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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I have a message
I have an encoded message and I want you to find out what it is. For the answer to be accepted, you must clearly demonstrate and explain each step in the encoding process. The message contains four ...
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The Order of Ptolemy: The Initiation
You enter the room and hear the click of the door behind you. On a stone altar of light marble, there are three small statues overlooking 12 cards laid out in neat rows upon the smooth surface. An ...
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...you use me everyday to find your way
A list of words (one is a possessive noun) is missing. There is only one list that's correct. Can you find it?
I am round, have a twin and you use me everyday to find your way.
I am round, very ...
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Halloween Magic
Halloween is coming, and the little skeleton is learning a new magic trick.
Find the hidden key and solve the hidden code in the image. The code is 4 digits.
Hint 1:
Hint 2:
created by Abai, ...
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NEWS, URL_, _DAS
The title is not yelling, there's a reason for the all-caps in puzzle solving aspect.
Hint:
source: The 4th (2022) WeChat Puzzle Event, which ended on 8 Oct 2022
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My friend does some strange things with the candles on his birthday cake [duplicate]
I went to my friend's birthday party yesterday. It was a wonderful occasion, but something about it puzzled me.
I was in the kitchen with him while he was preparing his cake. He pulled a small number ...
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Puzzle: Seeking a book to reveal secret of numbers
The following numbers came upon me after waking from a deep sleep.
2 3 14 6-7
23140 6
3 14 15 9-11
3141 5-9
23146
Is there a code book that can help me? I'm sure I'll know when I find the book.
And is ...
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THERE ARE ONLY FOUR OF THESE! (Not shouting, just trying to tell you something)
The first two images corresponding to the actor to the left are complete, the last two aren't. Also, all the four images share something in common - something that's missing... Replace the question ...
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This new puzzle type needs a name
I believe I have invented a new type of puzzle...
What is its name?
Colour-blind-friendly version available here.
Begin by solving the 16x16 sudoku; each of the digits 1-16 must appear exactly ...
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Unconditional Love: A Journey of Two Souls
And now, a 500 word excerpt from ChatGPT's new book, "Unconditional Love: A Journey of Two Souls," available now on Amazon First Reads - free with Prime.
With laughter, Oscar and Vivian ...
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Kenshi First Puzzle
The above puzzle is from https://kenshi.io/docs/puzzles/1, which says that there is a key hidden in the image, which would allow withdrawal of prize money from a wallet. However the wallet is empty, ...
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Seize the Day ... and the Key!
In an effort to increase my cybersecurity, I recently went through the process of changing my passwords to be more complex and adding secondary passkeys for particularly important documents. The only ...
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What happened to your job?
It is 8 am and you are at work, solving a puzzle on Puzzling StackExchange when you get an email from your boss.
The email is below:
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A Murder Mystery
The Investigation
Looks like there's been a murder!
Examining these cryptic clues may reveal what the murderer left behind...
In clue order (Across then Down), they will comprise a description of the ...
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Coded Message From Research Facility
At 5:15AM yesterday a cryptic radio transmission was received from a top-secret research facility which lasted about 6 minutes.
After that we were unable to reestablish contact for nearly an hour.
The ...
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My Pokemon Puzzle
I had no idea how much information to give for this puzzle, so I decided to start with none! I'll add hints if enough time passes / people are looking for direction.
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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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Focus on one of the two and the answer will come to you
Five directors are listed in the puzzle below. There is an additional director who didn't make the list, the one labeled as "(Extra)". Who is that director?
You can't fly but you can always ...
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Somethings missing
In the puzzle below I've correctly placed an image in three different cells. Your task is to correctly place images in all the remaining (19) cells and of course, as usual, provide a good explanation ...
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Riley from YouTube
Maybe a little late, but I think now is the right time. Inspired by the original Riley Riddle:
My Suffix,
My Infix,
My Prefix,
It's all from YouTube, not from Netflix.
Who am I?
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Missing Friend: Gone Birdwatching
I'm trying to get ahold of my old pal Felix. The last I knew he was travelling the US, so I wandered around - but it's a very big place! I did bump into his son in Milwaukee. He told me that Felix ...
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What does the fox say?
I found a piece of paper on the hallway floor of my friends apartment complex, and on it is an oddly written question and an unreadable response. Can you figure this out?
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WHAT DOES THE FOX ...
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Approximately correct
The people you see below share something in common. All together they are almost equal to another person.
Question:
Who is this person? Explain why.
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What is My friend's (not so) new interest
A friend of mine is an English teacher, but he's always enjoyed listening to the sound of music in the classroom while he works, so I'm thinking he's looking for a change of job soon. Maybe these ...
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Riddle Number Six
Fiddle diddle diddle, time for another riddle. This is another little puzzle I've concocted for you all this evening. The scenario is this:
You awake in a small room with only one door. The door is ...
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What is Man? (7)
What is Man? (7)
Please replace the characters in the grids with the correct characters.
Hint:
Hint 2:
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Secret Members Out of Sight
You recently applied to a test online for an admission to a secret club and today was the time for testing. You read online that they were looking for people with excellent problem solving skills. You ...
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A Ticking Time Bomb
This puzzle is part of the Monthly Topic Challenge #6: Is it really that [time] again?.
You wake up, finding yourself sitting in a room you've never seen before. Around the room there are loads of ...
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You walked all over me
You walked all over me and I felt like I was torn in two. You drove me
crazy. Yet, you cared for me like I was yours.
You dumped my tea out and I felt meaningless. I had to
rearrange my life for I’d ...
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A conversation about stew
"Add to the stew."
"Victor will go ballistic. There's too much."
"No, the amount's fine. It spoils slowly, have no fear."
"Um… really?"
"Maybe? I seem ...
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Only time will tell
This puzzle is part of the Monthly Topic Challenge #6: Is it really that [time] again?.
Please help. I'm an intelligence officer, and I've got a crisis on my hands - my boss has gone missing! I came ...
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A puzzle-loving lady's phone number
After a long day, you head to your local bar for a couple of drinks. Halfway through your second beer, a pretty girl walks up to you and points to the empty chair next to you. "Is this seat taken?...
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In the name (what they're called)
I'm looking for a 4-word phrase. Can you tell me what it is?
E H O F O G
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A M R V I P
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A F T H R T
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The Alchemist's Secret
This is Part III of a series. Other parts: The Alchemist's Grimoire and
The Alchemist's Cauldron
Yet again told from the perspective of my fantasy self.
The story nor the front of the letter are ...
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CliffDriving PS
[contextual images]
[text near one image] 16.,51.
Instructions: Name the Town
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Use all the numbers to get the right equation
As the visual says, get the right equation by using the numbers exactly once.
You must use ALL five numbers exactly once.
You cannot use any other math operators.
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The Research Paper
So, one of my friends is a teacher, and, for one of their recent assignments, one of the teacher's students turned in this:
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They go on and on
What's the 4-word phrase I'm looking for?
E S N F J A
L M N U L G
D I X Z E A
I V A C Y S
P D W N O M
O L I O A L
Why is...
x: 5th
x+2: 2nd
x+3: 3rd
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My GF is a spy?
So it turns out my long-term girlfriend is a spy.
I probably should have seen the signs earlier (I guess this finally explains all the wigs and false moustaches), but last night she told me on the ...
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