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Two visual codes
Here are two codes I can't seem to break.
I have no idea for the first one, and I found some interesting things for the second.
The answer is supposed to either be an English word/phrase, or a number ...
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Third Time's The Charm
(code 1) = COMMA = PSYCH
APEIRON = (code 2) = FRANKEN
ROSEN EELS = LUSAKA AND = (code 3)
? (5) = (Japanese city) = (TF2 class)
(Tasty) = ? (6) = (Round)
(Rumors) = ? (6) = (Response of affirmation)
(...
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Enigmatic Puzzle 5: Reflections
Particularly looking for feedback on this new enigmatic puzzle. I like the concept of it, but have gotten some comments that it might be too difficult without any hints. Let me know what you think. ...
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Puzzle from Pythagoras
Pythagoras wants to…
If 1a,2b,20k,50v and 600x
Then what is 100 10 1000 3 ?
My original puzzle
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World Puzzling Competition #2: bobby's transformation
Previously: This year, you were invited to attend the WPC, otherwise known as the World Puzzling Competition. The organizers also seem to suggest that there will be a 50 reputation bounty for every ...
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A QWERTY-based keyboard puzzle [closed]
There is a puzzle and clue. Answer is one (real) word only.
Riddle: dtqrgvl
Clue is: qwerty based keyboard
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Animal Farm and the Porcine Penitentiary
It's a disaster at the farm!
Overnight, some nefarious individual has stolen an animal. You're not sure which animal, but you're sure that when you went to bed there were ten, and now there are only ...
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A Trivial Pursuit #07 (Geography 2/4): String Theory
This is part 7 of A Trivial Pursuit, a 25-part puzzle hunt. Each part is solvable on its own, with the exception of the meta-puzzle at the end.
If
e*
t*
u*
v*
w*
x*
y*
is H...
What relevant (if ...
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6 types of puzzles I like
I like puzzles where you find out about something interesting.
Mike Wilks
I like image editing puzzles.
I like code puzzles, where the code is not that obvious.
Pakistan Dance Omega Beans Cricket ...
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My GF is a spy?
So it turns out my long-term girlfriend is a spy.
I probably should have seen the signs earlier (I guess this finally explains all the wigs and false moustaches), but last night she told me on the ...
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CliffDriving PS
[contextual images]
[text near one image] 16.,51.
Instructions: Name the Town
_ _ s _ _ _ _
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Hexagonal Topline Crossword
This puzzle is part of the Monthly Topic Challenge #4: Cross-*non*-words
This crossword is a hexagonal one, and it uses a cipher mainly used in geocaching instead of English letters.
The grid ...
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There are 10 types 0f pe0ple 1n the w0rld
Th1s puzzle 1s part 0f the Monthly Topic Challenge #4: Cross-*non*-words
C0mplete the cr0ssw0rd and f1nd the h1dden themat1c e1ght-character s0lut10n w0rd.
Acr0ss:
7. Pref1x mean1ng 'just a few' 0r '...
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->Transitions->
Here is a crossword to solve; the yellow squares hold a relevant word.
Online tools will be useful/needed.
partial text transcription:
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▉ ▎▊ ▐▎ ▋█ ▐▉ ▋█ ▐▉ ▎▊ ▐▎ ▎█ ▐
(I created this puzzle myself)
I was shopping for groceries the other day, and I found an item that was in an unlabeled, uncolored package. In fact, the only thing that was on it was this barcode:
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Fix the perpetual machine
Look at this marvelous machine I found in an antique store. My auntie who knows about antiquities tells me they would feed a ribbon between the gears, turn the crank, and it would imprint an endless ...
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PSE Advent Calendar 2021 (Day 18): A Reunion, and Christmas Decorations
This puzzle is part of the Puzzling Stack Exchange Advent Calendar 2021. The accepted answer to this question will be awarded a bounty worth 50 reputation.< Previous Door Next Door >
I lived ...
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U cant s0lv th!s haha - who am I?
I got a cryptic (or maybe just junk) message in my inbox today:
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Have you this knowledge?
This is special puzzle, with no story. It should be very easy for people who know what is this:
GgcuuUcaGuUgUauAuuUguUaa
The target is to find the word from that string.
And, if you really want to ...
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Captain Clumsy's crummy communication
An entry in Fortnightly Topic Challenge #45: Flags
Captain Clumsy never ceases to amaze me... This morning I was down at the dockside when I heard a shout from a nearby ship. Steeling myself, I ...
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Help With Dan Brown's Unsolved Puzzle
Dan Brown has an unsolved message on his website https://danbrown.com/
There are hidden symbols on 5 JPG images and 5 PNG images that overlay the JPGs.
JPG Images: int1.bg.jpg, int2.bg.jpg, int3.bg....
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The physicist's puzzle
An unknown physic1st left behind this puzzle with his belongin9s and he can no longer Be found. Here is the puzzle he left with u5 before disappEaring.
Can you figure who this mysterious physicist was ...
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What are these holes in my Connect Wall?
An entry in Fortnightly Topic Challenge #42: Wordless Connecting Walls
"Why on earth are there blank spaces in your connect wall?"
"In my defense, you just asked me to make categories ...
