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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The Brief Puzzle Hunt
Recently, I was invited to give a speech during the kickoff phase of a local puzzlehunt. I’ve almost finished writing my first draft, but I just can’t figure out the best way to end it off. Can you ...
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Riddles and ciphers / All good ways to flex the mind / Can you solve my task?
I have arrived new / Here with ciphers for your eyes. / Can you solve this task?
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some sequences are awesome!
My name is Awesom$\Sigma$ Sequenc$\Sigma$. Nice to meet you all :). I am new here.
You can either use my first name or last name to address me. My hobbies include visiting new places. I usually ...
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Autumning in love
Yes, I'm afraid it's true - I'm autumning in love.
My life is in a menu choice; I'm ready to go.
I've never felt this before - it's so true, so pitch.
Now I'm trying to keep my head not ...
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Why, Go Figure!
Burnt bridges are crossed. An icy leg breaks. The devil speaks in detail. Rain is pouring over furry pets. Milk or beans spill. A missing ship takes sail. Some system of hands to escape from! ...
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Rage-Inducing Tupperware
A bouncy rock
A bull
Tail flips
A leaping walrus
Some angry eyes, and an angrier tail
A butt mouth
A pine cone
A tyrannosaurus cat
What do these things have in common?
HINT 1:
HINT ...
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Charlie's geography presentation
Okay, so hi everyone. I’m Charlie and I’d like to talk to you about my home country, the United States of America. We’re the third most populous nation in the world (after China and India), have the ...
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Travel tips for grandparents
My grandparents are pretty specific about which places they deem appropriate for visiting.
In the UK, they've liked pretty much every place they've visited. They cherish Edinburgh and Liverpool,...
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Check out all these items!
Words can’t even begin to describe how clueless I am! There’s just no meaning to all of this!
What? Savage rap ends Instagram!
Flame the most idiotic cretins
Covertly slap opponents around - it’...
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Thin Pipe Super Delivery Committee
A city built its water supply system with hollow metal pipes that are as uniformly thin as having only two inches (roughly 5 cm) of outer diameter at any point. However the pipe-built system is able ...
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Which symbol is missing?
There's a 4 by 4 grid and a symbol in each box. Each symbol consists of a letter (A, B, C, or D) and a combination of a few shapes. Deduce which symbol is missing. Four options are presented.
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The Sequencer - da-da-daaa!
This is what the diagram on the machine looked like:
And this is the output that was in the box.
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Theorists sure want true answers to this!
So, birds eat bread I toss.
One romantic kiss in the rain's too nice, methinks.
Untidy notes disrupted a student in a study period.
Deodorant on to end an odor.
The wisdom of ...
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IQ test question from Vietnam [duplicate]
If anyone know how to do it? Confuse
from https://testiq.vn/iq-test.html
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Why is my question off-topic? [dupIicate] [closed]
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀I have an old puzzle I half-remember.
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀It was a great puzzle, and I remember the solution.
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀I could not for the life of me remember how the solution worked.
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀I must have been ...
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What day is it again?
Post Office, Refugee, Post Office, Photography, Milk, Food, Nelson
Mandela, Post Office, Youth, Hiroshima, Army, Army, Youth, Photography
What day is it?
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Don't be Greedy
this is a cs50 puzzle day 2019 question
as you would know the questions have a one english word answer.
will someone like to collab with me to solve all of them? there are 10 more of them.
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My Curious Music Box
I have an exceptional music box. I can put words inside it. But not all. Here are some of what this curious box admits:
Relation
Abomination
Sofa
Umbrella
Antidote
Gasoline
Desire
Can you deduce ...
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I have my birthday party next week – I hope it will be a huge party! :)
I love parties!
I love parties so much, I once went to the party of a criminal
I love parties with music – it felt very nice to be invited to a violinist
But I also enjoy silent nights, like with that ...
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Fun things to do at home
What do I do when I get home, you ask?
Draw a dinosaur (11)
Read about an elite person (10)
Look at something that is written (10)
Learn about navy officers (8)
Take things back (7)
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Ah, the old SE puzzlearoo
Hold my crossword clues, I'm going in!
1973 Ford tow truck
Trip to geeks’ country in Portugal
Why Germany imprisons mother
John Stewart, according to Wikipedia
Classic m7xBI.jpg
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Which gate leads to heaven? [duplicate]
You are standing before two doors. One of the path leads to heaven and the other one leads to hell. There are two guardians, one by each door. You know one of them always tells the truth and the other ...
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This is why we puzzle
What kind of puzzle solver are you? Let’s map it out!
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Nail item before each paper item (7)
After shooter’s return, receive big chunk (6)
Encourage bone disease (4)
Lost charge of gold ...
