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I am a four letter word.
> My anagram's antonym's Rot(13)'s synonym's homophone is a portion of
> me.
What word am I?
Note: There are six separate words in this chain. Please list them all with explanation. I used popular sites like Thesaurus.com or Wordhippo.com.
[![enter image description here][1]][1]
... |
I am a four letter word.
> My anagram's antonym's Rot(13)'s synonym's homophone is a portion of
> me.
What word am I?
Note: There are six separate words in this chain. Please list them all with explanation. I used popular sites like Thesaurus.com or Wordhippo.com.
[![enter image description here][1]][1]
... |
I am a four letter word.
> My anagram's antonym's Rot(13)'s synonym's homophone is a portion of
> me.
What word am I?
Note: There are six separate words in this chain. Please list them all with explanation. I used popular sites like Thesaurus.com or Wordhippo.com.
[![enter image description here][1]][1]
... |
I have a possible answer:
>! [![enter image description here][1]][1]
While the *is a portion of*, *anagram*, and *ROT-13* are self-explanatory, the sources for the other three transformations are linked below:
>! [Antonym of BAR][2]
>! [Synonym of ONE][3]
>! [Homophones of SOLE][4]
Note:
>! `LOSS` ... |
I have a possible answer:
>! [![enter image description here][1]][1]
While *is a portion of*, *anagram*, and *ROT-13* are self-explanatory, the sources for the other three transformations are linked below:
>! [Antonym of BAR][2]
>! [Synonym of ONE][3]
>! [Homophones of SOLE][4]
Note:
>! `LOSS` is l... |
A student asked our teacher about her favorite type of dog during a distance learning meeting. She uploaded the image shown below, said it's our homework to figure that out, and left the call.
What's her favorite type of dog?
[![enter image description here][1]][1]
[1]: https://i.stack.imgur.com/gQ7Sq.pn... |
A student asked our teacher about her favorite type of dog during a distance learning meeting. She uploaded the image shown below, said it's our homework to figure that out, and left the call.
What's her favorite type of dog?
[![enter image description here][1]][1]
[1]: https://i.stack.imgur.com/gQ7Sq.pn... |
I am a four-letter word.
> My anagram's antonym's Rot(13)'s synonym's homophone is a portion of
> me.
What word am I?
Note: There are six separate words in this chain. Please list them all with explanation. I used popular sites like [Thesaurus.com][1] or [Wordhippo.com][2].
[![enter image description here]... |
The homeland of the shepherd? |
Jenny received 1374.00 US dollars which she has to spend all or a portion of within 3 days, with the following conditions.
1) The percentage which she is allowed to spend each day has to be an integer number less than 100.
2) She cannot spend more than the balance she has each day in her pocket.
3) Each day the bala... |
<sub>This is in the spirit of the [What is a Word/Phrase™][1] series started by [JLee][2] with a special brand of [Phrase™][3] and [Word™][4] puzzles.</sub>
<hr>
If a word conforms to a special rule, I call it an **ABC Word™**. *Your mission, should you choose to accept*, is to find the rule that decides whether ... |
I am a four-letter word.
> My anagram's antonym's Rot(13)'s synonym's homophone is a portion of
> me.
What word am I?
Note: There are six separate words in this chain. Please list them all with explanation. I used popular sites like [Thesaurus.com][1] or [Wordhippo.com][2].
[![enter image description here]... |
**The answer has to be able to answer all of the riddles below.**
1. Wears a suit.. but is not a businessman?
2. Likes candy.. but is not a child?
3. Owns animals.. but is not a zoologist?
4. Has workers.. but is not a manager?
5. Has super powers.. but is not a superhero?
|
I am a four-letter word.
> My anagram's antonym's Rot(13)'s synonym's homophone is a portion of
> me.
What word am I?
Note: There are six separate words in this chain. Please list them all with explanation. I used popular sites like [Thesaurus.com][1] or [Wordhippo.com][2].
[![enter image description here]... |
I have a possible answer:
>! [![SOLS is an anagram of LOSS which is an antonym of BAR which is a ROT13 of ONE which is a synonym of SOLE which is a homophone of SOL which is a portion of SOLS][1]][1]
While *is a portion of*, *anagram*, and *ROT-13* are self-explanatory, the sources for the other three transformat... |
Is it
>! Santa Claus?
