Unanswered Questions
45 questions with no upvoted or accepted answers
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Flea in six boxes
Flea is hiding in one of six boxes. To find the flea you can open a box ( which cost $1). If we did not guess correctly, after closing the box flea will jump randomly to neighboring box to the left or ...
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Weighing Coins -- a Different Approach
This is a question of my own devising. You have a double pan scale which will tell you whether 2 coins or 2 groups of coins weigh the same or whether one side is heavier than the other side. You have ...
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How to match pairs on raw tables?
The idea for the puzzle came from working with test score tables. In this case, the raw tables indicate an internal identifier that differs from user_id. To match, you have to download solutions and ...
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Oh no, my chocolate banana puzzles are not unique!
There is a hidden message (7, 2) inside the solutions of the nine puzzles. An answer will only be accepted if it correctly identifies said message.
Here are the Chocolate Banana puzzle rules. Each ...
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Deadlock possible in Minefield?
A deadlock is a position in which neither player has won and neither player has a legal placement available. My question is, "Can you find a deadlock position in Minefield?" And, if you ...
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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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Continue with sudoku - how do I scan for next steps?
I filled some cells, but am stuck here. I cannot go any further.
How do I advance? How would I scan the Sudoku to recognize next steps?
I've taken the puzzle from https://play.google.com/store/apps/...
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5 guards, and get rid of the timer!
I like the lies and statistics question, but it is a bit too violent, so I suggest a (slightly harder) and way less violent version.
You are looking at the basement of your house, and you see three ...
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Heuristic function for estimating nurikabe puzzle state
I am trying to write a program for solving nurikabe puzzle. I need a method to approximately represent the state of the game in one number, to choose the best way for the algorithm to continue. I can'...
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What is the church secret?
This is really a request to make a puzzle. I am sometimes made to go to church. On the wall will be a series of what I would to think are secret clues and I would love to make a puzzle from them. The ...
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How to create a big, but good Hidato puzzle?
The goal of Hidato is to fill the grid with a series of consecutive numbers adjacent to each other orthogonally or diagonally, and all tiles are required to be filled in.
So, as you may or may not ...
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Sudoku variants #1: Schrödinger's Grave (6x6 grid)
Not in conjunction with my Minesweeper puzzles - that would be concerning!
Inspired by Cracking The Cryptic's video "The Graveyard Of Schrödinger" (original gimmick by fjam)
How this ...
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Filling in an 8x8 minesweeper grid with mines (Day 7: Double Mines)
Note: This uses anti, single, double, and triple mines
Yes, I realize that when I uploaded Day 6, I mentioned in the disclaimer that I planned for this to be released tomorrow, along with Day 8, ...
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Filling in an 8x8 minesweeper grid with mines (Day 2: Diagonal Reverse Synesthesia)
Note: This is based off of Day 30 of the Minesweeper Advent Calendar on heptaveegesimal.com
So my first minesweeper puzzle did not go so well. I will try to do better today.
First off: This is a torus ...
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Multi smol boi puzzle I: apologies
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