Questions tagged [enigmatic-puzzle]
Puzzles where the genre or solving strategy of the puzzle is not explicitly stated; puzzles where the puzzler must deduce what type of puzzle it is.
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You will have the answer
A small puzzle to pass the time, because there's nothing else to do.
Find the password from the riddle, with your reasoning.
(A note to non-native speakers and really everyone, yes this puzzle ...
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Noughts, Crosses, Question marks, and Ouroboros
In the following diagram, identify the symbols that go to the position marked as ****. Each arrow implies a specific relationship between its head and its tail.
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Bunch of letters? It is all Greek to me
I found this paper on Grandpa's desk with a bunch of letters, big and bold, with a question:
Which two letters come next in the sequence? He even wrote down four choices
Which two letters go next?
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[PUZZLE TITLE REDACTED]
One of my good friends is a scientist, working for some kind of radio telescope organization - I forget the name, but maybe it started with an S? Anyway, she told me that yesterday her team picked up ...
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Not a sudoku, but still fun?
Context:
I was trying to solve some of the puzzles on this site, when it occurred to me to make a puzzle variant myself.
I immediately could construct one with my additional rule. Making an ...
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Ingrid Deduction pops by with a puzzle
The other night I was sat at home in Providence when the doorbell rang. To my surprise, my very good friend Ingrid Deduction stood on the step, a huge grin on her face and a piece of paper held out ...
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Where is the pilot flying to? (Third Destination)
After a close call with his first flight, and with the feds still scratching their heads with his second flight, Barry once again received the instructions for his next flight from The Don of the ...
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A color mixing puzzle
Thomas is an established artist who is known for creating extremely odd, almost other-worldly pieces of art, but he has a secret. See, Thomas has discovered the secret to traveling to different ...
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An odd looking Sudoku
Somewhat in the spirit of Stiv's This new puzzle type needs a name, can you solve this odd looking Sudoku and give it a name?
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A Word + Number Puzzle
This is a code:
27 15 68 28 29 16 said that
'53 95 62 18 65 92 22 19 7 8 74 102 90 49.'
What is the secret behind?
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An old favorite game
I came across an old favorite computer game the other day, downloaded it and started playing. Must say I think it still holds and can see why it was a star among the games I played as a teenager. Can ...
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Density in Den Sitting
Please find below a word search puzzle. But it's not just any word search...the words you find cannot be too dense. The definition of a word in this puzzle:
appears in /usr/share/dict/words:https://...
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Tubariphobia - The fear of pickles
There are many topics that polarize. But not a single topic comes close to the one and only, age-old question that some claim is the root of all division between people: "Are pickles disgusting ...
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This new puzzle type needs a name {EXTREME EDITION}
A companion puzzle to the 'This new puzzle type needs a name' series, and inspired in part by @JeremyDover's answer to a recent question.
Usually, puzzles in this series comprise a mash-up of two ...
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Issues with Graph-It (Geometry Homework)
You are working on your geometry homework (graphic quadratics) and become bored of drawing the axes over and over again. Instead, you find an online tool called Graph-It that you use to graph the ...
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What should I do with these emails?
I've been sent a bunch of very odd emails recently, starting on Monday and sent daily until last Thursday. I'm not 100% sure what they mean or why I am being sent them, but perhaps you could help me.
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Are we scoring numbers now?
So from a couple other puzzles, you might remember that I'm a professor of Awesomeness at the Ad Hoc University! This time, I've given my students some numbers and their scorez. They need to tell me ...
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Who was my uncle?
I had an uncle, he was a Major in the Air Force. He became a well-known baseball player, and then a videogame character! Finally, he finished his life as a brilliant physicist (for real this time).
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Is it too early to think about Christmas?
I received an odd present today in a shiny red wrap. I was a little surprised as it was no where near Christmas yet but excited at the same time. I tried to tear the present open but was unable to do ...
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An eye for style
My colour-blind friend and I play in the same Dungeons and Dragons campaign. Our party had just died in a horrendously managed battle against a dracolisk (seriously, don't ask!) and so we were back to ...
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A special character
You and your friends are playing a computer game (numpad to move!) and need to unlock a special character! To do so, the game has given you a clue and a dialog box to enter the codeword. If you get ...
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With a - and +, I am to the left
With a - and +, I am to the left.
With a switch, I am a name.
With 2 I have fixed.
With a -, I am 0.
With 0, I run.
What am I?
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Another bird-brained puzzle
A few days ago, this lovely community helped me track down my ornithologist birdbrain of a partner. Today, I've lost him again, and it might be a little tougher to find him! After all, heās very ...
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Back at the PSE headquarters
Roaming through the PSE building I come across a solid steel door. Above the door is a sign saying āAstrodome Rā. I had no idea this place delved into astronomy.
Below this sign is a painting of sorts:...
