Unanswered Questions
34 questions with no upvoted or accepted answers
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Found the key, but what to unlock?
Here's a series of text messages between me and my friend.
Me: Couldn't use ebg13, so used ______ to hide my messages.
Him: What? How is this possible???
Me: A big prime ______, what else did you ...
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What causes these signs to follow this relation?
Can you find why does the below relation hold true?
Hint 1
Hint 2
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My drunken formula?
I know that today is an important day, but I can't remember why... All I have in my possession is this formula I wrote last night in my drunken stupor:
You go here:
$$B = 25 + \biggl(\frac{O}{...
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Connect The Wall-Words:
We have a group of 16 words here:
ACIDITY
TIME
MICROSCOPE
MARKS
LIGHT
SCALE
CHEMISTRY
CLAW
REAL
LEAD
INTEREST
BIOLOGY
DUCK
RADICAL
ACADEMY
LEAF
Goal: Group these $16$ words into $4$ groups, each ...
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Is it possible to create a knot that is locked only when the rope is stretched?
Is it possible to create a knot that is stable/locked when the rope is stretched?
When the tension is relived the knot should open.
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How many items are there in the lab?
I am looking for how to complete the following question so that it gives a unique solution. Maybe somebody can give a visual solution.
A lab contains experimental equipment. 24 items are ready to use ...
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Complete the following analogical analogy
In an analogy ":" means "is to" and "::" means "as/like".
Now, since this is almost an analogy (maybe a future type), I will accept the solution if it's almost correct.
Kinberg : ‴niɘɈƨnɘƨiƎ‴ :: ?
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Zed's E-mail: My Good Ol' Uncle Sugar
My friend Gabby and I constantly look out for each other. Just the other day, she received a strange message from what I thought was an uncle of hers. "Problem is," she started with a ...
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Creating accessible crosswords
Often, crosswords* posted to Puzzling have at least one of the grid or clues in an image. For visually impaired, blind, and/or screen-reader using people, or those who can't see images for some other ...
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"What sport is this medal table?" is back
On exactly the same spirit as "What sport is this medal table"
Can you find the values of the question marks in this medal table?
Three questions for you:
Is it related to the Olympic ...
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Do minecart puzzles like this, with buttons that rotate track, exist?
This is the end result of me messing around with minecarts and moving floors.
The buttons change the orientation of either their nearest or their same-color track. Now I'm not asking you to solve the ...
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Ideas on spatial puzzles for a city walk
Background.
With the relaxation of covid-related restrictions, there was a need for intelligent city walks. Walk here is a moving between city objects by a certain (deterministic/stochastic) route.
I ...
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How to create a puzzle from a pre-existing, fixed data source?
Examples of what I mean:
Instructions lead puzzlers to a library where the names of donors are inscribed on bricks out front. Along with some piece of information that is given to them on a piece of ...
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Seeking Software to Convert Line Drawings into Connect-the-Dots Puzzles
I am on the lookout for a software solution, whether free or premium, that is capable of transforming line drawing images into connect-the-dots puzzles. My interest lies in both vector and bitmap ...
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