1 Wears a suit.. but is not a businessman?
>! His red and white Santa suit
2 Likes candy.. but is not a child?
>! Candy canes and Christmas candy
3 Owns animals.. but is not a zoologist?
>! Reindeer
4 Has workers.. but is not a manager?
>! Elves
5 Has super powers.. but is not a superher... |
Is it possible to draw a finit or infinit set S of points in the plane,
such that any line, which is drawn in this plane, does not intersect or touch exactly
one points in S and does not coincide with an infinite number of points in S? |
Is it
>! Santa Claus?
> 1. Wears a suit.. but is not a businessman?
>! His red and white Santa suit
> 2. Likes candy.. but is not a child?
>! Candy canes and Christmas candy
> 3. Owns animals.. but is not a zoologist?
>! Reindeer
> 4. Has workers.. but is not a manager?
>! Elves
> 5. Has sup... |
Is it possible to draw a finitee or infinite set S of points in the plane, such that any line drawn in this plane neither intersects with exactly one point in S or an infinite number of points in S? |
Is it possible to draw a finite or infinite set S of points in the plane, such that any line drawn in this plane neither intersects with exactly one point in S or an infinite number of points in S? |
Perhaps the country is
>! CHINA.
The numerator is clearly
>! a reference to the first 16 verses of chapter 4 of the Biblical book of Genesis. This tells the story of Cain and Abel. In view of the title it may be worth a reminder that Abel was a shepherd.
It happens that
>! Abel is also the name of a math... |
Is it
>! Santa Claus?
1. Wears a suit.. but is not a businessman?
>! His red and white Santa suit
2. Likes candy.. but is not a child?
>! Candy canes and Christmas candy
3. Owns animals.. but is not a zoologist?
>! Reindeer
4. Has workers.. but is not a manager?
>! Elves
5. Has super powers..... |
Jenny received 1374.00 US dollars which she has to spend all or a portion of within 3 days, with the following conditions.
1) The percentage (of her current dollars) which she is allowed to spend each day has to be an integer number less than 100.
2) She cannot spend more than the balance she has each day in her pock... |
Your ball is not it
It is not yours
We love bras
Bras are nothing
Bras define who we
Are and shows it
Are not who we
Bras are not French
It can be used on spas
Gems, but not French
What cup size do we talk about? |
What cup size? How about one the size of:
>! the **WORLD**! i.e. the men's football **World Cup**.
Since:
>! Each line of the poem begins and ends with a word containing a substring which starts the name of each winner of the competition, in order (with one homophone and one missing entry):
>!
>! Yo**ur*... |
Your ball is not it
It is not yours
We love bras
Bras are nothing
Bras define who we
Are and shows it
Are not who we
Bras are not French
It can be used on spas
Gems, but not French
**What cup size do we talk about?** |
**Table.**
3
? ? ?
1 1
2 1 1
2 3 1 1
What number is missing and why? |
**Table.**
3
? ? ?
3 1
2 1 1
2 3 1 1
What number is missing and why? |
(Based off and inspired by [JLee](https://puzzling.stackexchange.com/users/463/jlee)'s [What is a Word™](https://puzzling.stackexchange.com/search?tab=relevance&q=what%20is%20a%20word%E2%84%A2) puzzles)
# What Is A Sharp Word? #
Word that conform to a specific rule are called **sharp** words.
Here are some examp... |
Working on the idea that the three question marks in the second line is a misdirection, I think the answer is
>! $7$
Reasoning
>! It's easier to ignore the formatting and consider the number formed by each line $3, ?, 31, 211, 2311$.
>! Taking $1$ from each of these gives a more familiar sequence $2, ?, 30, 210... |
The answer is (thanks to Engima for the prompt)
>! $007$
Reasoning
>! It's easier to ignore the formatting and consider the number formed by each line $3, ?, 31, 211, 2311$.
>! Taking $1$ from each of these gives a more familiar sequence $2, ?, 30, 210, 2310$ which some people will recognise immediately as the ... |
A student asked our teacher about her favorite type of dog during a distance learning meeting. She uploaded the image shown below, said it's our homework to figure that out, and left the call.
What's her favorite type of dog?
