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I've been playing a lot of video games lately. After solving this crossword, you should know which video game I want to play next. Thanks to [Deusovi](https://puzzling.stackexchange.com/users/11876/deusovi) for test-solving and general feedback!
![cryptic crossword grid][1]
| Across ... |
<sup>An entry in [Fortnightly Topic Challenge #43: Variety Crossword Grids](https://puzzling.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/7062)</sup>
---
This puzzle is a cryptic crossword, but with a twist...literally! The grid presented is a 2-dimensional representation of the actual grid, which is embedded on a [Klein bottl... |
The game 2048 can be thought as a two player game, where one player shifts the table around to get to the 2048 tile, while the other player tries to hinder them by putting down 2s and 4s on the table. While the [original game][1] will put down the tiles randomly [there][2] [are][3] variants, such as some where this is ... |
Can you guess what comes in place of the question mark?
[![Table][1]][1]
Here's a text-based version of the table:
| | | | |
|:--:|:--:|:--:|:--:|
|1536| 48 | 96 | 3 |
|384 |192 | 24 | 12 |
|768 | 96 | 48 | 6 |
|192 | ? | 12 | 24 |
[1]: https://i.stack.imgur.com/8GwdD.png |
**Set A**
| | | |
|:-:|:-:|:-:|
| 7 | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | 7 | 1 |
| | | |
|:-:|:-:|:-:|
| 8 | 7 | 1 |
| 8 | 8 | 7 |
| 6 | 2 | 2 |
| | | |
|:-:|:-:|:-:|
| 9 | 8 | 3 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | 3 | 3 |
---
**Set B**
| | | |
|:-:|:-:|:-:|
| 3 | 8 | 3 |
| 4 | 1 | 0... |
**Set A**
| | | |
|:-:|:-:|:-:|
| 7 | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | 7 | 1 |
| | | |
|:-:|:-:|:-:|
| 8 | 7 | 1 |
| 8 | 8 | 7 |
| 6 | 2 | 2 |
| | | |
|:-:|:-:|:-:|
| 9 | 8 | 3 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | 3 | 3 |
---
**Set B**
| | | |
|:-:|:-:|:-:|
| 3 | 8 | 3 |
| 4 | 1 | 0... |
<sub>*In the spirit of the What is a [Word™](https://puzzling.stackexchange.com/search?q=%22I+call+it%22+title%3A%22what+is%22+title%3Aword+is%3Aquestion)/[Phrase™](https://puzzling.stackexchange.com/search?q=%22I+call+it%22+title%3A%22what+is%22+title%3Aphrase+is%3Aquestion) series started by [JLee](https://puzzling.s... |
What number should replace the "?"
[![4x4 number matrix][1]][1]
[1]: https://i.stack.imgur.com/JHjLk.png |
What number should replace the question mark? |
What number should replace the "?"
| | | |
|---|----|----|
| 1 | 13 | 15 |
| 7 | 7 | 10 |
| 8 | 5 | 11 |
| 4 | 5 | ? | |
What number should replace the "?"
| | | |
|---|----|----|
| 1 | 13 | 15 |
| 7 | 7 | 10 |
| 8 | 5 | 11 |
| 4 | 5 | ? |
Source: A modern approach to verbal and non-verbal reasoning - RS Aggarwal |
There are 6 missing black pieces, and since the black pawns haven't moved, the bishop at c8 must have been captured by white knight. That gives 5 pawn captures, and so by counting, the third white knight must have promoted at g7.
That means the white knight at h8 must have been there before black pawn got into g6.
... |
This is just a very minor detail on top of @justhalf's work:
>! How can we trade one tempo to ensure we reach the final position with white to move?
>! White can only move the Nb8 with its in-built parity preservation. The black K doesn't seem to have any triangle it could use to switch parity, so where to get that... |
_I don't know the answer, I just state that this problem could be interesting._
_Best estimate gets the tick._
"Battleships" game field (at least, in the USSR version I used to play) is a 10x10 grid, that has one ship four cells long, two three cells long, three two cells long, and four one-cellers.
You can pl... |
Hoping it is a never-seen riddle, here is the problem.
> We have seven letters A,B,C,D,E,F,G. Each letter is associated with a unique number between 1 and 10. We know the following:
> - D is 3 units smaller than A
> - B is the number in the middle
> - A is two units greater than B
> - F is smaller than B about t... |
The answers are, unfortunately,
>! 80 and 79.
Why?
