Questions tagged [wordplay]
A puzzle which incorporates a form of wordplay, such as puns, or which requires wordplay in order to find the solution.
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Build-an-Animal Workshop
If I wear a canine head, I’ll become hard like a rock.
But if I wear a cervid head, I’ll be almost as soft as a sock.
If I wear a fish tail, I’ll be dead and rotting on a plain.
But if I wear a ...
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"Pawn Placement" - a GCHQ word association puzzle (video game edition)
If instead of video games you're looking for board games, check out Stiv's "Guess Where?" puzzle! ;)
Instructions (adapted from The GCHQ Puzzle Book (2016) and the introductory puzzle here ...
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The nameless horror
Long ago, we defeated the nameless horror that plagued our lands. We thought it was gone forever, but now ____. It's currently approaching our village roaring with ____ laugh, and witnesses say its ...
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A Trivial Pursuit #02 (Entertainment 1/4): Wrong Superhero
This is part 2 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.
Minecraft character who receives enhanced abilities ...
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Dear Spider-Man
deAr spider-man,
you stopped me once before but nOt this time again. what you do not
understand is That evolution is inevItable. i am merely speeding up
this process. yes, people will become weird dry-...
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Musical murder mystery
This is a murder mystery set in an alternate reality that involves siblings of two famous musicians. Your job is to toe the line between reality and imagination, and figure out which of the stated ...
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What does my wife want?
I asked my wife what she wants to do this weekend and she sent me this confusing message.
What does this all mean?
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Elapsed International Power
Clues: [contextual images] [beefcake horse] [beefcake horse reversed with 261] [x10]
Instructions: Name That Movie
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Tħε Wεαk αlpħα - Enigmatic Puzzle
Clues: [character image]
[In text bubble: #1/2, #2, #4]
[all raised to the -1 power]
Instructions: Name That Number
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Happy Venndredi! A Nicer Team Diet?
Bonjour
The overlapping ellipses form seven curved regions. Your task is to place the seven tiles so that there is exactly one tile in each region and the four tiles in any ellipse can be re-arranged ...
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Arithmetic operation
I'm hoping this is a valid entry for the Monthly Topic Challenge #12 (mobile-friendly puzzles).
I went to the house of a retired math teacher, and he showed me the following setup. On a brown wooden ...
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State of the Union?
Good evening all!
Further advenntures in wordplay. Same rules as ever - the three overlapping ellipses form seven curved regions. Place one tile in each region, so that the tiles in any ellipse can be ...
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Relax, I’m Kidnapped! - Part 2
Part 1: Relax, I’m Kidnapped! - Part 1
You manage to solve the crossword, and you show your captor the answers. “Well, you solved it…but I’m not done yet. Go to my room,” he replies. He directs you to ...
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Stay Safe? Roger Roger
hope all is well!
Back with a familiar puzzle, but for those that don't know the rules are as follows:
The three overlapping ellipses form seven curved regions. There are seven tiles. Place one tile ...
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Just one symbol that answered a question
I was doubting whether or not to go on vacation. So I asked someone if I should go.
The answer was given on a piece of paper, with only the following symbol:
∟
What did it mean?
Added hint:
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Find the secret 7-letter message embedded within this message (unsolved)
Background
This puzzle was originally from a puzzle contest for the USC Viterbi Magazine that is now over, but the answers have not been posted. My friends and I have been working on it for weeks, but ...
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Alphabet snake, master of camouflage
The alphabet snake
is a master of camouflage. It finds a section of text in an old book or newspaper...
...crawls upon it...
...and disappears.
Now see if your camouflage skills can match those ...
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Six of one maybe?
As usual from me a Venn-based challenge. The three overlapping ellipses form seven curved regions. There are seven tiles. Place one tile in each region so that the tiles in any one ellipse can be re-...
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Word and number connection
Connect these following words/phrases:
Best regards
Hatsune Miku
Unofficial
Miserable
Heaven
Rubber
Meat
To the following numbers:
63
4649
56
152
39
.59
29
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Why is my algorithm not generating the new content I want?
I've seen how good neural networks and large language models can be at generating content based on textual input, so I asked someone to make me an algorithm to do that... My instructions were quite ...
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Cosmic circles and the celestial key
These seven cosmic circles appeared in the night sky:
For some reason, I was reminded of something my great uncle gave me long ago. It was like a disk, but he called it a "celestial key". ...
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Coronation Treat? A sign o' the times?
The three overlapping ellipses form seven curved regions. Can you place the tiles so that exactly one tile is in each region and for each ellipse the tiles therein can be re-arranged to form an eight-...
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My favorite Lord of The Rings character
If -
Halo is 0.5
Soy is cunning
Pot is a dab
Rio is free
Oil is 0
Lost is an ultimate
Bio is substantial
Then,
My favorite Lord of The Rings character is ?
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The Police Took a Wonderful Taxi to Oz
Clues: [contextual images]
T [scissors] [hand shape] ?
