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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Hiker's Cabin Mystery | Pt. XV
You and the hiker walk through passageway
and are surprised to find yourselves in a forest clearing.
There seems to only be one path, but there is also a piece of paper nailed to a tree:
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Foul Psychology Question
According to our psychology examination, Mr. X
Is afraid of heights as well as the cookie monster under his bed (1)
Prefers to work late into the night (2)
Has 20/20 vision with perfect ...
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The Hidden Treasures
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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A trip to the library
I try to go to the library at least once every month, so I've developed a pretty good relationship with the librarian, a nice old man who sometimes teases me about my broad set of interests. Yesterday,...
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Piece de Resistance - Four Dots in a Line
Four - Dots in a Line
This puzzle is part of the "Piece de Resistance" series. Go back to Part 1 (Ace) for the story.Ace Two Three Four Five ...
Looking for the next challenge, you got rid of the ...
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(11 of 11: Meta) What is Pyramid Cult's All-Time Favorite?
Dear PSE users and moderators,
I’m new here in PSE, but I really need your help. There was this person who gave me a black envelope consisting 10+1 pages of puzzles, and also a scribble saying: “Find ...
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Ordering a word list
I think I've alphabetized this word list correctly, but my friends keep telling me it's not in the right order. Can you help me spot the mistake?
divvy, dry, dues, Eden, elf, fear, knee, opt, pet, ...
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(10 of 11: Nurikabe) What is Pyramid Cult's Favorite Topic?
Dear PSE users and moderators,
I’m new here in PSE, but I really need your help. There was this person who gave me a black envelope consisting 10+1 pages of puzzles, and also a scribble saying: “Find ...
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Piece de Resistance - Three Troublesome Toshes
Three - Troublesome Toshes
This puzzle is part of the "Piece de Resistance" series. Go back to Part 1 (Ace) for the story.Ace Two Three Four Five ...
For the third time you removed the surface, and ...
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It was a dark and stormy night
September 8: It’s raining, and Russian Emperor Czar Nicholas awakes, confused.
Someone enters, completely soaking. “It’s positively vile – I’d resist going outside.”
It’s Czarina Alexandra. “...
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(9 of 11: Shikaku) What is Pyramid Cult's Favorite Stationeries?
Dear PSE users and moderators,
I’m new here in PSE, but I really need your help. There was this person who gave me a black envelope consisting 10+1 pages of puzzles, and also a scribble saying: “Find ...
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1answer
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(8 of 11: Ripple Effect) What is Pyramid Cult's Favorite Skill?
Dear PSE users and moderators,
I’m new here in PSE, but I really need your help. There was this person who gave me a black envelope consisting 10+1 pages of puzzles, and also a scribble saying: “Find ...
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Hiker's Cabin Mystery | Pt. XIV (we skipped a number, I know)
(We skipped a number to avoid bad luck!)
(READ THE SOLUTION TO PT. VIII BEFORE CONTINUING)
You lead the hiker through passageway
and you both seem to be alive by the time you come into a giant, ...
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Hiker's Cabin Myster | Pt. XII
You continue through the labyrinth by taking passageway
Now, there's another crossroads with 26 passageways, one for each letter of the alphabet. This is going to be tough, isn't it?
There's also a ...
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(7 of 11: Fillomino) What is Pyramid Cult's Favorite Shape?
Dear PSE users and moderators,
I’m new here in PSE, but I really need your help. There was this person who gave me a black envelope consisting 10+1 pages of puzzles, and also a scribble saying: “Find ...
9
votes
1answer
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(6 of 11: Yajilin) What is Pyramid Cult's Favorite Places?
Dear PSE users and moderators,
I’m new here in PSE, but I really need your help. There was this person who gave me a black envelope consisting 10+1 pages of puzzles, and also a scribble saying: “Find ...
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1answer
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A game of red and black
Two players, red and black, play a game. The outcome is as follows:
CCCBBABCDFBBDDE
Who won the game, and what game were they playing?
HINT:
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(5 of 11: Slitherlink) What is Pyramid Cult's Favorite Person?
Dear PSE users and moderators,
I’m new here in PSE, but I really need your help. There was this person who gave me a black envelope consisting 10+1 pages of puzzles, and also a scribble saying: “Find ...
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SCP-507 and the extra-dimensionnal slot machine
Disclaimer :
This is not my puzzle, and it may not even be a puzzle. But it does look like a puzzle to me. If it has to be closed for this, so be it. But let's see first if someone can come up with ...
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(4 of 11: Hitori) What is Pyramid Cult's Favorite Fruit?
Dear PSE users and moderators,
I’m new here in PSE, but I really need your help. There was this person who gave me a black envelope consisting 10+1 pages of puzzles, and also a scribble saying: “Find ...
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What is the value of the letters?
What is the value of the letters A and B in the figure down below? The square and the circle are independent from one another, i.e. they are solved independently.
Here follows my train of thought:
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(3 of 11: Akari) What is Pyramid Cult's Favorite Car?
Dear PSE users and moderators,
I’m new here in PSE, but I really need your help. There was this person who gave me a black envelope consisting 10+1 pages of puzzles, and also a scribble saying: “Find ...
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2answers
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(2 of 11: Moon-or-Sun) What is Pyramid Cult's Favorite Camera?
Dear PSE users and moderators,
I’m new here in PSE, but I really need your help. There was this person who gave me a black envelope consisting 10+1 pages of puzzles, and also a scribble saying: “Find ...
