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  • $\begingroup$ This question seems to fall into some kind of strange no-mans-land in our tagging system, since out of the original, suggested, and edited in tags of logical-deduction, lateral-thinking, riddle and regional-dialect, none is really a very good fit. I re-edited the tags to my best ability, but please do feel free to improve them. (I didn't originally want to use the pattern tag, since it feels a bit like a giveaway.) $\endgroup$
    – Bass
    Commented Jan 31, 2018 at 12:03
  • $\begingroup$ How about the enigmatic-puzzle tag? That's often used for puzzles where the method of solution is deliberately unclear (as is the case here: it looks like a combinatorics problem at first, but turns out to be something completely different). The current tags are a slight giveaway towards the type of solution method to look for; not sure whether you actually want that or not. $\endgroup$
    – Rand al'Thor
    Commented Jan 31, 2018 at 13:16
  • $\begingroup$ Good call, I’ll add that one, it’s very likely the closest match we have for ”cryptic quiz”. Since we don’t have secret tags, some tags are necessarily a bit spoileriffic, but probably not too much in this case. $\endgroup$
    – Bass
    Commented Jan 31, 2018 at 18:18
  • $\begingroup$ Well, some puzzles are just tagged enigmatic-puzzle and nothing else. That's the best way to avoid spoilers completely in the tags. $\endgroup$
    – Rand al'Thor
    Commented Jan 31, 2018 at 18:21