>! Because the ships in total cover twenty cells.
>! **Sniper:** The sixteen cells holding the multi-cell ships can certainly be determined with fewer than eighty shots, but if more than four cells remain to hold the one-cell ships then their locations cannot b... |
The answers are, unfortunately,
>! 80 and 79.
Why?
>! Because the ships in total cover twenty cells.
>! **Sniper:** The sixteen cells holding the multi-cell ships can certainly be determined with fewer than eighty shots, but if more than four cells remain to hold the one-cell ships then their locations cannot b... |
Within this Boggle board is a set of eight words with a common theme. What are they/what is the theme?
```
V E D I
N A K R
H J O X
O E S Y
```
To make a word in Boggle, connect at least three letters horizontally, vertically, or diagonally, without using the same letter (ie. the bottom left "O") twic... |
Within this Boggle board is a set of eight words with a common theme. What are they/what is the theme?
```
V E D I
N A K R
H J O X
O E S Y
```
To make a word in Boggle, connect at least three letters horizontally, vertically, or diagonally, without using the same letter (e.g. the bottom left "O") twi... |
<sub>*In the spirit of the What is a [Word™](https://puzzling.stackexchange.com/search?q=%22I+call+it%22+title%3A%22what+is%22+title%3Aword+is%3Aquestion)/[Phrase™](https://puzzling.stackexchange.com/search?q=%22I+call+it%22+title%3A%22what+is%22+title%3Aphrase+is%3Aquestion) series started by [JLee](https://puzzling.s... |
<sub>*In the spirit of the What is a [Word™](https://puzzling.stackexchange.com/search?q=%22I+call+it%22+title%3A%22what+is%22+title%3Aword+is%3Aquestion)/[Phrase™](https://puzzling.stackexchange.com/search?q=%22I+call+it%22+title%3A%22what+is%22+title%3Aphrase+is%3Aquestion) series started by [JLee](https://puzzling.s... |
The riddle is as follows:
> Looking at his watch a doorman from an hotel in New York notices that
> 280 people are inside. Suddenly he begins to ponder the following. How
> many people should have to come later at least to be sure to find 3
> people who share the same birthday?.
The alternatives given are as f... |
How many have to enter the building so their birthday matches? |
The riddle is as follows:
> Looking at his watch a doorman from an hotel in New York notices that
> 280 people are inside. Suddenly he begins to ponder the following. How
> many people should have to come later at least to be sure to find 3
> people who share the same birthday?
The alternatives given are as fo... |
Probably not the intended solution but kind of works:
>! 1331
Reasoning:
>! Number of distinct prime factors in each row: 3
>! <br> Number of prime factors with multiplicity per row: 3,4,5,6
>! <br> Why 11^3 and not some different prime number?
>! <br> Product of distinct prime factors of columns 1 and 2 ju... |
Two proposals:
>! 1331, 14
Reasoning for 1st:
>! Number of distinct prime factors in each row: 3
>! <br> Number of prime factors with multiplicity per row: 3,4,5,6
>! <br> Why 11^3 and not some different prime number?
>! <br> Product of distinct prime factors of columns 1 and 2 just below product of distinc... |
The riddle is as follows:
> The figure from below represents a set of roman numerals wrote in such
> a way that the sum is not correct.
>
> The numbers are arranged as:
>
> 50+12=51
>
> [![Sketch of the problem][1]][1]
>
> How many matches minimum should me moved to make operation correct?
The altern... |
The riddle is as follows:
> The figure from below represents a set of roman numerals wrote in such
> a way that the sum is not correct.
>
> The numbers are arranged as:
>
> 50+12=51
>
> [![Sketch of the problem][1]][1]
>
> How many matches minimum should me moved to make operation correct?
The altern... |
There are **three travelers**. They are inside a cave. Deep down in this cave, there are **three doors**, each door containing **at least one diamond**, and there are a total of **9 diamonds**. Each traveler picks a door and gets the diamonds behind it.
The travelers loot their diamonds, and, before exiting the ca... |
The problem is as follows:
> A local library has lended its catalog card cabinet so it can be used
> in a raffle. The raffle prize is a luxurious travel to the Middle East
> for vacations to an employee from the toy company.
>
> Each drawer has a label indicating the contents, a set of colored
> cards which ha... |
How to find the least number of extractions to make the word QATAR? |
In each example, can you replace ??? with the same word?