[![enter image description here][1]][1]
[1]: https://i.stack.imgur.com/gQ7Sq.pn... |
I am but a linguist that lives in a cave.
I talk with visitors from the central city.
When the dragon comes, I invite him inside.
The lions stay out, but gain trust and enter.
Merchants and messengers come in to rest.
Politicians peer outside, but remain indoors.
*What am I?*
|
All vertices of a regular $13$-gon and all vertices of a regular $14$-gon lie on a circle and divide it into $27$ circular arcs.
Is there always an arc, which corresponding center angle is less than $1$ degree?
|
Starting this as a partial and lets see where it goes. Very good puzzle @Prim3numbah
Picture 1 to 2:
>! As attributed to in my comment, @KabirKanhaArora 's answer and the hint, the first clue is that you rotate each block clockwise half a turn, 1/6 turn or 1/12 turn respectfully. This allows us to put the blocks in... |
I think the answer is:
>! Polaris
**Transition 1:**
>! Basically, assuming the CW stands for *clockwise*, as mentioned by @Ankit, and inferring that the three pies indicate rotations of **180°**, **60°** and **30°** respectively, the second image so formed is as follows: [![enter image description here][1]][1... |
Starting this as a partial and lets see where it goes. Very good puzzle @Prim3numbah
Picture 1 to 2:
>! As attributed to in my comment, @KabirKanhaArora 's answer and the hint, the first clue is that you rotate each block clockwise half a turn, 1/6 turn or 1/12 turn respectfully. This allows us to put the blocks in... |
Starting this as a partial and lets see where it goes. Very good puzzle @Prim3numbah
Picture 1 to 2:
>! As attributed to in my comment, @KabirKanhaArora 's answer and the hint, the first clue is that you rotate each block clockwise half a turn, 1/6 turn or 1/12 turn respectfully. This allows us to put the blocks in... |
I think the answer is:
>! **Polaris**
**Transition 1:**
>! Basically, assuming the CW stands for *clockwise*, as mentioned by @Ankit, and inferring that the three pies indicate rotations of **180°**, **60°** and **30°** respectively, the second image so formed is as follows: [![enter image description here][1... |
The answer is:
>! **Polaris**
**Transition 1:**
>! Assuming the CW stands for *clockwise*, as mentioned by @Ankit, and inferring that the three pies indicate rotations of **180°**, **60°** and **30°** respectively, the second image so formed is as follows: <br/><br/>[![enter image description here][1]][1]
*... |
Very good puzzle @Prim3numbah
Picture 1 to 2:
>! As attributed to in my comment, @KabirKanhaArora 's answer and the hint, the first clue is that you rotate each block clockwise half a turn, 1/6 turn or 1/12 turn respectfully. This allows us to put the blocks in the second picture surounding the triangle. Check Kabi... |
> You insist I should take one
> Ten I shall take as I won.
> Tendencies are like a corpse
> Fire spread over entire course.
> Fighting as they found a hole
> Bamboos grow on land as whole.
> Bamboozled as I take villages
> Golden signs lie over ages.
> Golfers shall smell a fragrance
> Horse... |
This one’s more of a long shot…. Could it be
>! Cupid?
1. Is an angel.. but doesn't live in heaven.
>! Cupid is a demigod, and lives on Mount Olympus
2. Has the power to fly.. but isn't a bird.
>! Cupid has wings and can fly
3. Is related to Mother Nature's sister.
>! Cupid is the daughter of Zeus, who’s the grandso... |
How many pilots do they need? |
> You insist I should take one
> Ten I shall take as I won.
> Tendencies are like a corpse
> Fire spreads over entire course.
> Fighting as they found a hole
> Bamboos grow on land as whole.
> Bamboozling, I take villages
> Golden signs lie over ages.
> Golfers shall smell a fragrance
> Horse... |
This is from a Times puzzle in an old book:
> (DOWN) 4. Very modest contract: leading with a king makes good sense (5)
I know the answer is LOGIC but I can't see why - please can somebody explain it? |
<sub>This is in the spirit of the [What is a Word/Phrase™][1] series started by [JLee][2] with a special brand of [Phrase™][3] and [Word™][4] puzzles.</sub>
<hr>
If a word conforms to a special rule, I call it an **ABC Word™**.
