Unanswered Questions
21 questions with no upvoted or accepted answers
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The Snake and the Hunter
The Snake and the Hunter is a game for two players who play in two rounds interchanging the roles of snake and hunter. The game is played in a rectangular grid of points, say 6×6. In both rounds the ...
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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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Dots and boxes, 2 against 1
To start the Monthly Topic Challenge #3: Pencil and Paper Games :
A simple question (not necessarily with a simple answer).
3 fanatic dots-and-boxes players come together.
Of course no one wants to ...
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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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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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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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Designing a new type of twisty puzzle
Recently, I was fiddling with my Rubik's cube and tried scrambling it only using R and U moves. I then tried to solve it using only R and U moves. I didn't use any cube rotations.
It was an ...
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Logical descriptions of logic puzzles
What notations are there to describe a logic puzzle format? Here, I'm talking about logic puzzles like Sudoku, Bridges, Kakuro, Tents; games with exact rules and an exact & finite number of ...
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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 generate a Zebra Puzzle?
Zebra puzzle, is a very famous puzzle, where several statements are given regarding a group of people and some of their qualities, and the solver has to deduce all the qualities of each person in the ...
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How to hide coded messages in kaleidoscopes
Has anyone ever made or ever heard of making coded messages using repeating patterns or colors in kaleidoscopes? I had the idea for a project and was wondering if anyone had any experience with ...
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WITLESS Inscription 5
2 days ago, TheGreatEscaper had to take down Inscription 5 of WITLESS - A Puzzling Journey, due to (can you clarify TheGreatEscaper?) the lack of a solution.
Can anyone think of a valid Inscription ...
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