1. I had to ??? the ??? to a series of tests.
2. Upon seeing the ??? in her painting she shed a ???.
3. They were too ??? to the door to ??? it.
4. The insurance was ??? for the ??? in his hospital bed.
5. I did not ??? to the ??? that she showed me.
6. W... |
> The riddle is as follows:
>
> A local library has lended its catalog card cabinet so it can be used
> in a raffle. The raffle prize is a luxurious travel to the Middle East
> for vacations to an employee from the toy company.
>
> Each drawer has a label indicating the contents, a set of colored
> cards which... |
Well here is my partial answer (which as we know can be wildly different from the intended solution!)
Firstly, the email:
>! If you take the first two lines, it somewhat cryptically says that you need to look at the letters following a big D (i.e. a capital D) So...
>!
>! D**J**, D**a**ncing, D.**C**., D**... |
**Partial answer**
(I have what I think are the intended answers to 7 of the 8, and a number of alternatives for two of them where it took me a while to figure out what answer was probably intended. I don't have a convincing answer for #7 as yet.)
>! 1. SUBJECT
>! 2. TEAR
>! 3. CLOSE
>! 4. Presumably INV... |
The riddle is as follows:
> A local library has lended its catalog card cabinet so it can be used
> in a raffle. The raffle prize is a luxurious travel to the Middle East
> for vacations to an employee from the toy company.
>
> Each drawer has a label indicating the contents, a set of colored
> cards which hav... |
Following on from RobPratt's answer, here's some extra description:
**1. Reword the problem in a way that makes it easier to solve.**
Let's ignore the double A for a moment. Another way of thinking about the problem is to realise that it is solved *exactly when* we know for a fact that we have one of each colour... |
I need help! While cleaning the office desk of my boss, I discovered a letter and I think something really bad is going on.
[![Here is the letter][1]][1]
The other day I also saw him sending a message on his phone...
[![Here is the text message][2]][2]
And today I saw an email he has written. [![Here is the email][... |
*Inspired by [A double-agent with a conundrum][1]. DISCLAIMER: The people and events described here are entirely fictional. While the choice of countries is important for the puzzle to have a reasonable solution, any connection nor resemblance to actual people or events is purely coincidental.*
Tension between the U... |
**FULL EDIT:**
I am updating my "full partial" answer to make it less rambling and confusing. The initial partial post was intended to start some other (cleverer) people solving the puzzle, but it looks like I am currently alone! :)
**Firstly the part that we know is true:**
>! If you take the first two lines... |
# Help me find the password!
> All stories in this puzzle are fictions.
Once I was checking my old notes, and found a small chest with a 6-letter lock and 5 strange papers.
__Paper #1__
|inventor|a|b|d|h|t|m|
|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|
|s|0|1|8|9|7|9|
|o|3|5|1|5|2|7|
|a|4|7|0|1|8|9|
|e|7|3|2|3|6|5|
|i|4|2|8|4|6|5|... |
**FULL EDIT:**
I am updating my "full partial" answer to make it less rambling and confusing. The initial partial post was intended to start some other (cleverer) people solving the puzzle, but it looks like I am currently alone! :)
**Firstly the part that we know is true:**
>! If you take the first two lines... |
**FULL EDIT:**
I am updating my "full partial" answer to make it less rambling and confusing. The initial partial post was intended to start some other (cleverer) people solving the puzzle, but it looks like I am currently alone! :)
**Firstly the part that we know is true:**
>! If you take the first two lines... |
# Help me find the password!
> All stories in this puzzle are fictions.
Once I was checking my old notes, and found a small chest with a 6-letter lock and 5 strange papers.
__Paper #1__
|inventor|a|b|d|h|t|m|
|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|
|s|0|1|8|9|7|9|
|o|3|5|1|5|2|7|
|a|4|7|0|1|8|9|
|e|7|3|2|3|6|5|
|i|4|2|8|4|6|5|... |
**FULL EDIT:**
I am updating my "full partial" answer to make it less rambling and confusing. The initial partial post was intended to start some other (cleverer) people solving the puzzle, but it looks like I am currently alone! :)
**Firstly the part that we know is true:**
>! If you take the first two lines... |
**FULL EDIT:**
I am updating my "full partial" answer to make it less rambling and confusing. The initial partial post was intended to start some other (cleverer) people solving the puzzle, but it looks like I am currently alone! :)
**Firstly the part that we know is true:**
>! If you take the first two lines... |
**FULL EDIT:**
I am updating my "full partial" answer to make it less rambling and confusing. The initial partial post was intended to start some other (cleverer) people solving the puzzle, but it looks like I am currently alone! :)
**Firstly the part that we know is true:**
>! If you take the first two lines... |
**FULL EDIT:**
I am updating my "full partial" answer to make it less rambling and confusing. The initial partial post was intended to start some other (cleverer) people solving the puzzle, but it looks like I am currently alone! :)
**Firstly the part that we know is true:**
>! If you take the first two lines... |
*<sup>Inspired by Avi's Vowelburger™ Riddle [here](https://puzzling.stackexchange.com/q/92931/18418)</sup>*
The local Vowelburgers™ restaurant increased the variety of their Double Supreme burgers yet again.
