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 Wug Test For Grownups
Jean Gleason has invented a brand new test for adults to try, not just kids!
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Additions to menagerie were strange but appreciated
For astronomical information, engage the flux capacitor (May or June 2022) and then find them.
Make Cupid drop stuff.
Then you “drop” stuff.
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A Trivial Pursuit #16 (Art and Literature 3/4): X
This is part 16 of A Trivial Pursuit, a 25-part puzzle hunt. Each part is solvable on its own, with the exception of the meta-puzzle at the end.
The final answer is a thematic 8-letter word.
Text ...
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A Trivial Pursuit #15 (History 3/4): Those Not Present
This is part 15 of A Trivial Pursuit, a 25-part puzzle hunt. Each part is solvable on its own, with the exception of the meta-puzzle at the end.
Eisenhower’s Vice President, later President himself
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A Trivial Pursuit #14 (Entertainment 3/4): Integration by Parts
This is part 14 of A Trivial Pursuit, a 25-part puzzle hunt. Each part is solvable on its own, with the exception of the meta-puzzle at the end.
1975
FLON ERE INCEL ANY DOT HUE MANC HINGE
2018
2022
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Excuse me, I don't wear pointy hats!
There's a guy moving into my neighbourhood. People have seen him
do some strange, reality-bending things, like materialising objects out
of thin air and moving things around telekinetically with a ...
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Behaviorists hate this trick
Part of the Monthly Topic Challenge #14: Think inside the (very small) box!
Here's a 3x3 grid
Here are the nine cells of the grid in no particular order
Place them correctly, then tell me the final ...
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A Trivial Pursuit #10 (Art and Literature 2/4): Bookshelf
This is part 10 of A Trivial Pursuit, a 25-part puzzle hunt. Each part is solvable on its own, with the exception of the meta-puzzle at the end.
Colourblind-friendly version available here.
The ...
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Can't overthink my daunting, challenging ask
RILFYSXHTWBNLFUFTWNQAFHFTMTWNQYSRTTWBNLFUFTWYSFEUFTWBNLFHFBNTWXHYSHTAFSDTWUFFEKQYSSDUFTWBNLFUFTWFEHFBFUFTWYSNQTWHFTWFEUFHFRTYCQFTWFEYSFETWRIBNHFBNUFTWYSFETWRTHFSDSHYS
(This actually is a decodable ...
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Genius Belt; What am I?
Here's a puzzle for you:
Text version:
Genius Belt
XMLFWBHOVTQMLBHVXYEBXEGCFDVOUFZREIGQ (3, 7)
SPXLRFKZRJZWBVYIRVFCVV
What am I?
Not part of puzzle:
You shouldn'...
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A three-stage puzzle
Below are nine groups of common three-letter words ("common" semi-arbitrarily meaning "appearing within the 10,000 most common words in both Google's Trillion Word Corpus and the Corpus ...
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COMPOSITION [10 letter answer]
The works and titles of this painter were recently unveiled at an exhibition. What ten letters did the Germans use to describe his collective of artists?
errata: the final image should be this:
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Just a regular puzzle (It's what's inside that counts)
What is the 10-letter word to the puzzle below?
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A Trivial Pursuit #08 (Entertainment 2/4): Names
This is part 8 of A Trivial Pursuit, a 25-part puzzle hunt. Each part is solvable on its own, with the exception of the meta-puzzle at the end.
Solve the fourteen rebuses below to find some names, ...
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#TenderfootSpiral
Clues:
Two hikers on an incline arrow with numbers.
Hiker 1 says: 38.548493. Hiker 2 says: -105.998749.
Sequence: Hiker 17711 Hiker 0 377 0 144 1 10946 233 987 0 2584 6765 75025
Hiker = ...
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A Trivial Pursuit #07 (Geography 2/4): String Theory
This is part 7 of A Trivial Pursuit, a 25-part puzzle hunt. Each part is solvable on its own, with the exception of the meta-puzzle at the end.
If
e*
t*
u*
v*
w*
x*
y*
is H...
What relevant (if ...
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A Trivial Pursuit #06 (Sports and Leisure 1/4): Life Goals
This is part 6 of A Trivial Pursuit, a 25-part puzzle hunt. Each part is solvable on its own, with the exception of the meta-puzzle at the end.
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Element lost? Call a scientist!
I was searching for a specific element, but I couldn't find it. So I called three scientists in different countries in order to find the element.
What was the element I was looking for, and where am ...
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Maybe all is not as it seams
What location is depicted in the below, edited image? (First answered by @Rand al'Thor)
What type of game, simulation or software was used to create the original, unedited image (not shown here)? ...
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A Trivial Pursuit #05 (Science and Nature 1/4): Animal Songs
This is part 5 of A Trivial Pursuit, a 25-part puzzle hunt. Each part is solvable on its own, with the exception of the meta-puzzle at the end.
