Questions tagged [rebus]
A puzzle that uses images and/or text, where solving the puzzle requires examination of the components' attributes.
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Swarms of Codes
Since the days of old, codes have been devised and utilized to various ends: to relay secret messages, to identify friend from foe, or to record secret formulae.
What ancient dark art is at work here?
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Who are you and what are you?
The answer is 11 letters.
VERT VERT VERT
VERT VERT VERT VERT (theres supposed to be three here)
What is in Tuition 5-6ABC?
Segnse
Gkthkg
Gfeelg
G👨⚖️g
G%🤧g
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PSE Advent Calendar 2021 (Day 22): Quick Math Card
This puzzle is part of the Puzzling StackExchange Advent Calendar 2021. The accepted answer to this question will be awarded a bounty worth 50 reputation.< Previous Door Next Door >
I found the ...
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Pain By Numbers - a friendly enigmatic puzzle
I found this worksheet going though some old notes. Unfortunately, it seems the answer key got lost. Can anyone help?
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Just for fun (it's fair)
Try make sense of the image below. The answer is ten letters in total.
Hint:
Hint2:
Note: I added a (4) and an (8). It doesn't affect the puzzle.
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Bad news keeps coming in
This rebus directs you to a 7 letter word. If you solve this, you might be able to solve
It's a small word after all!
What is the word?
Hint
Hint 2
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PSE Advent Calendar 2021 (Day 5): Christmas Shopping
This puzzle is part of the Puzzling StackExchange Advent Calendar 2021. The accepted answer to this question will be awarded a bounty worth 100 reputation.< Previous Door Next Door >
What do we ...
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Interrupting your day to bring you a puzzle
Please explain the following math.
To start, here are some basic relationships - creative thinking may help (or not)
1) p < c < h < n1 <= n2
The pipe symbol is used as shorthand for ...
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Where are you, Sammy Wolfe…?
Adventurer and photographer Sammy Wolfe built a solar-powered airplane to explore the North American wilderness. Unexpectedly, the engine stopped working and he was forced to land his plane in the ...
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Fact or Fiction? You decide. (Polygon trivia)
Here is an assertion regarding a certain type of polygon. Fact or fiction?
You may weigh in, but a correct answer simply decrypts the assertion:
001133445566778899
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVXYZ
451
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My favorite holiday destination
My favorite holiday destination is hidden in this secret message. Can you find what it is?
Hint 1:
Hint 2:
Hint 3:
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A cinematic masterpiece in matchsticks
Polanski's magnificent Chinatown (my all-time fourth favourite film) was produced among numerous other movies by Robert Evans, the second anniversary of whose death is today1.
What better excuse for a ...
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What are these words or phrases?
Given below are clues for 4 separate words or phrases. What are those?
1 Five letter word
Having not intended
4
Go inside Leland
No partial answers please.
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I was popular in the 1970s
I was popular in the 1970s. I can be represented by the following image:
What am I?
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I've got a fever
Can you help me find my medicine?
The correct answer contains audible media, Bruce.
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All about position
Try to solve this puzzle below. The answer consists of two words with 15 letters in total.
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Toilet Paper Math?
Ben stared in dismay at the hundreds of bits of paper scattered around his room. This was going to be a lot of work.
His brother waltzed in and picked up a larger sheet.
"Watchya doin' writin' ...
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To remember them
The answer to this puzzle consists of three words with a total of 13 letters. Combining what you see below should lead you to the correct answer.
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A mathematical term
The answer to this puzzle is a one word answer.
Use this to get the answer:
51 12 31 23 22 43 21 52 11 41 32 42
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Company brands and logos: Some are not right
A friend of mine, who is a student in the area of Brand Marketing, sent me an e-mail:
Hey
I am working on a a Class Project that relates to Logos and Brands- what makes them so attractive. I have ...
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Different from each other
The answer to this puzzle consists of two words with 14 letters in total.
Hint1
Hint2
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👎💑😐Scrambled emoji tale❤️👩⭐ #3️⃣
Today is July, 17th - World Emoji Day 📅 🥳
So, today is time to post a new scrambled emoji tale. 😂😂😂😂
This is the emoji tale #3️⃣. Click here and here to see the previous two.
Since my previous ...
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This rebus is gold (and loud)
What television programme does this rebus stand for? Why is the rebus gold* and loud?
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Answer to the question: "Who Wins?"
Crié ala caleverti
miku'ilatmo
doci
pramilerfu
Hint:
Non-Youtube description of video contents (for accessibility/posterity purposes):
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A Deceitful Rebus
I am thinking of an image. Using Photoshop, paint, or your favorite image editor, create and post the image I am thinking of (any reasonable logical equivalent).
To ensure this post isn’t flooded with ...
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The homeland of the shepherd?
$\displaystyle \left \lfloor \frac{Gen4:1-16} {a_5x^5+a_4x^4+a_3x^3+a_2x^2+a_1x+a_0} \right \rfloor$ + «my father was the first one»
= A country
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The teacher's favorite animal
A student asked our teacher about her favorite type of dog during a distance learning meeting. She uploaded the image shown below, said it's our homework to figure that out, and left the call.
What's ...
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A heavenly puzzle
If you manage to figure out the solving method to this puzzle below, then it should lead you to a 7-letter word.
Hint1:
Good luck!
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A class. puzzle
These three parts are in correct order but can be solved independently. Two of them are initials and one is an anagram name. The answer to this puzzle is... well, you'll notice :)
Good luck!
For the ...
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Scientific Discovery Rebus Puzzle
What scientific discovery is represented by the following image?
NOTE: Some tags have been deliberately omitted since I don't wanna reveal too much 😊
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Originally not a movie
Can you tell what movie these images together represents? (the answer is a 5-letter noun)
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Odd stranger in town
Here's a simple little puzzle.
With the help of the image below, can you figure out who I am?
Hint:
Hint(second term):
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Simple language rebuses
What 2-word associates with this rebus? (actually not a rebus)
also: What word associates with this rebus?
Hints:
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God Only Knows The Answer
Can you identfy the song lyric hinted at here? Read from left to right, from the top.
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Not a music rebus
What is the 6-letter word that associates with this rebus?
Helpness Meter 1:
Helpness Meter 2:
Helpness Meter 3:
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Another encrypted things
Inspired by encrypted fruits and vegetables, this simple puzzle encrypts a set of things having a common topic. So, please, figure out the topic itself (unlike the linked questions, clues are comma-...
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Encrypted Vegetables
Similar to the last puzzle, figure out the vegetables:
A 🤼 a->an,n->? $\boxed{8}-\tau$
Bag->Cab(🛄) 2021-1980
$(TO)_2+F$
⛽ K out$\times$ ??
🎨🖌️ I $\boxed{6}$ $F=kx$
🔃 🤰
🥶
$90$deg=$\...
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Encrypted fruits
Haven't been making a puzzle for a long time, this is a simple puzzle: figure the fruits with the given clues.
🚫 b->a,aeiou->? A
3-3 $[3,\infty)$
✋-i 🤔 Tesla
$^{12}X$ 🏃 $\boxed{^{4}}$ (🏞️ - ...
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What is the date displayed for the question mark?
Someone sent me these images. It's about the Moon for some reason. Anyways, here are the images:
And also that someone gave me a bonus:
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The Puzzling Free-to-Play Escape Room, naturally!
An entry in Fortnightly Topic Challenge #50: Escape Rooms
Without revealing too much, knowledge of geek culture and/or superb Google skills are required for this puzzle.
Coming from an anime ...
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Rebuses with answers that start with "A"
I like rebuses, here are four of them.
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Good luck!