| Patty | Vowelburger™ |
|:---------:|:------------:|
| ?? | fish |
| ?? | mu... |
<sup>Inspired by Avi's Vowelburger™ Riddle [here](https://puzzling.stackexchange.com/q/92931/18418)</sup>
The local Vowelburgers™ restaurant developed some extraordinary side dishes as a perfect complement for their burgers. Like most of the burgers, the top and bottom layer are fixed, but it's the middle layer th... |
An element of an integer sequence is called a *local maximum* if it is not smaller than all its neighbors. E.g., all local maximums of the following sequence are bolded.
3, \* **4** \*, 2, 1, \* **3** \*, 2, \* **8** \*, \* **8** \*, 1, \* **4** \*
Consider an integer sequence of length 16 whose elements we don't... |
In chess, a knight moves in L-shaped jumps consisting of two squares along a row or column plus one square at a right angle. If it can only move *up* the board, how many routes can it take to reach any square on the top row of the board? |
On an 8x8 board, a knight is on the second square of the last row. Only moving upwards, how many routes to the top? |
Feeling adventurous, I decided to have a party, so I invited my friends: Astrid, Connor, Clinton, Lewis, and Michael. What's my name?
There could be a few possibilities, but there's only one right answer. |
> We are *all* born with it, and we still have it.
>
> I hid it in this riddle **right above**, literally...
>
> It's invisible to the naked eye. What is it? |
<sub>*In the spirit of the What is a [Word™](https://puzzling.stackexchange.com/search?q=%22I+call+it%22+title%3A%22what+is%22+title%3Aword+is%3Aquestion)/[Phrase™](https://puzzling.stackexchange.com/search?q=%22I+call+it%22+title%3A%22what+is%22+title%3Aphrase+is%3Aquestion) series started by [JLee](https://puzzling.s... |
The picture shows a typical pattern of a piano piece.
Which piano piece is played here?
[![enter image description here][1]][1]
[1]: https://i.stack.imgur.com/lWC3W.png |
Which piano piece is played here? |
You and your team have successfully intercepted a message from the enemy, which could win you the war! But the message is encrypted with a difficult cipher, and your textbook's instructions for deciphering the same are badly burnt and hardly readable. Can you still decipher the message?
The message:
>5dcb 3b80 6a... |
Could be
>! **DNA**
We are all born with it, and we still have it.
>! We all have DNA
I hid it in this riddle **right above**, literally...
>! Above the bold is reversed DNA as "and"
It's invisible to the naked eye. What is it?
>! You probably need a powerful microscope to see DNA |
Could be
>! [**DNA**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DNA)
We are all born with it, and we still have it.
>! We all have **DNA**
I hid it in this riddle **right above**, literally...
>! Above the bold is reversed **DNA** as "**and**"
It's invisible to the naked eye. What is it?
>! You'll need a powerful micr... |
Here is the partially completed sudoku grid using the trivia only. (Please check and update the ones you know!):
$$
\begin{array}{c|ccc|ccc|ccc|}
& C1 & C2 & C3 \ & C4 & C5 & C6 \ & C7 & C8 & C9 \\ \hline
R1 & & 6 & 2 \ & & & 7 \ & 1 & & \\
R2 & & & 7 \ & 2 & 9 & 4 \ & & & ... |
Solved sudoku (nothing fancy, just plain logical deduction):
> $$
\begin{array}{c|ccc|ccc|ccc|}
& C1 & C2 & C3 \ & C4 & C5 & C6 \ & C7 & C8 & C9 \\ \hline
R1 & 3 & 6 & 2 \ & 8 & 5 & 7 \ & 1 & 9 & 4 \\
R2 & 5 & 1 & 7 \ & 2 & 9 & 4 \ & 6 & 8 & 3 \\
R3 & 4 & 9 & 8 \ & 3 & 1 & 6 \ & 2 ... |
I thought I'd try a '[Riley riddle](https://puzzling.stackexchange.com/questions/62349/my-prefix-is-food-my-suffix-is-rude)':
> My prefix you sit on.
