Unanswered Questions
32 questions with no upvoted or accepted answers
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Grandma's keynote
Found this note which is addressed
To my grandma, in her chest
Since she's passed now, here's my quest..
What tickled her interest?
And who invited her as guest?
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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 there another name for this puzzle? (Kyudoku, Nine Find)
Is there another name for this type of puzzle? I can only find two examples of it online:
https://www.brainzilla.com/logic/kyudoku/
http://ninefind.com/
In the game you start with a 6x6 grid filled ...
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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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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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Are infinite loops possible in the game Prodway?
I'd like to know if infinitely repeating sequences of moves (i.e. cycles) are possible in the following game:
Prodway is a game for two players (Black and White) that is
played on an initially empty ...
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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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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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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 ...