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A Trivial Diagnosis
"It's the same stuff over and over, doc."
"Can you try to explain it?"
"OK. Well, at first... I—I feel high. My eyes are red, I can't breathe; I feel crazy!"
"What else?"
"There's ...
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Macadamia nuts! Who or what am I?
Macadamia nuts!
Use the above clue to find my identity. You must explain the relevance of the clue and the hint.
Hint: I publicise Apple products.
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Can you solve for x?
[$s$] [$u$] [$r$] [$q$] [$22$] [$r$] , [$q$] [$22$] [$p+2k$] [$100-7k$] , [$q$] [$k$] [$3q$]
[$t$] [$100-r$]&...
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What sort of maths is this?
I have a number n
I increase n. I now have a new number n+1
I change my mind and decrease n: I now have a new number n-1
I change my mind again and increase. I am now back to n+1
No matter what I ...
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Where will this killer strike next?
I'm going to try something new here... this puzzle is going to play out in real-time, so if it remains unsolved long enough the final objective will change. That'll be bad news for some fictional ...
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Unlocking the dungeon door
Any feedback is welcome. I'm new to puzzling in general so please let me know how long it took you to come up with your answer and what your thoughts were. I have tough skin.
Hint
Hint 2
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The First Gate: Why So Tense?
Greetings fellow puzzlers and puzzled alike! I’ve concocted a little puzzle for you all... Well little may be an understatement, but I'll come back to that.
Before starting, you should know that the ...
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How do you like my writing?
Robots have iron noses.
Operative extremists display dystopian intent.
Extra apex predators emphasize dominant attitude.
Lambada teacher oversees Nightwish aficionado.
Reorganize big ordinary ...
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You may not be eligible to be in this community
Hello everyone! I want to introduce a community that I've joined a
long time ago. This community has millions of members that spread
throughout the world. Our main focus is simple: "help people ...
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A More Perfect Union
To be a worthy nation here on earth, there are certain qualities that are essential.
It must establish its own unique Identity
The nation must be able to maintain Order
It must have checks and ...
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I don't understand what you're asking
It's been a while since I've posted actively, but here is a new puzzle for the community. Good luck and I hope you enjoy it!
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A Study in Entomophobia
When love take make the times love going sad just
Comes you is better you of be get into old
And sing forever can sugarplum darkness nothing eyes better read
In you see afraid boy words ...
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A Puzzling Walk
I strolled along and met a fellow.
"Hello," I said.
"Hi."
A few steps later he began describing...people, I think?
"Well, you know the one."
"I do?"
"Yeah. Yellow hair, red jacket, likes that ...
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What does any of this have to do with chickens?
A few words about me:
Whenever I need something investigated, I always turn to a 1990s dance artist.
I have no problem travelling to the Free State, but will refuse to go further south ...
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A title for a history book
A German historian is sitting by his desk, pondering a title for his book. He picks up and pen and starts writing down possible titles.
South Asians
No, too short. Let's try to add ...
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Never Completed Game - Difficult Riddle
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....
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Cryptic clue with cryptic clues inside
English [artist to burn, burns heart] (6) [bits of nazis covering animal] (6) dollar with [familiar comrades, abbreviated, with the console] (7) residing on [forest endless street, rearranged] (5) (7)
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It comes full circle
Top, Middle, Bottom, Double-Right;
Double-Right;
Up Left, Middle, Double-Right;
Double-Right;
Top, Middle, Bottom, Up Left, Down Right;
Top, Middle, Bottom, Up Left, Double-Right;
???
What would ...
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Who killed the swimmer in the cave?
4 swimmers entered a round room with no windows and no doors, but there was a hole in the floor.
One man left through the hole in the floor and closed it behind him, but it is not how he arrived.
2 ...
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San Francisco is my home
Joseph Story
Mary Stuart
Malala Yousafzai
Theodore Roosevelt
Bill
Joe
red
army
pharaoh
bullet
note: the clues form 2 words
hint: The first and third groups should be ...
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The Freshest Tablet
Stories of the theft of the freshest tablet (5,5,5,5,5)
Given the above, if L is a backslash, then what number is E?
Hint 1 (...
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Looking to find the name and objective of this puzzle
I'm playing an escape room game that requires me to play this game. It's my first time coming across this type of puzzle so I'm confused as to what I am suppose to do with it. If anyone can tell me ...
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What force is more potent than love?
A few quotes about Love....
What force is more potent than love?
True love is selfless. It is prepared to sacrifice.
We are all born for love. It is the principle of existence, and its ...
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Mysterious Valentine's Riddle
The rules of this puzzle are unstated
You must guess them and find how they're slated
If you're here then you're pro'lly not dated
If it's today then it isn't belated
It's ok cause I know that you're ...
