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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Family reunion crossword: The case of the missing letters
This is a crossword version of the "cryptic family reunion" puzzle type introduced by Jeremy Dover. Ten thematic clues have had their definition part replaced by a term for a family member.
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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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When you think you got it, think again
The clues below aren't hard to solve, but can you tell me what 3-word phrase that's hidden?
One of me is used to hit the ball hoping to get a home run afterall. (3) One of me is often cubic shaped ...
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Motion in the Ocean
This is part 65 of the puzzle series Around the World in Many Days. Each part is solvable on its own.
”It’s not the size of the crossword that counts.” – unknown
Dear Puzzling,
Today I have dived ...
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Mapping Jack's Chicken
Clues:
Map of world with numbers 1, 2, 2, 3, 3, 5, and 9 strategically placed.
Portrait of man with numbers 1x2, 2, 3, 5, and 5 strategically placed in hair.
Instructions: Name That Film
_ _ _ _ E _ _ ...
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Bare Bones – a semi-DIY crossword
This is part 64 of the puzzle series Around the World in Many Days. Each part is solvable on its own.
Dear Puzzling,
This is a semi-DIY crossword. Shade some cells in the grid so that the grid has ...
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A mysterious note in the lab
As I wrapped up another long day of running experiments with only mediocre yields, I prepared to turn off the fume hood and go home. However, before I left, a note caught my eye—my professor had ...
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When in Rome... – a deconstruction sudoku
This is part 63 of the puzzle series Around the World in Many Days. Each part is solvable on its own.
Dear Puzzling,
This is a sudoku deconstruction puzzle. Draw eight non-overlapping rectangular ...
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Visual puzzle with a grid
Puzzle I composed, the reasoning matters more than the correct answer.
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Hobbies and travelling
My hobby is to travel, the following hints lead you to my next destination.
What is my destination? And how do you know?
Hints:
Gsv kozxv rh mlg xolhv gl gsv hvz.
Gsv kozxv dv ziv ollprmt uli rm ...
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The Tower of (-----)
What's the name of this tower?
As usual, explain your reasoning. (You'll know if your answer is correct).
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Number salad with a meaning
617181419920141
128131119
1331152419
54141131811
Your goal is to explain what number sequence should come next and what it means.
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Restricted – a cryptic crossword
This is part 62 of the puzzle series Around the World in Many Days. Each part is solvable on its own.
Dear Puzzling,
Every clue in this cryptic crossword contains one extra word, which must be ...
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A riddle with seemingly-unrelated clues
I am Catholic, but my boss isn't the pope.
I am black, but people say I'm light.
Moving one step, I can play a chord.
What am I?
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Numerical sequence puzzle: 552175, 228496, 198479, 583317, 140554, 114383, 117045, ?,?
So here's the sequence, that I composed on my own.
Think trees and 🟡 : 🟡
552175, 228496, 198479, 583317, 140554, 114419, 117046, ?, ?
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19-year old me was into geography
My mother recently found an old puzzle I made over 20 years ago. It's a Finnish-language word search with a geography theme. (Note that we have a precedent for allowing non-English puzzles here.) ...
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Top of the World
This is part 61 of the puzzle series Around the World in Many Days. Each part is solvable on its own.
Dear Puzzling,
Today I have travelled to admire another massive mountain peak from a very safe ...
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A Qute Connect Wall
Group all of these words into 4 groups. All the groups have a certain famous individual in CINEMA as their theme.
WHITE
BLONDE
HEAD
GENERAL
MAMBA
MAJOR
APACHE
SEÑOR
PINK
MOUTH
HUGO
MOUNTAIN-SNAKE
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The Planet of over a Hundred Moons
What does this abstract picture represent?
Fill the answers to the clues into this grid for the answer:
(Straight lines, standard wordsearch style)
1. Go at train tracks with a shovel (3 2)
2. Set ...
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Somethings lead to the answer
I wanted to see if my group of 8 long-time online friends, some of which had the same nationality and some not, would be clever enought to figure out where I've hidden a treasure somewhere in the ...
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Connect the dots x Crosswords
About the puzzle:
This puzzle is a crossover of "connect the dots" puzzles and crossword puzzles. It requires the solver to place dots on the graph using crossword-like clues. Then, dots ...
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On track with my travel agent
"Hey Pat, thanks for arranging this day trip on the railroad for our scout troop."
"My pleasure, friend. My friend at Union Pacific owes me a favor. I love the sound of the horn and the ...
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Breaking New Ground
This is part 60 of the puzzle series Around the World in Many Days. Each part is solvable on its own.
Dear Puzzling,
This crossword is a combination of straight crosswords clues, cryptic clues and ...
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An Alien Lands - where?
This is a question of general knowledge though if anyone gets it without investigative effort I would be mightily impressed. All you need is in the text and you will then require some intuitive, ...
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Catch the flag!
On a small island somewhere in Europe, a battle is fought in the middle of World War II.
Two armies, blue and red, have strategically positioned their troops against each other.
For convenience, the ...
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Use your fingers!
This puzzle is my attempt to make one in the style of PSE user Prim3numbah:
Find what is in the question mark!
1D3, 12, ED, ED, 5A, 244, 84, 1E2, 1E2, ?
Go back a ...
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The yet hidden identity
Can you guess who I am?
My mother is the only person in my life.
My room is small, but perfect for my art.
My biggest wish is to see the stars.
Merely how long will it take?
I wish my mother wasn't ...
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Plumbing Issues
This is part 59 of the puzzle series Around the World in Many Days. Each part is solvable on its own.
Dear Puzzling,
This is a Pipes puzzle (also known as Net, FreeNet and NetWalk). Rotate some cells ...
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A lesson in attention to detail
Background (to be read): In 2023, I created and posted on this site a series of puzzles called A Trivial Pursuit. This involved creating 24 themed puzzles, each of which produced a one-word final ...
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Data is plural?
The three overlapping ellipses form seven curved regions. Your task is to place exactly one tile per region, so that the four tiles in any one ellipse can solve the corresponding clue!
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Container without order
You try to see doubly well
But I'm not for locations
You try to slither in through
But I'm not for foreign words
Don't worry, I'm here to store
You just need a key to find
The time admits it's no ...
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