*Your mission, should you choose to accept*, is to find the rule that decides wheth... |
Apparently the country intended is
>! OMAN.
The numerator is clearly
>! a reference to the first 16 verses of chapter 4 of the Biblical book of Genesis. This tells the story of Cain and Abel. In view of the title it may be worth a reminder that Abel was a shepherd.
It happens that
>! Abel is also the nam... |
What's longer than an hour and shorter than a minute?
The puzzle is NOT about counting letters in a word (h/t @Carl)
To verify your answer, or to help to answer, you can use the following hints:
>! Hint 1: The subject of the puzzle is atypical of its kind.
>! Hint 2: It may have been valued at 800.
|
What's longer than an hour and shorter than a minute? |
I am a four-letter word.
> My anagram's antonym's Rot(13)'s synonym's homophone is a portion of
> me.
What word am I?
Note: There are six separate words in this chain. Please list them all with explanation. I used popular sites like [Thesaurus.com][1] or [Wordhippo.com][2].
[![enter image description here]... |
I think the intended "final answer" is
>! BARCODE.
Transcript:
>!<pre> abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
>!------------------------------------------
>! blasé
>! jalapeño
>! rhythms
>! cæsium
>! couldn't've
... |
> First, beg for the most positive among the stables.
>
> Now you can do the second, beg for the independent.
>
> Now you can do the third, beg for the overlappable.
>
> Now you can do the fourth, beg for the informations.
>
> The first made you do the fifth, beg for the individual.
>
> The first, second, and... |
I am but a linguist that lives in a cave.
I talk with visitors from the central city.
When the dragon comes, I invite him inside.
The lions stay out, but gain trust and enter.
Merchants and messengers come in to rest.
Politicians peer outside, but remain indoors.
*What am I?*
Hint:
>!Do not ta... |
Fifteen related guests visited a restaurant and got into an argument about who was the greatest among them. To settle the dispute, they asked the owner to decide.
He thought for a moment, then said “While you are eating, write down as many stars as you can name. After the meal I will tally the results.”
The guest... |
> You insist I should take one
> Ten I shall take as I won.
> Tendencies are like a corpse
> Fire spreads over entire course.
> Fighting as they found a hole
> Bamboos grow on land as whole.
> Bamboozling, I take villages
> Golden signs lie over ages.
> Golfers shall smell a fragrance
> Horse... |
I think teh puzzles on this site are too hard. I can’t figure out hardly none of them. The ones that look easy seem to get closed??? Can someone tell the reason? Here are some examples of puzzles that I could actually solve, but keep getting closed. They seem to use neat things like morse code, semafors, rotation-13,... |
What is wrong with these puzzles? |
I have just watched this [old riddle video from Ted-Ed][1]. It basically asks how can three pilots coordinate their flights such that the professor (one of the three pilots) can circumnavigate the earth. I would recommend you watch the video before answering this question. The question is: If the planes were to only ho... |
<sub>This is in the spirit of the [What is a Word/Phrase™][1] series started by [JLee][2] with a special brand of [Phrase™][3] and [Word™][4] puzzles.</sub>
<hr>
If a word conforms to a special rule, I call it an **ABC Word™**.
*Your mission, should you choose to accept*, is to find the rule that decides wheth... |
<sub>This is in the spirit of the [What is a Word/Phrase™][1] series started by [JLee][2] with a special brand of [Phrase™][3] and [Word™][4] puzzles.</sub>
<hr>
If a word conforms to a special rule, I like to call it a ***Disguised Word™***.
Find the rule that decides whether a word is a *Disguised Word™* or ... |
What is a Disguised Word™? |
What is the largest whole number that you can form, such that no pair of consecutive digits occurs more than once? For example you can have 34543, but you cannot have 34534 as the pair "34" occurs twice. Note that the number cannot have leading zeros. |
What is the largest whole number that you can form, such that no pair of consecutive digits occurs more than once? For example you can have 34543, but you cannot have 34534 as the pair "34" occurs twice. |
A student asked our teacher about her favorite type of dog during a distance learning meeting. She uploaded the image shown below, said it's our homework to figure that out, and left the call.
What's her favorite type of dog?
