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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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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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This is a message encoded in a rather obscure foreign language. What language is it and what's the riddle's solution?
The following message contains a riddle written in an encrypted form of a rather obscure language lacking a literary standard that is rarely spoken today. What does it mean and what is the solution to ...
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Property of double H
It is the property of double H.
It is a symbol of respect.
It is attached to a moving thing.
Solve for the missing codeword to know the answer.
Number
Part 1
Part 2
Codeword
1
Sawlog
Member
ALGEBR1
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the television: a country's finale
This puzzle belongs to the puzzle series: A-Countries-Journey
This is part 3.
New country! Welcome to the UN! Here is your task for today:
Germany's Cryptics Factory: where the cryptics are always ...
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Number of elements as compound
What simple compound is precious to life and encodes the total number of elements?
What other thing does it code and is revered by some as precious to life?
Accepted solution should show how the ...
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Why did they close my riddle?
So I came up with this—at least what I thought to be a—great riddle and posted it on this site.
Within minutes, it was closed by the community. It said:
This looks like a puzzle you found somewhere. ...
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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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What's my favorite number?
What is my favorite number?
You need to find my favorite number from the clues shown below and the hints.
I am in cars, but not in buses.
I have two in cucumbers, and two in clicks.
I am in ...
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Can you help to secure the sky?
You sit in an airplane high up in the sky, happy to be able to travel again. All of the sudden the man next to you dies. Don't panic! You see pen and paper on the tiny desk in front of him. There is a ...
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Can you get to the final message?
I am unsure of the difficulty of this puzzle, but feel free to give it a try
My prefix is almost dissolved
My infix is an array
My suffix forms nouns of action
I am the key
dpszugweijr
Since it's ...
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Can you discover who I am?
I made my first puzzle for PSE!
The string below is an encryption for the enigma to be solved. In order to find the answer you must:
Discover what the dots and zeros translate to;
Find the answer to ...
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My friend's letter
I received a letter from a friend yesterday, and thought I would share it here. Here's what it said:
I hope you're keeping well. It was nice to hear from you the other day. I finally figured out your ...
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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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Where is the gold?
I made a puzzle, but it's probably bad¯\ _(ツ)_ /¯. Here goes. (CRINGY POEM WARNING)
The fallen leader spread a plague that turned people into the undead.
He got tricked by Xavier Fisher, who took all ...
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A maze, a statue, and a riddle
Hints at bottom
John and Jeffrey had been friends for a long time. After meeting at Fort Bragg and serving in the military in the 60's, they had always remained close, even living in the same town ...
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MEET @ 9:00 PM TONIGHT
Sarah was a cryptologist for the CIA. One night, as she was getting ready to leave for the day, her supervisor rushed in and handed her and her team a single sheet of paper.
"We've got less than ...
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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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Used technique to solve web interface permutation used in linked answer
I would love to get to know how the user 'phenomist' came to his solution (Link) from a technical point of view. Of course I did tried it on my own. I used an interceptor to catch the HTTP request ...
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The escape of Beastly Gerbil
The finale of a three part series:
Part 1 - The disappearance of Beastly Gerbil
Part 2 - The entrapment of Beastly Gerbil
I have a lot to think about... firstly I disappeared for two years, and now ...
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Something I loved the most
Below are some puzzles you need to solve to make a 4 letter word.
1.
105 35
315 ?
2.
I am the most important element in your surrounding.
I was found by a Scottish physician.
Who am I?
3.
I am ...
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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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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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The Order's First Member
Due to your reputation, you have been contacted by the organiser of a secret society. Each member of the group is a genius and a master in their field, but their identities and professions are a ...
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Help required stealing Christmas presents
Archibald, Beatrice, and Chrysostomus were finally at the end of their journey, at the entrance of the much sought-after room. To get there, they already had sneaked past the guards, crawled through ...
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A puzzling Thanksgiving note
My uncle Fausto is visiting for Thanksgiving. He's very clever with riddles and codes and such, and so it was no surprise when I received a card from him today with a strange message on it. The ...
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Three letters, one dial
You, a great scientist, is being held hostage by aliens. They want to test human intelligence and see if the human race is worth to collaborate with.
According to the aliens, if you manage to escape ...
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Where is the girl?
A girl called Claire suddenly disappeared two weeks ago. She left strange notes before she left. Her parents asked everybody to help find their girl.
Last diary entries:
[12.02.2019]
Prep for mom ...