[cylindrical contoured container]
$\sqrt{(m_{_0}c²) ² + (pc) ²}$
Instructions:
Name That Duo
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Make "home" from "motherhood" [closed]
By removing seven letters from the word, "motherhood," the word, "home," can be formed. True or false?
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Enigmatic & Intriguing French Artwork
Last evening, in France, at a friend's art exhibition, I came across this intriguing and enigmatic artwork which had a few square shaped boxes.
My friend asked - "So, what do you think? How many ...
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Confusing Statement
The three overlapping ellipses form seven curved regions. There are seven tiles. Place one tile in each region so that the tiles in any one ellipse can be re-arranged to solve the corresponding clue.
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©Law of True Love
Katy flipped again and denied payment after the police left.
Professor: "Hey! Please provide your parent’s number."
Katy: "Sorry I flipped! Anyways I live with my aunt! Please dial ...
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Guardian serpent of the ancient pyramid
According to legend,
if you are pure of heart
you will be able to see
the Serpent of the Pyramid
and through your labor
reveal her true letters
and know her wisdom.
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Selectively neglected collection
These mannequins are complete and ready for display.
These parts were found in a storage closet. Create four additional mannequins by assembling the parts appropriately and designing a suitable ...
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Rid(riddle)dle For You!
Open the portal, pass through, will you?
Energetic and unseen, yet you feel me too.
I can be sharp, yet never sever,
Seek, look, dig up, discover.
In dire straits, seek my embrace,
Five we are, to ...
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Rumors and Truths
My potency to provoke, a smile or weeping,
Repugnance in my core, I carry its keeping.
With a fresh dawn, I set forth to explore,
Guided by directions to engulf and implore.
Roughly, we are benign ...
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Riddle in Thirteen Lines!
It loves to twist and turn,
A mystery that men seek to learn.
I don't doubt its swag,
It can make an ant nag.
It takes one so far,
And builds a nice bar.
It's powers can be seen,
When it transforms a ...
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Same word three times over
Distinguish:
"Multiply."
"Multiply."
"Multiply."
(Not sure why this didn't post without extra words. It's the same word over and again.)
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Introducing Punograms
Match each word in the first list with its punogram in the second.
14 bl see 77 222 68 904 500
bed lips rolo imom him 213
2B LL BG hob peg slip l8r
hi 314 ZZZ 335 wow! 85 PI
Define punogram.
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A Slightly Outdated Symsquare
Puzzle inspired by Symsquare Number 01 series created by @Claude Goeminne
4x4 Symsquare
For anyone unfamiliar with a symsquare, the answer is a square grid which has the same words vertically and ...
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Symsquare Number 03
Symsquare5: The answer is a square grid which has the same words vertically and horizontally. The clue is a single sentence written in cryptic style and includes one anagram, one hidden word, one ...
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Symsquare Number 02
Symsquare4: The answer is a square grid which has the same words vertically and horizontally. The clue is a single sentence written in cryptic style and includes one anagram, one hidden word, one ...
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Symsquare Number 01
Symsquare4:
The answer is a square grid which has the same words vertically and horizontally. The clue is a single sentence written in cryptic style and includes one anagram, one hidden word, one ...
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Trochaic hexameter
This puzzle is part of the Monthly Topic Challenge #7: Board games.
I was visiting the club yesterday, and I saw some people playing a weird word game araound a table. They use Scrabble-like tiles ...
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Stealin' Bill - Enigmatic Puzzle
Clues: [contextual images] W
Instructions: Name That Actor
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Three quiet men
See me on one
after a second din
I'm the third man
I stopped solving at four
and I'm on five
Hint
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Romantic? Old? Get rid of me or give me hell
I'm not generally romantic, but
Show me a couple and I'm broken.
Two couples and I'm gone completely.
You might think I'm very old:
Unlucky, like paper,
Or a little further on, like metal.
All right, ...
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A cryptic clue about an unusual instrument
This is a single clue based on the sort common in cryptic crosswords. I made it up myself and I have no idea if it will be hard or easy.
To answer this question, write (or rather type) ...
an article ...
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Makes Switch - Literally!
Happy Venndredi everyone!
The three overlapping ellipses form seven curved regions - your task is to place one tile in each region so that the tiles in any one ellipse can be re-arranged into an eight-...
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Not Bruce Wayne! Carry On!
Another advennture! The three overlapping ellipses form seven curved regions - your task is to place one tile in each region so that the tiles in any one ellipse can be re-arranged into an eight-...
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I am not alive, but I grow; I don't have lungs, but I need air; I don't have a mouth, but I need water to live. What am I? [closed]
I am not alive, but I grow; I don't have lungs, but I need air; I don't have a mouth, but I need water to live. What am I?
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I am found in mountains and sands, I bring joy and pain, what am I? [closed]
I am found in many lands, from the mountains to the sands. I bring you joy and sometimes pain, and can make you play again. What am I?
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