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Circuissonne Diagrams
This puzzle is part of the Monthly Topic Challenge #7: Board games.
And also, this puzzle is also a parody of XKCD's 730.
We're starting a project on Explain XKCD (link currently not available) to ...
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Arranging shapes into a similar shape
The goals if possible.
Goal 1.
In the image there are 12 shapes each containing 15 cells.
Take any 3 shapes from the set and arrange them into any new shape, 2 example shapes that you could use are ...
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Don't mind me, just headscarf bio (11 3 9)
You see someone moving stuff. They say "don't mind me, just headscarf bio (11 3 9)."
What's going on?
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What is this number square puzzle called? (10x10 grid with numbers 1-100)
Does anyone happen to know a name for this traditional(?) number square puzzle/game?
The puzzle has a board of 10x10 squares that are initially empty. The player starts the game by entering the number ...
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Clues don't lie?
What are we?
I am a b-ball player in a... (9)
My prefix is a French degree,
My infix is in Britain, misleadingly,
My suffix is above you,
But my whole is behind. (6)
A country that recently changed ...
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An increasing decreasing sequence
In math, there are all kinds of sequences
1545, 1218, 1071, 921, 851, 832, 799, 793, 774, 745, ... is (the start of) such as sequence
What is the best number?
Note:
Even in math things change, so ...
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I wonder what that would be
This is my own puzzle.
Consider the following
Alice begins march for peace in East Bengal along with Gandhi
Bentley celebrated the first Bahia Independence Day
Catherine saw the starting of the Great ...
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What is the name of this puzzle game?
Person A formed 10 small balls of paper (plain white paper, all 10 looked the same). Then person A picked up all 10 paper balls and threw them on a table at the same time. Then you should be able to ...
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Europa and Mars
Well... how do I word this...
Dear Puzzling SE: We're doomed. In two days from now, Europa and Mars will collide. They've sent a message, without themselves. They ask what word is needed.
one has a ...
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What's with the flip?
Uh-oh... We should've taken Professor Kernighan's advice before taking this trip and learned the local language. This desert is dreadful and we just want to reach civilization again, as fast as ...
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What is this set?
One for each hour, 1000 demons bathe
Last from a comic, first has water swathe
What is this set?
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coloured progressive matrix puzzle
How can I obtain the solution to this puzzle?
Source: twitter
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I need help deciphering what looks like a binary message
I was watching a YouTube video and it’s filled with secret messages and codes. The last two codes were in binary and inserting them into a translator provided correct answers. However, that's not ...
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What is this beast? A riddle
A snake-sounding head
A snake-looking tail
I fly with just 2 flaps
And I lay just eggs
What am I?
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Left hand leads, Chip!
Like Baruchel, Cartwright, and Hamill
heroics and games net me clout
As private as I am general
in battle my pike is drawn out
If I should play white on a chessboard
my clock's less engulfed due to ...
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