Questions tagged [rebus]
A puzzle that uses images and/or text, where solving the puzzle requires examination of the components' attributes. Typically wordplay combining the images/text will yield a word or phrase.
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Of high importance
Who is the...
...?
The answer is a 4-letter name. Explain your reasoning.
Hint 1:
Hint 2 (stronger):
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Self-descriptive
The answer is 4 letters long. But in order for this puzzle to be complete I should've added one more image, which I intentionally excluded, depicting "something". What is this "...
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Add three lines to make a Capital City
Add exactly three lines to the image below to make a capital city (note the tags):
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It was the second, but we were told it was the fifth
Can you determine the meaning of this rebus?
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Grip & Electric Truck Equation
This puzzle comes from a Facebook post, and has also been shared on Reddit.
There's a truck with the below "equation" etched into its bumper. The truck belonged to a Grip and Electric crew; ...
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Parts of Humans
What does the following image represent? The answer consists of 10 letters in total.
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All those years
Life isn't merely a collection of legendary moments, but those are the ones we cherish: the great milestones of humanity, the sparks of creativity, curiosity, exploration, and endurance. Even when no ...
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Add a number, add a letter exactly twice
In the first puzzle add the same number exactly twice to get a country.
In the second puzzle add the same letter exactly twice to get a state.
The numbers/letters added may be rotated, and they may ...
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Quick find the unique answer, it may not be unique otherwise!
Replace the question mark with the correct 5-digit number.
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Use your fingers!
This puzzle is my attempt to make one in the style of PSE user Prim3numbah:
Find what is in the question mark!
1D3, 12, ED, ED, 5A, 244, 84, 1E2, 1E2, ?
Go back a ...
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What song are these lyrics from (translated into emojis) ~ 2
😁👈🤠🐎🎰
👈🎰🗺️🏘️🏘️ / 👈🎰💯⭕
🕰️👉🫱🫲🃏🃏🃏🃏🃏
👉🧠🤠👈🛏️💰👈👇
🛏️💰👈👇 (2x)
I am happy to share this wonderful song with you. You will love driving or doing any travel with this song.
The ...
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What is the HIP recording?
CAN YOU FIGURE OUT THE FAMOUS RECORDING BASED ON THESE 7 CLUES?
Hints:
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What song are these lyrics from (translated into emojis)
Each emoji stands for 1 English word: there are no combo words.
The candle 🕯️ is a classical European art motif. When a candle is on, you are living! If the candle goes out, you're dead. If you watch ...
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Emoticon text code
I found this text on my phone.
Is there a genius out there that is able to tell me what this means?
Edit:
I received a similar message again:
Edit II:
A new message... it's all Greek to me:
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Burial Traditions
This is part 56 of the puzzle series Around the World in Many Days. Each part is solvable on its own.
Dear Puzzling,
The answers to these twelve rebuses are single words in alphabetical order. Your ...
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"H--- and k-----"
Something has been replaced by question marks. Find what's been replaced and then tell me what the two rows stand for.
Hint 1:
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Sending the rookie shopping
My business is going quite well, and I finally make the decision to train up an apprentice, as the workload has been only getting worse lately. Luck clearly is on my side - I put up the ad yesterday, ...
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Finding the Ring of Truth
Tips:
First, wait on others.
Remember: overlap is chaff.
The answer is a 7-letter word.
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It's what's inside them that counts
What is this puzzle about? The answer is a word.
Hint:
Edit: Added an image.
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A Shocking Revelation
Name Who to Shock (Electrically):
David Ingram
Anne Garcia
Robert Ortiz
Teresa Smith
Edward Vasquez
Elizabeth Nguyen
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Fill in the two blanks
Fill in the country names in the two boxes to make the equation correct.
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Turn the three lines into a part of the body
Using a single letter (alphabet) exactly twice turn the lines below into a part of your body.
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PSE Advent Calendar 2023 (Day 7): The Oracle Rambles On and On
This puzzle is part of the Puzzling Stack Exchange Advent Calendar 2023. The accepted answer to this question will be awarded a bounty worth 50 reputation.< Previous Door Next Door >
Hadn't ...
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College Athletes
This puzzle is part of the Monthly Topic Challenge #16: Restricted Title: xkcd 2000-2500.
Solve the following 10 sub-puzzles, then use the information you've found to solve the metapuzzle:
Puzzle 1
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Not once, but twice
What's the answer to this puzzle?
Text version of the numbers under pattern:
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A puzzling QR code
What common phrase is encoded in the QR code below?
Hint 1:
Hint 2:
Note: I realized that the original puzzle was only really solvable for me due to my search history in constructing the puzzle. ...
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What we commonly refer high definition as
What is the two word answer to the puzzle below?
16777215+262709978263278+3435973836 = (4)
281474976710655+1240612796065921481376886589594988270+967140655691703339764940 = (12)
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E Rebus Unum – a picture sequence puzzle
This is part 42 of the puzzle series Around the World in Many Days. Each part is solvable on its own.
Dear Puzzling,
Today I have been taking it easy. You might even say it has been a walk in the ...
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Futuristic navigation
This is a 3-part puzzle. Parts can be solved out of order, but, in the end, parts must be put together in order they appear (1, 2, 3) to solve the whole puzzle.
Parts are independent from each other. ...
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Roman Empire goes to space
Here is the binary part for convenience:
01110010
10000000
10011111
10110111
Find what celestial objects has Roman Empire visited.
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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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An engineer, a mechanic and an athlete walk into a bar
...to exchange puzzles about the thing they talked about the other day and have a drink.
The engineer showed these numbers:
2, 8, 14, 2, 99
2, 4, 0, 0, 1
The ...
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A delicious country puzzle
Why is this puzzle delicious? Give me the 5-letter answer I'm looking for.
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Python Conundrum: Guess The Song
Python Conundrum: The Series
The key to the puzzle:
The puzzle:
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Techno-Culinary Brain Teaser: Unravel the Code in the Kitchen
The answer is one word.
The rebus:
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