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For me, the fun begins at 9:35 UTC
so there I was, trying to find a new puzzle idea.
Obviously it should be something good. For this amazing community of puzzlers,
nothing less than the best will do. So come on, Rubio (I tell ...
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My Landmark Puzzle
After travelling around the world and returning home, I opened my passport to admire my stamps.
Five individual pieces of paper fell to the floor:
I must have picked them up somewhere, but I can't ...
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Let us all join the party for hope!
The students at Hope's Peak Academy decided to throw a party to have some thrills and chills (and let's stop there, please!)
They played all sorts of games with each other, and now it's time for the ...
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Jack was not there...Need to find him!
If you don't remember me, I am Aidan. I was in search of Detective Jack a few months back. And after a hard fought battle, I reached where he called me. But, unfortunately, when I reached the ...
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The Science Department
Today I decided to take another tour of the local university. We went into the science department first.
Suddenly, I found myself harassed by a woman in a lab coat. She exclaimed in an urgent voice, '...
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Another visual puzzle with slightly more trivia. Good luck!
A single word connects all of these images:
What is the word, and what are the connections?
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Lost my Password! Please help!
I was working on this new puzzle for quite some time now. Unfortunately, I locked the file and now I don't remember the password... :(
Here's a snapshot. I think I ...
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A Lovely Moony Message!
I like to watch the night sky! One night, standing beside the window, I looked up at the sky. Seemed a little cloudy, but something was unusual. The moon was surrounded by some stars which ... Well, ...
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The Hyper-Modern Kidnapper: Crime Scene #5 (The last crime scene)
The Story:
It had taken longer than planned to sneak out after having solved the word search with the hidden message. Vimes was worried that he had alrady failed. Having taken the stairs to reduce the ...
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A rose by any other name
...would smell just as sweet.
I have 9 pictures here. Each image is part of a pair, with one odd image out. There is a rule that links each image to its partner. The goal is to figure out this rule ...
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A puzzle-loving lady's phone number
After a long day, you head to your local bar for a couple of drinks. Halfway through your second beer, a pretty girl walks up to you and points to the empty chair next to you. "Is this seat taken?...
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Finding Uncle John!
It was a chilly winter night when I was hanging around with some friends. We were gossiping about the recent kidnapping cases where a few of the people from the town were missing. There was a news ...
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Batman and the calling card
A sequel to: Batman and the grid and Batman and the piano
$ > \large\ Incoming\ communication... $
$ > \large\ receiving..... $
$ > \large\ Analyzing..... $
$ > \large\ copying\ to\ ...
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A smily murderer
This may be ve-e-e-ery easy, though it requires basic knowledge of popular culture.
Hint:
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The ravens of peacocks
My grandmother told my cousin, a military man, that all the greatest wisdom in life came from animals. At first we thought she was talking about /r/adviceanimals, but then he received the following ...
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Inscription - The Word of Knowledge
You are part of an exploration team, and are searching around the North of Scotland, where you stumble upon a strange inscription in the wall of a cave, that is out of place in an otherwise decidedly ...
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What movie is this?
A 2 year old built this and I couldn't resist taking a photo of it.
It reminded me of a scene from a well known movie.
Which movie is the scene from?
A little hint:
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The Dice Star Strikes Back
This puzzle is based on another one: called A star made of dice from a popular Italian puzzle maker @Alenanno (Who also helped me with this one). However there have been some modifications to make ...
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Identify me from the pictures
I am a thing.
I am helpful to everybody.
Identify me from the following pictures.
Hint:
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What sentence is hidden here?
The title says it all, try and find it!
Not sure about the tags, don't really want to spoil it too much...
I will add hints if required :)
P.S. Gray is just a frame
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A visual riddle about a figure
This is a visual riddle.
Each picture has something to do with who or what I am.
If something about the picture is unclear, feel free to ask.
Note:
The order of the numbers is random and doesn't ...
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An unlikely series of events
This series of 8 events would be rather unlikely, but possible. They are all related to the same thing. What are they?
Hint 1:
Hint 2:
Hint 3:
Hint 4:
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Don't clear your terminal history 2
Previously, on terminal use...
The door accepted your input and slid open! Unfortunately, so did a trap door under your feet. You slide down and end up in another room. The only apparent exit is a ...
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How would you like your face? Scrambled?
Great!
First day on the job here at the F.B.I., and I've got a mess on my hands.
Someone hacked into Langley's mainframe and scrambled twelve of the mugshots that we have on file, and it's my ...
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A Ridiculous Looking Puzzle
My friend let me borrow his computer for the weekend because he had some files I needed. His computer is password protected and, instead of writing the password down, he gave me a sheet of paper with ...
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The summer term exams must go on
The staff at Farthingbottom School are in a bit of a fix: the summer term exams are due to start soon, but the exam papers haven't arrived yet.
Dr Linnaeus (the Head of Biology) takes care of ...
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4 sums of flags (Part 2)
The previous 'Sum of' puzzles can be found here and here
+ =
+ =
+ =
+ = ?
Which flag should replace the question mark?
Hint:
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Did you call for a Date?
This image represents a specific date:
Disregard the poor quality of the image, consider all the little squares to be the same. :)
What specific date am I looking for? (Year, Month, Date)
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A Mentor's Reassurance - The disturbed books
I came home, today, and several of my books had pages torn out, and the words turned to images. I've been able to replace a few of them and, strangely, the pages became intact, with their words, when ...
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4 sums of flags
The previous 'Sum of' puzzle can be found here
+ =
+ =
+ =
+ = ?
Which flag should replace the question mark?
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Prevent a Terror Attack
Agents of P.U.Z.Z.L.E. (Part-time United Zippy Zealots Loving Enigmas), we need your help.
Terrorists are planning an attack on an underground railway station. One of our undercover agents placed an ...
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Going to the movies
Although the 12 film posters displayed above (click on them for a larger version) may seem random, they follow a certain pattern. One of them, however, doesn't belong here.
Can you find the pattern? ...
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A sum of images
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 + 7 + 8 = ?
The answer can be given as either an image or a description of the image.
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Headbanging Emojis
Maybe you remember my emoji loving friend. To make it short, he heard about the current music challenge and sent me this (click for bigger version):
(Emoji art supplied by Emoji One.)
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Sort the pictures and guess the next one
There is a logical relation between these pictures that gather them all together. Can you sort them and guess what picture can be the next one?
Hope this is an innovative and interesting puzzle.
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Eat It! Through Multi Paths
Here's a custom Pac-Man level. Pac-Man is to do what Pac-Man always does: eat, eat, eat! Wait, where are the pac-dots?
INSTRUCTIONS MANUAL
There are 3 hidden phrases representing otherworldly items ...
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Various cross-sections of platonic solids
We're going to take the 5 platonic solids (tetrahedron, cube, octahedron, dodecahedron, and icosahedron) and suspend them in various ways (we'll assume that they are solid and of uniform density). ...
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Our Honor is Unstained
Here are four photos from Google satellite maps and one from Wikipedia (see note 1). These photos show a family related by strength and endurance. The goal of this puzzle is:
to identify the proper ...
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