[![enter image description here][1]][1]
[1]: https://i.stack.imgur.com/gQ7Sq.pn... |
<sub>This is in the spirit of the [What is a Word/Phrase™][1] series started by [JLee][2] with a special brand of [Phrase™][3] and [Word™][4] puzzles.</sub>
<hr>
If a word conforms to a special rule, I like to call it a ***Disguised Word™***.
Find the rule that decides whether a word is a *Disguised Word™* or ... |
> First, beg for the most positive among the stables.
>
> Now you can do the second, beg for the independent.
>
> Now you can do the third, beg for the overlappable.
>
> Now you can do the fourth, beg for the informations.
>
> The first made you do the fifth, beg for the individual.
>
> The first, second, and... |
> You insist I should take one
> Ten I shall take as I won.
> Tendencies are like a corpse
> Fire spreads over entire course.
> Fighting as they found a hole
> Bamboos grow on land as whole.
> Bamboozling, I take villages
> Golden signs lie over ages.
> Golfers shall smell a fragrance
> Horse... |
Of course! MIX, 1009, Coffee, it all made sense! Arriving at 1009 Coffee Ave S, he walked into the house, finding the door slightly open. It was in pristine condition, just like the house he and his wife had bought.
[![Image of a house][1]][1]
Sitting on the couch, he picked up the note lying on the table. *This... |
> If $O^3=DAD$ and $(IM)^2=MOM$, then what is $MAID$?
**Source:** Taken from the book *Neurone Abaro Onuronon* by *Muhammad Zafar Iqbal*. |
I think teh puzzles on this site are too hard. I can’t figure out hardly none of them. The ones that look easy seem to get closed??? Can someone tell the reason? Here are some examples of puzzles that I could actually solve, but keep getting closed. They seem to use neat things like *morse code, semafors, rotation-13... |
## Partial answer (some subpuzzles solved, some not yet solved)
Okay, let's get the obvious out of the way.
>! 1: The third one, because it's the only correct equation.
>! 2: The path spells the word MAZE.
>! 3: The sun; elephants.
>! 4: Rot13 reveals a message saying the answer is S.
>! 5: [The semap... |
A student asked our teacher about her favorite type of dog during a distance learning meeting. She uploaded the image shown below, said it's our homework to figure that out, and left the call.
What's her favorite type of dog?
[![enter image description here][1]][1]
[1]: https://i.stack.imgur.com/gQ7Sq.pn... |
A student asked our teacher about her favorite type of dog during a distance learning meeting. She uploaded the image shown below, said it's our homework to figure that out, and left the call.
What's her favorite type of dog?
[![enter image description here][1]][1]
[1]: https://i.stack.imgur.com/gQ7Sq.pn... |
## Partial answer (some subpuzzles solved, some not yet solved)
Okay, let's get the obvious out of the way.
>! 1: The third one, because it's the only correct equation.
>! 2: The path spells the word MAZE.
>! 3: The sun; elephants.
>! 4: Rot13 reveals a message saying the answer is S.
>! 5: The semaph... |
A student asked our teacher about her favorite type of dog during a distance learning meeting. She uploaded the image shown below, said it's our homework to figure that out, and left the call.
What's her favorite type of dog?
[![enter image description here][1]][1]
[1]: https://i.stack.imgur.com/gQ7Sq.pn... |
Is $\sqrt1*\sqrt2*\dots+\sqrt n$ ever an integer?
Although answers that need advanced mathematics are welcome, I would prefer answers that do not use very advanced college level mathematics.
Source: I came up with the above question myself after seeing the following question : <br><br> [Is $\sqrt1+\sqrt2+\dots+... |
Is $\sqrt1*\sqrt2*\dots+\sqrt n$ ever an integer? |
Is $\sqrt1*\sqrt2*\dots*\sqrt n$ ever an integer?
Although answers that need advanced mathematics are welcome, I would prefer answers that do not use very advanced, college level mathematics.
Source: I came up with the above question myself after seeing the following question : <br><br> [Is $\sqrt1+\sqrt2+\dots... |
Is $\sqrt1*\sqrt2*\dots*\sqrt n$ ever an integer? |
Is $\sqrt1*\sqrt2*\dots*\sqrt n$ ever an integer?
Note: Deusovi has already given a nice and simple answer. I still wish to welcome more answers as I want to see if there are other ways to approach this question .
