Questions tagged [knowledge]
A puzzle whose solution relies on external sources such as tables, dictionaries, Wikipedia, or specifics that may not be common knowledge.
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Tombs of Ancients
This is part 68 of the puzzle series Around the World in Many Days. Each part is solvable on its own.
Dear Puzzling,
The top grid here is a Yin-yang puzzle. Shade some cells in the grid so that ...
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What is a Very Frighteningly Dangerous Word™?
This puzzle is based off and inspired by the What is a Word™ series started by JLee.
The puzzle:
If a word conforms to a special rule, I call it a Very Frighteningly Dangerous Word.
Here is a list of ...
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Worship and Wandering
This is part 67 of the puzzle series Around the World in Many Days. Each part is solvable on its own.
Dear Puzzling,
This is a direction-agnostic cryptic crossword. Instead of writing top-down, left-...
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Words in my bookshelf
I like to put words in my bookshelf. This is a very special bookshelf though, because books don't fit in there.
My bookshelf has 3 layers, and different words can fit on different layers. Here are ...
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tnih neddih eht kcehc
below is a set of some sort in alphabetical order. can you figure Out what set it Represents? as Usual, Explain why...
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Going around in circles
Solve the grid. Then solve the grid again.
The answer can be one or two letters long.
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LTCGY - Let the corners guide you
Top and bottom row are complete. Complete the middle row. Explain why it's correct.
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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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66: Luftballons
This is part 66 of the puzzle series Around the World in Many Days. Each part is solvable on its own.
Dear Puzzling,
This is a Dosun-Fuwari puzzle. Place some balloons (white circles) and anvils (...
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Missing items in my list of abbreviations
I was going sailing the other day, and made a list of important things I might need to know. But I was in a hurry, so I abbreviated them, and missed some out altogether.
What are the missing items? (...
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I am international anyway
When I was zero, I was Central African.
When I was one, I was Japanese.
When I was two, I was Laotian.
When I was three, I was Dominican.
When I was four, I was Danish.
When I was five, I was ...
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Mysterious Figure
In the heart of darkness
Where shadows play
A figure stands
With a face of gray
It's eyes are black
It's soul is white
It weeps for the living
And mourns the night
It's presence is felt
By the wind &...
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Help me unlock an old laptop
My nerdy roommate has some really important notes for an upcoming exam and he won't give them to me! So I stole his laptop and now I need to find the password, which is why I'm here. I think you'll ...
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A Crossworm Puzzle
crossworm (noun) - A song that gets stuck in one's crossword puzzle.
See also: earworm
You know how it is - one moment, you've got a song stuck in your head; the next, it's stuck in your crossword ...
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I don't belong in this list!
What should replace the question mark for this puzzle (and the title) to make sense? The answer is seven letters long.
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