> My suffix you swat at.
> My infix you walk on,
> But I am beautiful to look at.
**What am I?**
(It doesn't really rhyme if all the words are the same ... |
This puzzle is a quick and fun little [Nurikabe][1] that is very tall, because I am not. It's not particularly tough, but if you need a nice relaxing grid-deduction puzzle to calm your brain today, this should provide a good flow. I hope you enjoy!
Rules of a Nurikabe (paraphrased from [here][2]):
> This is a Nur... |
Can you paint all numbers from 2 to 10 with red and blue colour, such that the product of all red numbers is as close as possible to the product of all blue numbers? |
# Help me find the password!
> All stories in this puzzle are fictions.
Once I was checking my old notes, and found a small chest with a 6-letter lock and 5 strange papers.
__Paper #1__
|inventor|a|b|d|h|t|m|
|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|
|s|0|1|8|9|7|9|
|o|3|5|1|5|2|7|
|a|4|7|0|1|8|9|
|e|7|3|2|3|6|5|
|i|4|2|8|4|6|5|... |
# Help me find the password!
> All stories in this puzzle are fictions.
Once I was checking my old notes, and found a small chest with a 6-letter lock and 4 strange papers.
__Paper #1__
|inventor|a|b|d|h|t|m|
|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|
|s|0|1|8|9|7|9|
|o|3|5|1|5|2|7|
|a|4|7|0|1|8|9|
|e|7|3|2|3|6|5|
|i|4|2|8|4|6|5|... |
> All stories in this puzzle are fictions; the puzzle was made by myself.
My friend left me a puzzle. He gave me 5 papers, each had some information on it.
__#1__
```
=============WORD SEARCH=============
+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
| SOR | SUF | HYP | CAB | RAD | IUS |
+-----+-----+-----+-----... |
> All stories in this puzzle are fictions; the puzzle was made by myself.
My friend left me a puzzle. He gave me 5 papers, each had some information on it.
__#1__
|WORD SEARCH|A|B|C|D|E|F|
|:-:|:---:|:---:|:---:|:---:|:---:|:---:|
|1| SOR | SUF | HYP | CAB | RAD | IUS |
|2| PRE | FIX | A | NET | VEN | SUB... |
> All stories in this puzzle are fictions; the puzzle was made by myself.
My friend left me a puzzle. He gave me 5 papers, each had some information on it.
__#1__
|WORD SEARCH|A|B|C|D|E|F|
|:-:|:---:|:---:|:---:|:---:|:---:|:---:|
|1| SOR | SUF | HYP | CAB | RAD | IUS |
|2| PRE | FIX | A | NET | VEN | SUB... |
<sup>An entry in [Fortnightly Topic Challenge #49: Pub Quiz Camouflage](https://puzzling.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/7159/)</sup>
---
For this pub quiz, I urge you to listen closely. The final word hidden within this pub quiz describes, jokingly, what pub quiz participants are.
Answer on!
> 1. What i... |
<sub>*In the spirit of the What is a [Word™](https://puzzling.stackexchange.com/search?q=%22I+call+it%22+title%3A%22what+is%22+title%3Aword+is%3Aquestion)/[Phrase™](https://puzzling.stackexchange.com/search?q=%22I+call+it%22+title%3A%22what+is%22+title%3Aphrase+is%3Aquestion) series started by [JLee](https://puzzling.s... |
After finding this note, I've pretty much gone to the ends of the earth to find the author's name. Maybe you can help me?
> Suppose I want my room to be a weird
> color. Something uncommon, like purple.
> Navy's also a nice shade and with hints
> of forest green, it would look really nice.
>
> Old Man... |
I just realized that I kept on finding something wherever I go.
In my bathroom, my fridge, the map, outside, with the clouds. I see it everywhere!
Can you tell what it is? |
# Help me find the password!
All stories in this puzzle are fictions.
Once I was checking my old notes, and found a small chest with a 6-letter lock and 4 strange papers.