Source: I came up with the above question myself after seeing the following question : <br><br> [I... |
Can you paint a $5 \times 5$ grid in two colors, such that each of the $2 \times 2$ possible sub-grids ($2^4 = 16$ combinations) occurs exactly once in the grid? |
You ever have it happen where you know how a song goes, but you forget its title? I've heard you guys are good at figuring stuff out for free, so I'll just drop a sample here
[![enter image description here][1]][1] and let you guys do your thing. Just FYI, middle C is C.
Call me crazy but I do think I remember its ... |
> You insist I should take one
> Ten I shall take as I won.
> Tendencies are like a corpse
> Fire spreads over entire course.
> Fighting as they found a hole
> Bamboos grow on land as whole.
> Bamboozling, I take villages
> Golden signs lie over ages.
> Golfers shall smell a fragrance
> Horse... |
You ever have it happen where you know how a song goes, but you forget its title? I've heard you guys are good at figuring stuff out for free, so I'll just drop a sample here
[![enter image description here][1]][1] and let you guys do your thing. Just FYI, middle C is C.
Call me crazy but I do think I remember its ... |
You ever have it happen where you know how a song goes, but you forget its title? I've heard you guys are good at figuring stuff out for free, so I'll just drop a sample here
[![enter image description here][1]][1] and let you guys do your thing. Just FYI, middle C is C.
Hint 1:
>! There are **three** layers of st... |
You ever have it happen where you know how a song goes, but you forget its title? I've heard you guys are good at figuring stuff out for free, so I'll just drop some notes here
[![enter image description here][1]][1] and let you guys do your thing. Just FYI, middle C is C.
Hint 1:
>! There are at least **three** l... |
You ever have it happen where you know how a song goes, but you forget its title? I've heard you guys are good at figuring stuff out for free, so I'll just drop some notes here
[![enter image description here][1]][1] and let you guys do your thing. Just FYI, middle C is C.
Hint 1:
>! There are at least **three** l... |
1 rabbit seeing, 6 elephants, each seeing 2 monkeys, each having 1 parrot - how many went to the river? |
what number should replace the question mark in hexagon diagram? |
The missing number is
>! 8
This is because:
>! The number in the center is the difference of the sum of the most left numbers and the sum of the most right numbers.<br><br>
>!
>! A: (6 + 15 + 19) - (7 + 11 + 10) = 40 - 28 = 12<br>
>! B: (17 + 19 + 2) - (14 + 16 + 2) = 38 - 32 = 6<br>
>! C: (7 + 11 + 5) - (... |
I'm solving puzzle from the book super excellent and intellegent test. Im stuck on these. Someone said answer should be 983. But how? Can anyone tell me the right answer. thanks.
[![][1]][1]
[1]: https://i.stack.imgur.com/5KDxD.jpg |
A man drove his Innova car all the way from Shimla to Delhi only to discover at the end of the trip that he had a punctured tyre from the very start. Yet his Innova car was not at all affected by it? How is this possible?
>(Source: - https://www.hitbullseye.com/) |
Perhaps
>! The punctured tire was his spare tire inside the car/below the trunk? |
1 rabbit, seeing 6 elephants, each seeing 2 monkeys, each having 1 parrot - how many went to the river? |
My friend Rodney Waddler is currently travelling around Europe. Over the course of eight days, he intends to visit eight different European capital cities - one each day.
On Day 1, Rodney sent me the itinerary for his trip, along with a photo of him standing on the aeroplane stairs before boarding, captioned "Here's... |
Where is Rodney Waddler? |
I'm trying to solve this problem from a book, but can't understand how it works. Why is 12 in the center? What should be the missing number?
[![][1]][1]
[1]: https://i.stack.imgur.com/fOARw.jpg |
You ever have it happen where you know how a song goes, but you forget its title? I've heard you guys are good at figuring stuff out for free, so I'll just drop some notes here
[![enter image description here][1]][1] and let you guys do your thing. Just FYI, middle C is C.
Hint 1:
>! There are at least **three** l... |
A man drove his Innova car all the way from Shimla to Delhi only to discover at the end of the trip that he had a punctured tyre from the very start. Yet his Innova car was not at all affected by it. How is this possible?
(Source: https://www.hitbullseye.com/) |
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