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I love stars - a cryptic message
7E579O3L57K4782W1H3SXOBDJFLBF8D86MRQV4UA38OHQ25XE793W7QUOXW23KGE009AR97GFKB3DJB5HCY249PYMASA2YJOFDQDMA1PKC
Textual form of above: cyan = 0, 3, 7, 8, A, E, F, M, O, ...
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What are your Initial Impressions?
What are the letters in capitals below hinting at and what is their theme?
RDDHIKGHBRMH
Good luck!
Hint:
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Where is the pilot flying to? (Second destination)
After a very close call the last time he was making a flight for the mafia, Barry received a new set of orders for his next flight. The Don really loved his creative little puzzles, and Barry knew ...
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A three-step puzzle
To figure out who I am, start by holding hands with my twin, then go up one floor and come back down. Then you'll have to take a deep breath and drop down three stories - you'll be fine if you don't ...
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Billy Leg's Secret Treasure!
Billy has been following a treasure hunt since he moved. Now, he's stumped! He just uncovered a clue:
CLUE: )?006Ā¶5*) 6)05*ā )-
Where does he go now?
Hint 1:
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Jail-Maze Crescendo: On charting a dot-path home
You wake up and find yourself lying on a cold, stone floor. Every part of you aches after your fall through the trapdoor. Ahead of you stands a wooden door, beyond which lies the labyrinth.
Your ...
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Travelling straight forward, but not in a straightforward way
I started with Romania on my north side, and Hungary to my east, and from those borders I kept travelling as far southwest as I could, never turning.
Which country did I end up in?
Hint 1 (after the ...
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How do my numbers work?
Yesterday, September (1001111 1010000 1011110), I went to the bowling alley with seven of my friends from Carnegie Mellon University -- est. (1010100 0000100 1010100 1111001 1111000 1111001 1111001 ...
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Aliens have crashed on Earth. Please help them!
Year is 2050. Aliens have been discovered and is now acknowledged as a friendly species towards humans. They now comes for regular visits on Earth and has a friendly relation towards humans. One day, ...
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How to Trap Your Moderator
You have locked your least favorite moderator behind a 27x27 Sudoku...
Now you regret, but you have forgotten how to solve the puzzle...
CSV version:
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9 students, 9 clues, 1 solution
There were 24 students in a science class. As a challenge, the teacher pulled 9 of those kids, and told them they needed to order themselves in a specific way, but not tell anyone exactly why they ...
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What does this program suffer from?
A program named Lxndr.exe along with a readme.txt suddenly appeared on my desktop. The readme reads
I think I show some ...
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Squares related to circles [closed]
Fibonacci numbers, circles, squares; everything is connected in the digital world.
Can you make two squares from a circle? Seven decimals should be accurate enough.
Which two numbers am I seeking?
I ...
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Rabbit's favorite beverage
Your best friend, the rabbit, was coming out of his burrow one morning and you happened to be nearby!
"Good morning, friend!" said the rabbit.
"Good morning!"
"I've got a ...
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How and Why did the Matador fly?
Fredo the Matador went out for his last perfomance and he wanted to make it spectacular.
Andre the Bull was the most dangerous of all.
Before he entered the arena he turned to his disciple. 'If I die ...
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The mystery keyboard - what was the message?
Inspiration for this puzzle
Here is a picture of my actual computer keyboard. I posted it here originally. https://lifehacks.stackexchange.com/questions/23760/i-like-my-computer-keyboard-but-the-...
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What is my landlord's second job?
My landlord is a little eccentric. Every time he visits my flat for inspection, he places a seed in the kitchen just before he leaves.
What is my landlord's second job?
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Playing with a chess cipher
Alice and Bob both love encryption, and Alice loves to play chess. Unfortunately, Bob isn't very good at chess, so he doesn't think it's very fair to have to play the game for real. So instead of ...
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Meet me at the fence
Your trickster friend asked you to meet him at... the fence:
He also gave you this: husztyrotzltnlm-uipi.ltpnstcah-g:/o/eeS/mrE
You are wary of this practical ...
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A winding selection of people leading to El Sid
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As a boy, killed a dog and replaced it
His uncle, the king for "but one year"
Hold his storyteller's daughter, whose appearance made her ...
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Peter Rise was a wanted man.. how did he escape?
This is my first puzzle like this, so I hope you enjoy. It may be simple to experienced solvers, but I'm hoping it's a challenge to some.
Peter Rise was a wanted man.
He was always causing havoc.
He ...
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What's my number riddle
The first and the last of the days of the week,
I and Ī they are numbers in Latin and Greek.
In N and in P, and period and group,
Of them I consist and I always have been
But now in my name, what ...
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Family vacation!ā
You and your family are taking a vacation planned by your parents, famous violinists! But they also love cryptography and give you a chance to figure out where you are going beforehand! They sent you ...