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The Painted Barcode
Someone spilled paint on what looks to be some sort of barcode, although I am not entirely sure that's what it is.
Can you figure out what the original message may have been?
Hint 1
Hint 2
Hint 3
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New word from a rotation function
In the Caesar cipher a word is encoded by rotating the letters in the alphabet a given number of times, $N<26$. A word is the smallest sequence of phonemes that can be uttered in isolation with ...
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Find your way through the five rings
I am trapped in a cage full of animals and all exits have been sealed. At the end of a long path, there is a sealed six-foot iron gate with 5 rings as shown below. Each ring contains floating letters, ...
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What did my uncle want to write?
I've always been a writer as well as a puzzler, and my uncle shares that same fascination with both.
Recently, he shared with me a complex puzzle that he'd made when he was my age. He said that the ...
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I'm sorry, what's your name again? - I told you
ggvayofxbqftmphsrighnfsiiiegkugdrexyyvgrdtvyjklxxbpstnsunc
isvexcioinid (2)(4)
xfviirisit (5) itxhviirld (2)(2)(1)
Help me figure out his name!
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What should these be called?
On this site, rot13 is often used to encrypt comments so spoilers can be spoken about. Rot13 is a cipher, in which each letter is shifted 13 letters forward (or backward) in the alphabet.
There are ...
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find the word in a multi-stage internet scavenger hunt
The answer can be anything.
For you can search a lifetime.
To discover the bookmarked answer.
You must traverse down the long long walls.
Using the number of walls of each frame.
The key hides twice ...
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Note of greetingth
A friend of mine thent me thith note. He'th a little bit thy and often preferth to thend a metthage rather than thay thomething in perthon, even if it'th quite thort, and thometimeth amutheth himthelf ...
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Weird song from liner notes of a broken CD
Grandpa Bob liked to think he was a rockstar. He also loved to play that play-a-song-and-guess-the-name game. Known outside the family exclusively as Mr Deau, the weirdest thing he left behind when he ...
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At the crime scene of a murder 🔪
Someone has been murdered!
Eight suspects have been identified. The contents of their bags have been emptied to use as evidence and are listed below alongside their names.
Which one of them was the ...
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Cipher text on an ancient wall
The following text was found written on the wall of an ancient tomb:
$\text{DXFDMKEPU}$
Can you decipher what it means?
Nearby the wall, this piece of parchment was found. Perhaps it is a clue ...
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Again, the scientific one!
I am looking for an answer that consists of two parts(____ ____).
The task is to somehow make sense of this word grid below with the help of the clue.
Hint
Hint2
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Who wrote this potion recipe? (#2)
Below is a recipe for a Nosebleed Antidote written by a mysterious wizard. Just like other wizards before him have done, the one who wrote this recipe has hidden his name within the recipe. Can you ...
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Who wrote this potion recipe?
Below is a recipe for a Fainting Draught written by a famous wizard. The potionmaster who created this recipe has hidden his name within the recipe. Can you find the name of this potion's author?
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Find the hidden word (Harry Potter theme)
Bouncing bulbs are jumping all around the greenhouse. Can you help sort them out and figure out the hidden word?
(Note: the answer is something from Harry Potter)
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The witch's hex visual riddle
Ever since that evil witch put a hex on me, my head's been spinning in circles and I constantly feel like I'm about to fall down backwards.
As she fled the scene, she left behind this note. It seems ...
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Find the secret word hidden in this message
(TL;DR at the bottom)
The following message was received from a friend:
I need you right away to help me use 0x1DD1A to find out how to set up my ...
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The cook was fired!
What word am I looking for?
The cook is fired!
Decay! The baker's dozen!
I need a new job.
Hint #1:
Hint #2:
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Given these numbers, find the hidden word
Given this sorted list of 33 numbers, is it in your power to find the riddle they are hiding and figure out the secret word?
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A cipher that really actually isn't
Clue 1:
$8^1$, $6^1$, $15^2$, $15^3$, $5^3$, $2^4$, $2^4$, $4^4$, $3^5$, $3^5$, $3^5$, $3^6$, $11^6$, $5^7$, $2^7$
$7^1$, $2^1$, $19^2$, $18^3$, $5^3$, $6^4$, $6^4$, $6^4$, $7^5$, $7^5$, $1^5$, ...
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11 Harry Potter rebus puzzles which together spell a word
11 Harry Potter rebus puzzles. When you have solved them all, there is a word they are hiding.
Hint:
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Find the hidden message in the Tetris grid
What is the message hidden within this Tetris grid?
Hint 1:
Additional hints may be added if this remains unsolved.
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A simple cipher with a single-word answer
Here is a puzzle I made about a year ago. The answer is a single word.
Transcription of the text in the image:
$\text{rFfRaTsEfHeGtMbTrL}$
$\text{aTsEbTsHeGoHlFmTkB}$
$\text{oPsuUbPdMeGaTpuUeG}...
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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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Super Secret Cookbook
You requested the password for a super secret cookbook and received an SMS with the following content:
77733666688833 2555555 777772222337777 2663 777337555222233 84433 6688622337777777 9444844 ...
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A cryptic list of words
You find yourself trapped in a dark room. You say, "hello" and bright lights turn on, flooding the area. You see a piece of paper on the ground:
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