Questions tagged [connections-puzzle]
A puzzle requiring the solver to uncover a hidden connection between several items in one or more lists or sets. For partition-style connecting wall puzzles (à la the BBC's Only Connect or the NYT's 'Connections' puzzle), use [connect-wall] instead. For 'what comes next in this sequence?' puzzles, use [sequence] instead.
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The mystery of NOC +10
NOC +10
On March 6th, 2015, a YouTube channel named "Noc +10" was created. Since that day, this channel is uploading some really darkly mysterious videos. I will start saying something ...
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literally no idea
Clues
What a conductor gives to an out-of-tune player?
You perform this in Spring
Sung by musical miners?
Those behind bars keeps tabs on this
Sounds something like a big colourful Spanish bird
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The box with the curious inscriptions
A librarian browsing the basement of a library came across an empty box. Its contents were missing, and to her annoyance even its label had been vandalized.
The label did tell her that the box had ...
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curious inflection of English words
The agent-noun form of lingerie is frank.
The present-participle form of military actions is lying.
The past-tense form of sheep is permanent.
The past-participle form of six-pack is urn.
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A Cleverly Disguised Word
This puzzle can be solved as puzzle on its own, but its solution is also part of Deusovi's Community Metapuzzle.
The answers to the following nine clues are closely linked. (Their link is related to ...
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A pack of wordsearches
In designing this puzzle involving wordsearches, I struggled to identify the correct collective noun for them. Asking around, nobody knew - a herd? A gang? A parliament?! After much prolonged (perhaps ...
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Cultural Center
Samoan number
Egyptian gas
Filipino actor
Czech sauce
What do the above items have in common? And can you find another member of this set?
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A set for which the majority have a common theme
Sometimes it's fun to be a little too literal.
The family being pushed repeatedly.
The reach of a ring.
Electricity of darkness.
The gradual destruction of transportation.
Unable to marry alone.
Some ...
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Australian landmarks
I'm trying to make a list of prominent Australian landmarks, but I'm having real trouble with one entry. Could you help me out? Here's my list so far.
Brisbane: Stranahan's Distillery
Canberra: Mob ...
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A Round Britain Quiz Question
This style of question commemorates the Round Britain Quiz on BBC Radio 4: the format is one, long, cryptic question which has six parts to it, indicated by the letters a-f. Please submit answers ...
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Divine apple island
Arrange the following words into pairs. What cities are being clued here? What city is missing?
divine, apple, island, oxford, big, love, novel, lower, rival, refuge, saxony, odysseus, guidance, ...
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What links these words together?
What non-standard and surprising property links the following words together?
testing, ROM, Moore, Mealy, flip-flop, code, Microelectronics, rays, Widgets, plane
Notes:
The list is not exhaustive,...
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A cotton-y connection
The following words and phrases have something in common:
Final
In case
Record
Defeated
Desire
Figure out what that connection is, then fill in the blanks with suitable phrases:
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Letter Connections
What is the connection between each of these pairs and what is the missing letter?
A is to G
B is to P
D is to Q
F is to T
C is to ?
Good luck!
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A Cryptic Property
An entry in Fortnightly Topic Challenge #48: Unusual tag mix
After solving the following cryptic clues, find the following properties:
A major property that all ten words share.
A minor property ...
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Uncle Nestor's postcard crossword
Uncle Nestor is still finding ways to adapt to life inside a socially isolated bubble. Now that we are allowed to visit family members, I was helping him sort through an old drawer of postcards and ...
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Linked pictures
Can you find the link in them? The answer should explain the link in all three of them.
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Complete the (alpha) sequence riddle
Fill in the blank below (as indicated by the underscore: "_") to complete the unique sequence:
T _ M R P
Rules/hints/clarifications:
The answer is to be in the form of an American-...
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Crazy Cool Categories
I'm sorry about the title; I lost a bet with the '90s.
Below are five categories. Each category is united by one word in the category; furthermore, each category rule is formed in the same way as the ...
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What do these words have in common? (Season 12, Episode 254)
Here are some chosen words from a large group:
angel
bat
cling
dog
glass
hatchet
ice
king
knife
lamp
lancet
lion
lung
noodle
oil
parrot
pin
pipe
rainbow
rock
sand
sun
surgeon
tile
trigger
turkey
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Link the hints to solve this one, starting with Michael Jackson
This is a linking puzzle, where you get 8 hints, and 7 links between them.
Michael Jackson made a song for this film.
1.-2. The link between the animal of clue 1 and the fictional person of clue 2 ...
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Puzzle for New Year's Day '23
Group words in pairs and find connection with common answer.
third
heart
chapters
final
squares
length
actinium
immemorial
A0
bible
sodium
sum
time
lion
minor
revelation
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Connect the dots x Crosswords
About the puzzle:
This puzzle is a crossover of "connect the dots" puzzles and crossword puzzles. It requires the solver to place dots on the graph using crossword-like clues. Then, dots ...
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Connecting the unconnected
What connects/links all the following:
Green
Wednesday
2nd July of a normal year
Fa
Part of a type of software attack
?
Also explain how each are connected with the found word / concept.
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What links these words?
What links the following words:
Brawl
Lost
Dull
Crackpot
Jump
Bunny
Chemistry
Plwmp
Nasty
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Can you find the connection between these four images?
What's the connection between these images?
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What do These Names Have in Common?
What verb do these four names have in common?
Copenhagen
Danny
Roger
Tina
Clues:
If you get stumped on Tina, don't worry. It's a lesser known reference, and if you have a solution for the other three ...
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Three related things
These three are related somehow, what is the connection?
Peter
Pat
Pantoufle
The relationship is not based on the presence, or position, of their letters(for example, they all start with the letter ...
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What's the connection
This is the very first puzzle in the Only Connect puzzle book.
What’s the connection?
Reunion of broken parts
Pebble
Measurement of the Earth
Triangle measurement
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Crazy hard; essentially futile?
Who do you associate with these words/sounds?:
Oath
This sound
Hell (as a name for something)
Scoff
Cuisine
The answer is a (fairly well-known) person.
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Sounds like you need something to do
What word am I thinking of? Each group will give you part of what you need.
Group 1
split, peel, bunch, dump
Group 2
Vermont, Virginia, Tennessee, Kentucky, North Carolina
Group 3
Merlin, Percival, ...
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What does my wife want (again)?
After an enjoyable, if not very tiring, weekend, I was working when I suddenly remembered that it is my wife's birthday this coming Saturday! Frantically, I texted her, asking what she wants for that ...
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$\verb|Eight Circles|$
An entry in Fortnightly Topic Challenge #37: Rare and Endangered 1
Materials
Pencil;
Eraser;
Blank A4 sheet of paper; and
A ruler (also to use as a straightedge).
Puzzle:
Draw a square with a side-...
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What game do I play?
Find the game that I know,
Using the clues below.
Subtractive unit, toad hesitation;
Digital dungeon, show staircase;
Pop dancing, tropical mint;
Dog therapy, oil ring.
Once done, find the sun -
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I have added the link to a puzzle which I have asked in the math site.i will be glad if anyone helps me with this
Please go through the link which has my question. All the details I've included there. The first row is question and the second one options. Which comes next in this sequencing question?
Details ...
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