Questions tagged [reverse-puzzling]
This tag is for questions where the answerer must identify a puzzle type based on deliberately limited information about its nature, such as notes made in the course of solving it. For questions where the asker genuinely needs to know the puzzle type, use the [puzzle-identification] tag instead.
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My colleague's search history
This is an entry into the 16th Fortnightly Challenge - reverse-puzzling
I was using a colleague's computer the other day, and he had some ... unusual terms in his search history.
No, not that way. ...
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The Mystery of the MathJax Lines
Observed from an old-timey spaceship1
and strewn across the Puzcle Plateau 2
lie 14 mysterious lines.
$
\rlap{\kern 0 pc\raise 0 pc\Rule{0....
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Can you steal the show?
This is an entry into the 16th Fortnightly Challenge - reverse-puzzling
My friend just received a letter telling him he made it onto a really famous TV show, and he won't tell me which!
All he gave ...
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What kind of puzzle is solved by these sequences of numbers?
Samantha had been fiddling with something at her desk for ages, and constantly scribbling notes on a piece of paper. When my curiosity eventually got the better of me, I wandered over to ask what she ...
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My colleague got mad!
This is an entry for the 16th Fortnightly Challenge.
You won't believe what happened at work today! I was working on a new software when Robert,
the colleague I work with on this, got mad in a second ...
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The wrong solution?
Alice has been trying to solve a puzzle lately, and today she sent Bob this text message:
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Highlighter traces on a sheet of paper
This is an entry for the 16th Fortnightly Challenge.
My friend was solving a puzzle but took the puzzle with him. However, he was solving it with highlighters and they left traces on the paper below ...
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Reverse puzzling
This is an entry for the 16th Fortnightly Challenge.
This is how a graphical solution may look like:
What is this famous puzzle?
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Cheating is efficient, but only until you get caught!
This is an entry into the 16th Fortnightly Challenge - reverse-puzzling
The Puzzleland Inc. is recruiting some fresh blood, and after some brain-bending tests, the candidates have been shortlisted to ...
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The missing page of Adrian Puzzlinger
“Knock, knock, Adrian Puzzlinger.
It’s the puzzled police. Are you home?”
“Unless I’m mistaken.”
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The mess of Adrian Puzzlinger
Adrian Puzzlinger has gone missing
again.
Even worse, for puzzle lovers,
the latest puzzle under construction is a mess.
The only shred of order in
the chaos of Puzzlinger's puzzler parlor is
this ...
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Reverse puzzling - What is my brother solving?
This puzzle is inspired by the previous reverse puzzles
My brother and I love puzzles. But I know he is solving some puzzles without me. So yesterday I sneaked into his bedroom to find out what he is ...
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Reverse Puzzling 4
[This continues prior Reverse Puzzling here, here and here]
George rubbed his hands together with glee. "So this is Andrea's puzzle, is it?"
"Yes," I answered. "It's the first of them, anyway."
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The lists of Adrian Puzzlinger
Adrian Puzzlinger has gone missing
again.
Even worse, for puzzle lovers,
the latest puzzle under construction is missing as well.
The puzzle police are puzzled by
an imprint of aligned lists of ...
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Reverse Puzzling 3
This is a continuation of Reverse Puzzling 2
"Okay George, let's try this one. Pretty simple."
I gave George the puzzle. He picked up his marker and quickly sketched out the following.
&...
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