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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Down the Rabbit Hole
There's a secret hidden in the text below. What mind-blowing truth does it reveal?
Not imaginative? Then Zeke's Clues may assist! Unsure, lad? With our
patented Obscurity Clues, begin verifiably ...
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Pathetic Neighbor!
Mr. Heisenberg recently moved next to my apartment. An old and needy person I say. Disgusted with the continuous taps and noises on my door I decided to leave the apartment. Well, are you thinking ...
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Strange Kids Playing in a Nice Place
I am just back from a wonderful place and can't help sharing my experiences!
The place is really fun and amazing. There are movie theatres, libraries, music stores and what not! But I don't usually ...
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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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A diabolical puzzle: Hector + Tisiphone =?
Homer + Ovid = Paris
Ulysses + Julius Caesar = Nimrod
Guy de Montfort - Cleopatra = Medusa
Epicurus - Pluto = Dido
Hector + Tisiphone = ?
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Orange you glad it's not Lemon?
My friend gave me this note in class,
my very own third grade mathematics class!
But alas:
To little, my third grade-ly efforts amassed.
Again and again,
I wish I'd known then,...
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What does 1+1=?
Most of this is is flavour, with a section of puns setting the scene at the start, and then the story itself in the middle. Scroll down for the actual puzzle. You may be interested to know that all ...
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A very strange letter
Today, you receive an unusual delivery in the mail - a plain white envelope marked not with your address, but a question:
What’s my sign?
You open the envelope to find two pieces of paper with the ...
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My Grandfather's Final Message
As my grandfather reached the end of his long and satisfying life, I sat by his bedside and asked him what advice he could give me to help me in my own. Unable to speak, he pointed to his bedside ...
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These alien safes have no end
Well, I could solve the last safe, but what did it buy me? Just another instant-teleport and boom... here I am again!
In a single room with very few things around me, most notably a safe, and no ...
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A puzzle for dcfyj
Downvote my answer - there'll be hell to pay.
Close my question - you'll need some helping hands.
For an upvote on my answer, I'll get loot.
You cannot vote on posts unless you have a permit.
Just ...
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Where did my sister go?
One day my sister disappeared. She didn't vanish out of existence, no, she just wasn't seen or heard of for about three weeks.
Until finally, just yesterday, I received a postcard from her. What a ...
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End of the Maze
This the final installment of the Maze series. Here is Room 1 and here is the previous room.
After you enter the answer from Room 5, you wait for the door to de materialize as usual, but nothing ...
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My Friend in Kanto
I have a friend in Kanto. He sent me a message and told me that he's looking for all sorts of creatures. Included was the following list of descriptions. I know there's a message hidden in there ...
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Who stole the diamond?
Inspiration from @BeastlyGerbil's Puzzle - This is an opprtunity. Can you take it?
In Puzzlville last night, someone stole the famous Stone of Wondrous Mystery! Can you help the police find it? But ...
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I can't work like this!
Soon after arriving to work this morning, I sent an email off to my pal over in IT upon realizing that my workstation wasn't fully functional. We both like to solve puzzles in our spare time, so ...
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Emeralds bet - A round world
It was the 15 October 1502, just a few hours before midnight in an old tavern at the docks. Emerald raised two fingers, after repeatedly looking at his three cards, before finally answering the ...
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What makes a man wise?
I asked my grandfather: "What makes a man wise?"
He typed out this:
GGRBBBBR
Confused, I asked him to explain....
He ignored me and typed out the following:
<...
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Assassinate Shakespeare!
Factoid: The noun "assassination" first appeared in print in Shakespeare's Macbeth.
However, forget that. The puzzle is to reproduce the following ngram.
The correct answer will be a link to 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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A Battered Shield
An entry in Fortnightly Topic Challenge #39: Deep Down in the Dungeon 1.
Your party has defeated the previous riddles in the dungeon. The next room you enter is pitch dark - neither the light from ...
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Welcome aboard flight 5932
Welcome aboard flight 5932, and thanks for getting on this flight.
In the unlikely case you need or want to abort this flight, you will find there are two exits both at the top of the plane.
This ...
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A Message carrying Train!
- - - - -
- - - - -
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++++++++++++++++ ++++++++++++++++ ++++++++++++++++ ++++++++++++++++
| 1 |-...
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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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A pirate's treasure-hunt
My dear puzzle friends, I need your help!