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Hiker's Cabin Mystery | Pt. XI
You nervously take the
(Solution to Part X)
passageway and are glad that you don't die! Unfortunately, there's another crossroads [sigh]... but there's also someone else there.
"Excuse me," you ...
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(1 of 11: Numberlink) What is Pyramid Cult's Favorite Activity?
Dear PSE users and moderators,
I’m new here in PSE, but I really need your help. There was this person who gave me a black envelope consisting 10+1 pages of puzzles, and also a scribble saying: “Find ...
11
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1answer
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You could help me, couldn't you?
Introduction
I am an enthusiastic geometry student, preparing for my first quiz. Yet while revising I accidentally spilt my coffee onto my notes. Can you rescue me and draw me a diagram so that I ...
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A cryptic list of words
You find yourself trapped in a dark room. You say, "hello" and bright lights turn on, flooding the area. You see a piece of paper on the ground:
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Hiker's Cabin Mystery | Pt. X
Before we get into it, I'd like to take a moment to congratulate everyone on us reaching part ten, but especially you because you've been putting up with this nonsense and travelling all over the ...
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Getting one over on the boss
In my job as a poet for a national newspaper I am rarely faced with ethical decisions. However, today was quite a challenge…
The editor came to me this morning and said, “Hey, I’ve heard about this ...
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An Ode Full'a Herrin's
Dear smart friend,
How witty sire alway look!
Here's ag'in an ol' ode,
For you, fiend, a puzzler's game!
Demeanour means imp's English name introduction.
Small film halves film ...
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What is my name? It's not “traveler”
The answer to this puzzle is my first name. What is it?
If no progress is made after a week or so, I'll slowly give hints. It's not too hard of a puzzle, so long as you take everything into account.
...
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Bob's unnecessary trip to the shops
Alice and Bob live in London, UK. On a Friday, as per usual, Bob leaves for work before Alice. At lunchtime he receives a WhatsApp message from his friend Charles:
Sorry to cancel on you last ...
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Who Can Help Retag This?
Gestures to stop Jacks' paving stones
Oh! Tiny reformation chaos at data transmission
Occasion (the first) to initiate moderator election
Circular execution of queer joshes up with ...
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Modulus Operandi
These words have a remarkable form of self-symmetry:
ANDROCENTRIC
CONDESCENDED
EXTRATEXTUAL
RESETTLEMENT
SUBMERSIBLES
What is it?
Afterword:
It is ...
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This one's for Matthew:
I tend nations damaged, with many a crater
Spilt blood, nothing lost! That's a strong indicator
Reason's right if I act; out something charged!
Rounds for the charger, allows losing large... ...
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Diminished Decrees
Diminished Decrees
Before including a letter in any word, the inhabitants of this town check how much the letter is worth.
Town Decrees:
1: Each enizen of this lan is prohibite from estroyin thins ...
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One night in Baker Street
The raindrops ran down the windows of 221B Baker Street while Sherlock Holmes played a sad melody upon his violin. The weather and the music reflected his mood, for it had been a trying and vexatious ...
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Mirror Mirror on the wall, who's the richest of them all? (I make billions #7)
Mirror Mirror on the wall, who's the richest of them all? (I make billions #7)
Clue group 1:
This spa provides a great relaxation rub. Earbuds are included too.
I compared virtual machines, and ...
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A Smuggled List of S'S
Smuggled this strange list from [redacted] 's place. Maybe he is making a puzzle. Who is the victim?
Scarlet covers
Swindler's imprecation
Sour disordered equipment
Smash journal
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Simple Arithmetic Puzzle 8. Or is it?
This one's different to all the previous ones...
\begin{align}7+53&=28\\16+6&=21\\5+19&=97\\15+8&=\,?\end{align}
Can you find the value of the question mark?
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I make billions (#5)
I make bullions balloons billions (#5)
Main clues:
These statues are wonderful! I'm going to invest in the sculptor.
Move faster! I need to finish the 18th hole and return this golf ...
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Cryptic, then Crossword, then Clues
Answer is one word.
{1}{2}{3}{4} (6)
{1} [a] (7)
{2} [b][c][d][e] (6)
{3} [f] (3)
{4} [g][h][i] (6)
[a] Bonding family in cod (7)
[b] Container fight (3)
[c] Considering ...
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A Retrospective Captor [Part 2]
Trevor woke up suddenly. He found himself in some sort of office, though it looked like it had been abandoned for sometime. It was relatively clean, however. Apart from the desks and computers, there ...
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A Retrospective Captor
Matthew woke up suddenly. He was in a dimly lit room -looked like an old office space. He stood up in a panic and looked around. He saw a few desks, ancient computers, yet no dust anywhere. He made a ...
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A Small Piece Of The Puzzle
These images seem a bit off, don't you think?
The answer will be one word.
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Elementary, my dear …
My list for today
Iodine-Sulfur+Americium-Scandium:Phosphorus
Iodine-Titanium+Molybdenum+Thorium+Yttrium-Lithium:Helium
Praseodymium+Oxygen+Vanadium+Erbium+Boron+Sulfur-Lithium:Aluminum
...
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One! Two! Fizz! Four!
Argh, how I hate those mean kids and their newfangled game!
The answer will be two words.
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In a Fish that is not a Fish
Righteous head of a snake that is a snake,
Aback, held in a fish that is not a fish.
Now, I'm beauty in disguise,
Despite being, to most, nightmarish.
I am looking for two answers... One on the ...
