Lawrencium  (thanks to Synchronous)
 ROOF     -2,-3       Rf  Rutherfordium


 CAR      -2          Cr  Chromium
 TV       -1          V   Vanadium
 NIB      -2          Nb  Niobium
 TAZ      -3          Ta  Tantalum
 DAB      -2          Db  Dubnium
 STIG     -2,-3       SG  Seaborgium  (thanks to Synchronous)
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 NIB      -2          Nb  Niobium
 MOON     -3,-4       Mo  Molybdenum


 BOHR     -2,-4       Bh  Bohrium
 REM      -3          Re  Rhenium
 TACO     -2,-4       Tc  Technetium
 MOON     -2,-3       Mn  Manganese
 COS      -1          Os  Osmium
 COS      -3          Co  Cobalt
 RHINO    -3,-4,-5    Rh  Rhodium
 MIR      -1          Ir  Iridium
 MEAT     -2,-3       Mt  Meitnerium


 CUP      -3          Cu  Copper
 NICK     -3,-4       Ni  Nickel
 IPAD     -1,-3       Pd  Palladium
 POT      -2          Pt  Platinum
 DOS      -2          Ds  Darmstadtium
 RUG      -2          Rg  Roentgenium
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 IPAD     -1,-3       Pd  Palladium
 AGE      -3          Ag  Silver


 CAN      -2          Cn  Copernicium
 HOG      -2          Hg  Mercury
 CD                   Cd  Cadmium
 ZONE     -2,-4       Zn  Zinc
 NHL      -3          Nh  Nihonium
 TAIL     -2,-3       Tl  Thallium
 IN                   In  Indium
 GAS      -3          Ga  Gallium


 AGE      -1          Ge  Germanium
 GAS      -1          As  Arsenic
 SET      -3          Se  Selenium
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 GAS      -1          As  Arsenic
 SAAB     -2,-3       Sb  Antimony
 BIN      -3          Bi  Bismuth
 MIC      -2          Mc  Moscovium


 KARAT    -2,-4,-5    Kr  Krypton
 BOHR     -2,-3       Br  Bromine
 IT       -2          I   Iodine
 AXE      -1          Xe  Xenon
 RON      -2          Rn  Radon
 HOG      -1          Og  Oganesson
 ANTS     -1,-2       Ts  Tennessine

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    $\begingroup$ Nice job! I didn't get past deciphering the images, but I can fill in your missing words: ROT13(BC hfrf gur ynfg ryrzragf bs gur ynagunavqrf naq npgvavqrf, abg gur svefg barf. Guvf zrnaf TBBQ YHPX -> Yh naq YNE -> Ye. Naq lbhe F__T vf FGVT.) $\endgroup$ Apr 1, 2022 at 7:41
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    $\begingroup$ Well done! Everything looks good, but as @Synchronous points out rot13 (V hfrq gur ynfg ryrzragf bs obgu tebhcf (Yh naq Ye). Sbe fbzr ernfba gur crevbqvp gnoyr V hfrq, hfrq gubfr vafgrnq. Fb n fznyy reebe gurer sebz zl fvqr. Nyfb, Gur "Fgvt" vf pbeerpg sbe Ft.) $\endgroup$ Apr 1, 2022 at 12:32
  • $\begingroup$ @Synchronous good catch! I'll edit it in. $\endgroup$
    – caPNCApn
    Apr 1, 2022 at 19:15

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