# The clue is hidden in this statement

"The clue is hidden in this statement", read the note handed to Sherlock by Moriarty, who hid the stolen treasure in one of the ten pillars. Which pillar is it?

• I've edited the title to make it more specific. You can always rollback if you want to. – ghosts_in_the_code Dec 21 '15 at 11:31
• No problem at all, I think this title suits more. Thanks. :) – Member Dec 21 '15 at 12:35

It's in the

ninth: hidden in this statement

its in

IX.... hidden in this...
(read it from back... enin---> nine)

• Wow, two different methods for the same outcome. +1 – Martijn Dec 21 '15 at 19:11

My guess and reasoning is as under.

It's in ninth pillar, hidde$N \ IN \ TH$is contains ninth.

• -1 This is a duplicate of the existing answer. Idk if @Sunny did this on purpose, but it's surprising that the answer got 2 upvotes anyways. – ghosts_in_the_code Dec 23 '15 at 10:45
• I don't think so, anyone do this purposefully. Why anyone will do this? We are not giving any rewards for answer, so why one would cheat. – Member Dec 23 '15 at 17:06

according to the statement I think answer is one of(f) ten i.e. IX

• "Of" and "Off" are very different words. – Deusovi Dec 23 '15 at 11:06
• But the note says that " The answer is hidden in this statement", so I think we should look for answer in that line only. – Member Dec 23 '15 at 17:03
• Anyways nice observation. – Member Dec 23 '15 at 17:03

The clue is hidden in this statement. So correct Answer is 9th.

• This question was already answered a month and a half ago. – Deusovi Feb 3 '16 at 14:35