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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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PSE Advent Calendar 2024 (Day 10): Locked Christmas Present
This puzzle is part of the Puzzling Stack Exchange Advent Calendar 2024. The accepted answer to this question will be awarded a bounty worth 50 reputation.< Previous Door Next Door >
Woohoo! I ...
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PSE Advent Calendar 2024 (Day 6): Colorful Gifts
This puzzle is part of the Puzzling Stack Exchange Advent Calendar 2024. The accepted answer to this question will be awarded a bounty worth 50 reputation.< Previous Door Next Door >
It’s ...
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Strange Unsolved Cipher on Youtube from 2014
I recently came across a strange YouTube channel from 2014 called Arcus Grid, containing a puzzle which has seemingly never been solved. It's been posted to Reddit a couple of times, but nobody has ...
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Can you decipher this transliterated paragraph?
The following text printed in Cyrillic contains a transliterated paragraph in a language that does not use the Cyrillic alphabet. Decrypt it and translate it to English.
Hint:
Њин жиґ ла, њин жиґ ла ...
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Stopping the bank robbers
A notorious gang of bank robbers use simple one time pads each time they plan a robbery. That is they represent a blank space as the number 0, the letters a to z as the numbers 1 to 26, and ".&...
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A code I hope takes a while to solve. 19 16 19 15 23 16 24 11 11 24
Here's the message I have created:
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Decode missing scientist's last message
It was widely rumoured in the scientific community that Professor Kettleworth was trying to use her work on interchanging position and momentum operators to develop a working time machine. The ...
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A cipher with a little twist
I'm unsure how hard this cipher text will be for experienced solvers. Possibly very easy. Maybe you'll at least spot what I did to try to make it a bit harder.
So my questions are:
What does it say?
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Logic Code Puzzle: PIANO -> KRBML?
In a certain code language, if "PIANO" is written as "KRBML", then how will "PRIME" be written in the same code language?
Options:
a) TRJCK
b) TRKCK
c) TRJGO
d) TRJKC
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How would I go about solving this Ben Drowned cipher?
This cipher is from Arc 3 of Ben Drowned. It is found within a few frames of this video, at 6 seconds in. It is not the spectrogram that is happening at the same time, which was ultimately translated ...
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Looking to solve a puzzle from Ben Drowned called "The Glitch Cipher"
This cipher is from Arc 2 of Ben Drowned, and was visible for only a few minutes on the homepage on October 6, 2010. It has not yet been solved. Boxentriq's Cipher Identifier says the cipher is likely ...
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Code-Breaking Riddle
My friend sent me this puzzle.
I have a few 306-character strings of all seemingly random capital letters. Here are some examples:
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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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The Celestial Mr. Harrison
Clues:
Wow! [in red] with red oval encompassing number 2, black circle around 3, and the numbers 1 and 4.
Group of 18 black circles with numbers in a matrix.
Top Row: [6, _, 36, 23, blood drop, 145]
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Weird SMS. Help!
Help me decipher this weird SMS I got:
8 6 777 9 7777 2 6 33 7 555 222 8 444 6 33
This must be some kind of cipher, right?
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Call of Duty cipher: "TheGiant"
I need help figuring out this cipher from Call of Duty Black Ops III. It's been on going for 8 years and no one has been able to solve it. Image
TheGiant
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The Cryptic Constellation
You are a renowned cryptographer who has been contacted by an ancient order known as "The Keepers of the Stars." They guard a secret message passed down through generations, hidden in the ...
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Lost on a geocaching cipher puzzle (Canada): ZEEE VWNI
When I asked for some help, people said this was a rail fence cipher.... still no help. Below is the code to decipher:
ZEEE VWNI NEVI FEUH EREN NOTL FEOE VIFE VIFR RZOV NENW VITO FENI FEVO TEES EI
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Atbash Decipher Puzzle
I got this puzzle from a friend who usually participates in online/offline puzzle competitions. He has a complex mindset and very strict discipline. I think the answer is a word.
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Ancient Cipher -- Can You Decode It?
In a forgotten corner of an old library, hidden among many dusty volumes, I stumbled upon a puzzle in a book that has me utterly intrigued. The artifact I found contains a cipher text, and it seems ...
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It’s the transition that matters
Cole gave a message to Atis.
"It’s just a very long number!" Atis exclaimed, "The number over here to be specific!"
Cole whispers Atis something, but all she caught was something ...
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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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Secret message from a kitten (definitely not a cosmic horror from beyond time)
Can you decrypt this secret message?
Transcript:
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Logic Test: The Letter
This morning when I got up I found a peculiar letter in my mailbox. I think it is probably some local person who has gone on a trip and has decided to tell the whole town about it. However, some parts ...