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An encrypted clue for the police
A well known German drug dealer contacted his accomplice through an encrypted note. The police caught the accomplice during a drug deal and found the note in his backpack.
Note:
(For those who can't ...
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Room 213: Because of the Reindeer
Credit: Brandon X.
This is part of a larger riddle room puzzle. Other rooms:
Room 11
Once you enter the door labeled “3”, the door immediately shuts behind you. You are immediately in a room of ...
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The Hidden Treasures
Credit: Brandon X.
My friend made this riddle and I think it’s pretty well made with lots of components, so here it is:
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Riddle to Code 2: The return of numbers
The first is a pirates favorite letter.
The second is from a famous quote of shakespear.
The third is squaring it off in a famous formula.
The fourth is the first in a very well known song.
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A Salute to Poetry
In honor of National Poetry Day (which happens to be March 21st - go figure), I have crafted a puzzle which I hope will do a small bit of justice to this day.
Carefully hidden in the four sections ...
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History Calls - Twice!
You'd send a letter to me, but I'm not quite what you think.
You'd send a letter in me, but only if you didn't know me.
I was a gem in my day for being both bold and precise.
I stood strong in the ...
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A fun series of riddles!
All of the clues will lead up to the key for a Vigenere Cypher:
eutnn wo vvsf.
Clue 1 (from www.riddles.com)
I'm by nature solitary, scarred by spear and wounded by sword, weary of battle. I ...
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Find My Mission For Me
Addendum 1/14/2023: I've given a new, major hint in an answer.
I am a spy for the CIA. Since I am in a hostile territory, my next mission was given to me in a very coded manner.
Today, while playing ...
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Never Completed Game
The seventeenth of the primes.
Its twin is twentynine.
Po.
Let’s drive.
Bye, Alfonsín.
Add seven triangular.
Sweet.
It named the Valley.
This riddle is taken from https://www.nevercompletedgame.com/
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Decipher this puzzle -- with clues!
I'm needing some help deciphering the following puzzle:
Oi xmt gcilk vwf-cciruk Lhoyqz ccig spkb mfyt; Rnbrl uakoj tbbu gw
bkgd, Wgqnb ddmu p zfoim; Viec kfs lllsmt, ywfy dg zdoc, Dtfl fu xggu,
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Cryptic stickers, possible riddle?
I have found these very weird stickers around my town. I followed a trail of these and found around 30 of them. They look handmade and are in different sizes, some roughly cut. The text is flipped ...
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Same Riddle Different Answer: I am both lock and key - who am I?
NOTE: Though the body is identical to I am both lock and key - who am I?, a different answer is expected, and thus this is not a duplicate. Cyrnfr qb abg pybfr guvf dhrfgvba.Thanks!
Enter! Small or ...
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My Grandpa's Box #1
My grandpa died last month. At the reading of his will, he left me a strange wooden box. A post-it-note on the side read "You were always good at puzzles." There was a number lock on the front that ...
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Crack Me 01 - Crypto Riddle
This is the encrypted message:
xy}v"|y#xu|$|&a+&y}vsa*pppp*fprppp"prpp"upppzpqppp*"vptp|at~!*+p)~yr%"&t"&y}vsa*
This is a riddle in parts, follow ...
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Riddle Number Seven
Seems as if I've left you all a little puzzle for today. It's a simple cipher that I'm sure you can all deduce. Everything you need is provided in the image. Have fun everyone!
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Riddle Number Five
I feel as if my challenges are a bit too extreme for many, so here is a more simpler conundrum to solve. The cipher used is the same as the answer to this riddle:
When is a cipher like a person who ...
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Riddle Number Four
Time for a more challenging encryption, seeing how riddle #3 was decrypted so easily. First, I must note that this encryption was inspired during a chess match I partook in. I call it the ENIGMA ...
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Riddle Number Three
Time for a challenge! Here, the riddle is encoded using a specific cipher. You must decode the numbers and answer the riddle correctly to solve it. Good luck!
83191143|2367|02|41026731|434771|02|...
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Word Cipher with seemingly random numbers
I came across this interesting puzzle and have failed to crack it for more than three days. Can you solve it?
m.imdb.com/title/tt2039338/
L=9, 20, [2x5], 6, 17, 13
W=38
The only tips I have for this ...
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Riddle of Alschen
In Alschen, in 1999, a boy woke up on a nice morning only to discover a riddle on some paper under his bed. He took it to his mother who was shocked. His mother then showed the riddle to all of his ...