An old acquaintance of mine has recently passed away and mentioned me in his will. I was quite thrilled, as the man was rather rich due to some clever ...
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Counter, Clock and Wise
Remember I told you that I am slowly turning eccentric? Well, turns out, it's worse than I had imagined. See, writing some random words on a piece of paper is one thing, and taking apart the hands of ...
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We solved the invisible maze
We did it! We finally solved the invisible maze! In case anyone else wants to try, I'll reproduce our steps here.
Here's the maze:
The rules:
All walls except for the outer ones are ...
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You're invited! Now what?
(semi-interactive puzzle)
BRIIING! BRIIING! BRIIING!
You wake up with a start. It's 6:30... already!? Darn. You roll slowly out of bed, preparing for the day ...
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As I Was Reflecting On Nothing
I have a teenage cousin. He’s a real 2. I can’t believe this 11. It’s not even 14 and already he’s in deep 16. The worst part is, he doesn’t give a 20. I mean, I showed him this and guess what his ...
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50th Puzzle Landmark: My exciting exploits with Adedayo, Prince of Nigeria
Today marks a very exciting day for me. Today will be my 50th puzzle on this site, and as such, I've created a challenge the likes of which I have never done before. I hope it to be my most ...
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Twelve Labours - #03 Golden Hind
This puzzle is part of the ‘Twelve Labours’ series. Previous instalments can be found here: Prologue | 01 | 02
Hercules was grateful the morning sun wasn’t hotter as he pulled the heavy flatbed ...
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Middle-of-the-day intoxication?
Considering all categories, I've selected some examples of multiple winners and put them in order. However, I have a problem deciding where to put the one remaining entry on this list. Here's my ...
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The Corridor of Eon Syras
An entry in Fortnightly Topic Challenge #39: Deep Down in the Dungeon 1. tl;dr at the bottom
You and your wacky group of adventurers barge through a hidden door and end up in what looks to be the ...
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We feast in Hell's kitchen, we swim through the deep
We feast in Hell’s kitchen, we swim through the deep,
we wait in the shadows for printers to sleep.
At midnight we come and we jumble your prose.
We pluck out your words because god only knows!
And ...
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OK, now listen up - there's a pattern here
The Greek premier.
Call for applause.
A famous actor.
The biggest mouth in Africa.
"5. 5. 5. 5. 5."
???
A game, of course!
Twelve in an oven?
???
The partner of 18.
A thousand.
Mixed messages.
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More important than the destination
This puzzle is the 26th and final part of Gladys' journey across the globe. If you are new to the series, feel free to start at the beginning: Introducing Gladys.
Spoiler alert: This puzzle gives ...
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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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Cool language nerds won't hang out with me
It has long been my dream to be a part of the extremely exclusive Language Nerds' Club. Today, I walked into their clubhouse and stated my wish to become a bona fide member. See how I used Latin there?...
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Planning a round-the-world trip
My friend is preparing for her upcoming round-the-world trip and is excitedly making lists of places she wants to visit. She sent me a list of her current top 20 destinations. Mostly I see what the ...
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V for Vendetta - Who am I?
This link here shows how many "Who am I?" riddles we already have on this site. Obviously, there are many of them and they're mostly riddles describing an object in some funny way. On checking the ...
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Kara's bitmap picture
Kara recently received a puzzling bitmap image by email in the shape of a trapezoid. She didn't recognize the email address, and she doesn't know why she would be receiving such a picture. She ...
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Who can spot the difference?
My family and I have just moved house! Lucky us!
So what did my family do? We held a housewarming party, and rung everyone in the neighbourhood up to invite them.
So, anyway, people were coming in ...
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Why didn't this kid get any presents from Santa?
He counted the days until Christmas every morning, lunch and evening. He made a huge wishlist of presents; a RC car, flashy shoes and much more. He couldn't wait until the day that he could show off ...
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A conversation about a Christmas gift
The Christmas fever has already arrived. So yesterday I saw the following weird conversation in a chat room:
-${}$ You know, I figured out what to buy ou for Christmas.
- What?
- I'll tell you ...
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Murder of a Cryptologist
Your friend, the Cryptologist Mr. Toboggan, has been murdered in his house. You being a detective and a Cryptologist yourself have been asked to lend a hand in solving the murder.
You arrive at the ...