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the liann.dev arg [closed]
Here is all I know about this ARG. I wasn’t able to reach the end. I also add findings by Shymain. You can read more about their finding and ideas in their google doc: https://docs.google.com/document/...
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novylen minecraft server puzzle
This puzzle comes from the novylen minecraft server. The word “novylen” itself might be a clue or a key.
The puzzle itself is:
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What string comes next?
What string comes next:
accccfjuyz
fhqsstv
cfgiorttv
cfffgiioorsttuvz
abccffgioorttvz
aabcccdffghimooqrssttvzzz
Hint:
Hint 2:
Hint 3:
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What did the Iranian commander order?
It's the fictional Iran-Turkey war.
The Iranian commander is ordering his troops. He encodes his order in their own language:
۶۶۰ ۶ ۲۰۱ ۲۳۳
What did he order?
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Decode this phrase please: 8447 789953 927 765833
I have encoded a phrase for you to be decoded:
8447 789953 927 765833
What's hidden in this message?
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Artist puzzle/ARG: "The key is: 33.60d813551512431"
A Greek singer/trapper has a website with his name on it that's very cryptic. I'm linking the website here https://sinboy.gr . There are a few things that are strange but I would like to focus on the ...
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COMMENCE = 18251624, PRESERVE = 18323620, UNLAWFUL = what?
In a certain code language COMMENCE is coded as 18251624 and PRESERVE is coded as 18323620. How will ...
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Mapping Jack's Chicken
Clues:
Map of world with numbers 1, 2, 2, 3, 3, 5, and 9 strategically placed.
Portrait of man with numbers 1x2, 2, 3, 5, and 5 strategically placed in hair.
Instructions: Name That Film
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Hobbies and travelling
My hobby is to travel, the following hints lead you to my next destination.
What is my destination? And how do you know?
Hints:
Gsv kozxv rh mlg xolhv gl gsv hvz.
Gsv kozxv dv ziv ollprmt uli rm ...
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Weird Programming Glitch
Yesterday, when I was programming, my computer suddenly crashed. When I rebooted, I saw the message flicker before me:
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It's quite odd to decipher seemingly random key-smashes
soolmgeutrijmnelsjtrhyeyeqabsairessbtewqaryptvocsuorlevveaatcjiupnhgezrbifsgtbosilgbnhocreebeoxntoryalmgautbehrtiuagljannfdwihgfngotrveodoirsetvrfaucstviyoynrse==
I ...
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What did Aryabhatta say?
I was looking at an old Sanskrit shloka.
I saw the following verse - and as I know Sanskrit (or Saṁśkrutaṁ), I translated it roughly.
tukā nātha kabīra ete ādikavayah |
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Translation from Tangkhul to English - Linguistics problem
Background:
Tangkhul is a language spoken in the northernmost district of the Indian state of Manipur. Like Manipuri (or Meitei) and many other languages of Northeast India, Tangkhul is related to ...
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Escape The Room - Everyone Wants This To Stop
You wake up in a bed - not yours - your eyes squinting from the bright sun in the window. It’s an escape room, you ponder. I need to find a clue. A piece of paper is taped to the window, containing an ...
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The mystery of 107 numbers
Find the algorithm that was used to create the following sequence of numbers:
BAH BAA BBA BAD BBD BAG BBG BAJ BBJ BBC BCC BBF BCF BBI BCI BCB BDB BCE BDE BCH BDH BDA BEA BDD BED BDG BEG BDJ BEJ BEC ...
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identify cipher? [closed]
I have this, I just need help identifying the cipher. Any tips/pointers are welcome!
Text version (for those who can't view images)
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Was Exhibit 5 of the Chaocipher ever solved, and if so who solved it and when?
Was Exhibit 5 of the Chaocipher (published c.1991) ever solved, and if so, who solved it and when?
Chaocipher is a cipher that was created by J.F. Byrne in 1918 as a machine-based cryptography system,...
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bmf kgf dc yufy ckd yb crysn
A friend told me to try to decrypt this as a fun puzzle but won’t tell me the answer:
bmf kgf dc yufy ckd yb crysn
He gave me this (which I think is the key or at ...
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You probably don't have the courage to solve this. (THE LIST: PART 1)
ONE DAY, YOU WERE SCROLLING ON YOUR PHONE WHEN, YOUR MOM TEXTED YOU. READ THE STRING OF TEXTS:
MOM: Hi honey! On the counter, I have put a list for you to do. But, keep in mind that one step is ...
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A Journey around the Web
Are you ready to embark on a (rather short) journey?
Word Wall - 6 groups of 3, with the answers forming 2 groups of 3. The final answers start with T and U. (They come together into a single thing, ...
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A simple and quite fun cipher: Revisited
Background
On October 11th, 2023, I posted "A simple and quite fun cipher puzzle" as my first puzzle on Puzzling Stack Exchange, which was a puzzle where each decoding method was to be ...
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