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♩♩♩♩♩ G
E G S T H E M A M ♩♩♩♩♩♩♩♩♩
H ♩♩
D A ♩
R ♩♩
B ...
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A Trivial Pursuit #04 (Art and Literature 1/4): Threesome
This is part 4 of A Trivial Pursuit, a 25-part puzzle hunt. Each part is solvable on its own, with the exception of the meta-puzzle at the end.
QUE
STI
ONS
SEC@ND
L@TR
V@LUME
B@ANWELL’S
AUTHO@
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A [Song from Taylor Swift's second album] Puzzle
This puzzle is part of the Monthly Topic Challenge #14: Think inside the (very small) box!.
Can you solve the following clues, fit their answers into the grid below, and then determine what belongs ...
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The Moldy Square Grid
This puzzle is part of the Monthly Topic Challenge #14: Think inside the (very small) box!.
What is in the middle space?
Hint:
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A Trivial Pursuit #01 (Geography 1/4): History
This is part 1 of A Trivial Pursuit, a 25-part puzzle hunt. Each part is solvable on its own, with the exception of the meta-puzzle at the end.
HERMITS ERECTED HER – SHE TOLD MERCHANT ALL
BEST AUTHOR ...
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Dreamcatcher Puzzle
I created this puzzle as part of a set of puzzles about good wishes for a wedding. Does it work?
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A puzzle of d's (What is the full name of the artist shop?)
As it says in the title, what is the full name of the artist shop? Explain why.
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A warning from below
You can't solve this puzzle. Quit trying.
Question: The question above was made by who?
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The image you are requesting does not exist?
Fill in the table below, to get the final answer that consists of 2 words.
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Dear Spider-Man
deAr spider-man,
you stopped me once before but nOt this time again. what you do not
understand is That evolution is inevItable. i am merely speeding up
this process. yes, people will become weird dry-...
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If Weird Al Yankovic Wrote Riddles
When I wake up ???? ? ???? ?’? ????? ??
?’? ????? ?? ??? ??? ??? ????? ?? ???? ?? ???
When I go out ???? ? ???? ?’? ????? ??
?’? ????? ?? ??? ??? ??? ???? ????? ???? ???
If I get drunk ???? ? ???? ?’? ...
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What - - - - - - - corresponds to the question mark?
What is the answer to this puzzle?
TZAAUTSRBTURZMB?
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Vivaldi's favorite
I am looking for a single word, that is missing. Everything you need to know, is right here:
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Double trouble - When slitherloops collide
This puzzle is part of the Monthly Topic Challenge #13: Variety Slitherlinks.
What happens when you're working on a couple of puzzles for the Monthly Topic Challenge and try to merge them?
Well, in ...
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The End of the Desert Sauce
Transcript
Clues:
[map compass containing "19!"]
3336665555556669 84433 7777833255 777728822233 8666 77773333 944666 933 64444448 2233
+---+---+---+---+---+ +---+---+---+---+---+
| | 3 | 4 | 5 | ...
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Johnny Ohm and the Danger Canoes
Clues: [electricity symbol] w/i-t=___
[two canoes] [odd shape that resembles a bear head]
Instructions: Name That Place
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Find the final number, and reveal something on the way
Note: there are multiple steps needed in this puzzle. The final answer is a 3-digit number, which is important in this puzzle.
Nothing as beautiful as colorful hills! You have a nice view and can ...
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Welcome Our New Overlords
Clues: [contextual symbols]
[kg*m/s] [m/s^2]
[male symbol]
What is Toronto?????
Instructions: Who Won Second Place?
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Tħε Wεαk αlpħα - Enigmatic Puzzle
Clues: [character image]
[In text bubble: #1/2, #2, #4]
[all raised to the -1 power]
Instructions: Name That Number
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An oddly coloured slitherlink
This puzzle is part of the Monthly Topic Challenge #13: Variety Slitherlinks.
I find something strangely satisfying about a well designed slitherlink puzzle, even one which is oddly coloured and ...
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Logic puzzles: Flags and Stripes
Puzzle 1
Puzzle 2
Clues
The only instructions given to solve this is that the answer can be alpha-numeric text.
Ideas
Puzzle 1:
3 flagpoles seem to have top-balls (called a truck), while 3 don't
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Cryptogram or Anagram
Clues:
The answer is 7 characters
Answer can include the following characters: [a-zA-Z0-9]
Ideas:
I first used all characters adjacent to every capital letter and got: "rnaoihd", which ...
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A puzzling message from the developers of this site
The developers of this site sent me an enigmatic message:
Dear Stackexchange users,
We know that you love exploring and finding great puzzles on Stackexchange!
We made something for you all, but you ...
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Kidnapper? Some Spacing needed
Prologue
You are coming home from work, happy with your current coding progress (you are a coding and maths prodigy), but then you get kidnapped...
You wake up after some hours of sleep in the ...
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Puzzles I made in Microsoft Paint
Here are some puzzles I made out of boredom:
Who are you trying to contact?
There are two answers
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