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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Who can it be…?
Who can it be…? Can you solve the rebuses?
Answer the following three questions:
Where does he/she live?
What is his/her name?
What is his/her job?
Hint 1:
Hint 2:
Hint 3:
Hint 4:
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Omni-Riley-Rebuses
Partially inspired by MetaZen’s Four Directions Series :)
North:
East:
South:
West:
This puzzle is a part of Ooohh, it all makes sense now! :D
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Thousands and thousands of words
This puzzle is part 25 of Gladys' journey across the globe. Each part can be solved independently. Nevertheless, if you are new to the series, feel free to start at the beginning: Introducing Gladys.
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Find the names of these countries
From the pictures below, can you find the names of the corresponding countries?
1)
2)
3)
4)
5)
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Better than Rembrandt
This puzzle is part 13 of Gladys' journey across the globe. Each part can be solved independently. Nevertheless, if you are new to the series, feel free to start at the beginning: Introducing Gladys.
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Took a trip to a parallel universe, need help deciphering
I recently traveled to a parallel universe where the people wrote in a symbol-heavy language seemingly derived from English. While there, I attended various sorts of collegiate lectures to get a feel ...
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Contours of a clandestine nature
What does each of the answers describe? The answer is two words (11 + 4 letters).
#1
#2
#3
#4
Image credits:
1.2 Slashme, CC BY-SA 4.0;
2.1 AngMoKio, CC BY-SA 2.5;
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Written every which way
Looking for the name of a country.
This puzzle is part of Recycling old answers.
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Numbers Brain Teaser
I've come across a strange brain teaser on one of those sheets with things like:
(man overboard)
So here's the puzzle:
0 - 20
10 - 3
14 - 29
96 - 72
1977
I've been trying to do some math on this, ...
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What does "seeivgehnt" mean?
A few weeks earlier, I thought of this rebus:
seeivgehnt
and it could be interpreted as:
What common phrase does it mean?
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Rebuses with an unknown symbol
Each picture features the same unknown symbol. What does it mean? Where would you place it fit in the final answer?
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No, I swear this isn't another regular rebus... introducing REBI RULES!
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These rebuses (rebi) require you to figure out what the phrase is saying. However, all the ...
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What can this rebus solve? How can this rebus be solved?
This is my first rebus, constructive suggestions are welcome. Enjoy!
Mistake: the diagonal of the green circle on the right should be from the top right to the bottom left instead of from the top ...
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Are there any ways to make a good Cryptic rebus?
How do I make a good "Cryptic rebus"?
It's a cryptic REBUS, not a text clue.
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Say What Puzzle from Magazine
What words/phrase does the following rebus represent?:
+ DEEF
The answer is two words, each containing 8 letters.
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Rebus Puzzle Help!
Figured out the majority of the puzzle I think. There's just a couple things stumping me. Like the knights for one.
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5×5 image grid – What are we looking at?
The final answer is the name of a fictional character.
Image credits:
7: Rama, cc by-sa 2.0 fr | 11: Jonathunder, GFDL 1.2 | 13: Volatus, cc by-sa 3.0 | 15.1: ZngZng, cc&...
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Random dates turning into Christmas
These days, I saw a rebus on the net that shows a calendar of December, with some random dates turning into Christmas. I feel very puzzled about this. Can you help me?
Edit: I found that rebus on ...
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She has a unique personality
Each square is one word, and each row also has a one-word answer.
The final answer is what I tell everyone whenever my sister is coming to town.
#1
Image credits: 1. Mickayyy, CC BY-SA 4.0; ...
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To solve a simple heist
It happened by chance really. I was walking out from the bank when a man ran into me while rushing out. During our collision a piece of paper fell from his pocket.
I quickly picked it up and tried to ...
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Giving back to the PSE Community: Rebus Connect Wall
Here comes a rebus connect wall dedicated to the PSE Community. You'll soon see why ;)
Steps:
Solve the 16 rebuses!
Group them into groups of 4!
You're done!
Disclaimer:
If anyone find this ...
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This picture represents one word. Which word is it?
This picture represents one word. Which word is it?
Source
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Ideological rebus
The answers form one word.
#1
#2
#3
#4
Hint for #3:
Image credits:
clue 1 #1: dtstuff9, CC-BY-SA 2.0
clue 1 #2: See Li, CC-BY-SA 2.0
clue 1 #3: Mingle Media TV, CC-BY-SA 2.0
clue ...
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Monoalphabetic Geometry
This is a second puzzle from the Monoalphabetic Equation series, you can check out the previous one here.
A set of letters has been replaced by $a$, $b$, $c$, and $d$ and one symbol has been replaced ...
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Anime guess Riddle #7
Like in my sixth part, I'm searching for the name of an anime. There is no knowledge about this anime needed to solve it, but it helps! I hope you have fun :)
This time I made a picture riddle:
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Anime guess Riddle #6
Like in my fifth part, I'm searching for the name of an anime. There is no knowledge about this anime needed to solve it, but it helps! I hope you have fun :)
This time I made a rebus riddle:
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A rebus I've just watched
These two rebuses will give you a clue to what movie I've just watched. Can you guess it?
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An Unfinished Rebus
The solution of these rebuses form into one phrase, A) + B) + C), but the final part is missing. What is the missing part?
A)
B)
C)
Note:
you don't need to make a rebus to answer, just typing ...
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Aggravated Rebus Puzzling
Hullo, what's all this then?
(Clicking enlarges the pictures, but isn't required for solving the puzzles; Imgur's automatic cropping managed to keep the essential bits in the smaller pictures too. ...
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Old School Rebus
This isn't my puzzle (none have been so far), but one I found.
Taking the image above, please answer the three questions:
Why is he likely to succeed in life?
How do we know he's reached ...
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Suspiciouser and suspiciouser
I was sitting in the hotel lobby waiting for my taxi when I noticed a pretty suspicious-looking guy enter the building. Fedora and sunglasses, in October? Long trench coat and black leather gloves? ...
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An anagram rebus
Here is an anagram rebus. Find the words in the rebus and use it to find a name of a place.
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Riley Rebus in three parts
Work out what each image refers to, then combine them to make up another word.
What is that word?
Prefix:
Infix:
Suffix:
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A new simple rebus
A simple rebus for the community to solve. Good luck and I hope you enjoy!
$+$
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Riley Rebus Is Back!
Prefix + Infix + Suffix :
TO CLARIFY :
The answer consists of only 1 word
The 3 pictures each represent the prefix, infix, and suffix of the word respectively
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What is the answer to this rebus puzzle "IM IM"
The answer is related to drugs and we cannot seem to solve it. It is simply
IM IM
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Once again, another Linux movie quote!
Because I can't get off this linux movie quote train, here is another one! Can you find the famous movie quote hidden in this linux block?
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Yet another movie line on the Linux terminal
What famous quote does the following terminal session refer to?
$ ps -o ppid= -p $u
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$ echo $$
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Yet another movie quote hidden in Linux
Inspired by this question and this question, can you guess the famous movie quote hidden in this Linux block?
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Another Linux movie command
Inspired by this question, here's another Linux command representing a famous line:
cp -a ~she ~
Which line is it?
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