__Paper #1__
|inventor|a|b|d|h|t|m|
|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|
|s|0|1|8|9|7|9|
|o|3|5|1|5|2|7|
|a|4|7|0|1|8|9|
|e|7|3|2|3|6|5|
|i|4|2|8|4|6|5|... |
I just realized that I kept on finding something wherever I go.
In my bathroom, my fridge, the map, outside, with the clouds. I see it everywhere!
Can you tell what it is?
**H1:** The word is short, and is very common. All around the world, it seems. |
I just realized that I kept on finding something wherever I go.
In my bathroom, my fridge, the map, outside, with the clouds. I see it everywhere!
Can you tell what it is?
**H1:**
>! The word is short, and is very common. All around the world, it seems. |
*<sup>Inspired by Avi's Vowelburger™ Riddle [here](https://puzzling.stackexchange.com/q/92931/18418)</sup>*
The local Vowelburgers™ restaurant, always looking for inspiration, decided to take a look at some other cuisines for their new menu.
| Patty | Vowelburger™ |
|:---------:|:------------:|
| ? ... |
I came up to someone and they gave me some clues:
> It's fast, but can't run. It gets me ready for life. Everyone can have it. It is sold everywhere. It was here since Day 1.
So I went to find it, and just a bit of time later, I unlocked it. What is this item?
**H1:**
>! It's a real thing, and not liquid. |
I came up to someone and they gave me some clues:
> It's fast, but can't run. It gets me ready for life. Everyone can have it. It is sold everywhere. It was here since Day 1.
So I went to find it, and just a bit of time later, I unlocked it. What is this item?
**H1:**
>! It's a real thing, and not liquid.
... |
I came up to someone and they gave me some clues:
> It's fast, but can't run. It gets me ready for life. Everyone can have it. It is sold everywhere. It was here since Day 1.
So I went to find it, and just a bit of time later, I unlocked it. What is this item?
**H1:**
>! It's a real thing, and not liquid. |
I came up to someone and they gave me some clues:
> It's fast, but can't run. It gets me ready for life. Everyone can have it. It is sold everywhere. It was here since Day 1.
So I went to find it, and just a bit of time later, I unlocked it. What is this item?
**H1:**
>! It's a real thing, and not liquid.
... |
Each number corresponds to a distinct letter. There are some non-words, such as names of things: people, gods, places, etc. Can you reconstruct the crossword?
[![crossword][1]][1]
**In green (1 to 5): Amusing key glues crazy. (5)**
Here is a text version of the table, if anyone needs it:
| | | | ... |
*This puzzle is based on the [What is a Word™](https://puzzling.stackexchange.com/search?tab=relevance&q=what%20is%20a%20word%E2%84%A2) series started by [JLee](https://puzzling.stackexchange.com/users/463/jlee).*
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If a word conforms to a certain rule, I call it a Sulphurous Word™. Use the following examples ... |
# Help me find the password!
All stories in this puzzle are fictions.
Once I was checking my old notes, and found a small chest with a 6-letter lock and 4 strange papers.
__Paper #1__
|inventor|a|b|d|h|t|m|
|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|
|s|0|1|8|9|7|9|
|o|3|5|1|5|2|7|
|a|4|7|0|1|8|9|
|e|7|3|2|3|6|5|
|i|4|2|8|4|6|5|... |
My answer:
>! Crops
>! This might not seem obvious at first glance, but the fact of Day 1 makes me think of games. So, what game has a kind of life like everyday life, is online (because of the everyone can have it fact), and has unlocking stuff? Minecraft. So, since crops grow fast IRL time compared to the easi... |
My answer:
>! Crops
Reasoning:
>! This might not seem obvious at first glance, but the fact of Day 1 makes me think of games. So, what game has a kind of life like everyday life, is online (because of the everyone can have it fact), and has unlocking stuff? Minecraft. So, since crops grow fast IRL time compar... |
Some observations that might eventually amount to something, or not:
Without the artist's signature, it's hard to know if the painting is oriented as intended. It could be upside-down. It could be sideways too, but I for one find it more aesthetically pleasing in portrait position.
When we do get it right side up... |
I saw [this game][1] on Steam that's not yet released. They have a demonstration of the game in video form [here][2], and here's the GIF I generated from that video *(that's lower in quality and shortened due to the maximum 2 MB required to post)*:
[![enter image description here][3]][3]
Basically, a cactus grow... |
What type of puzzle is "Room to Grow"? |
<sub>*In the spirit of the What is a [Word™](https://puzzling.stackexchange.com/search?q=%22I+call+it%22+title%3A%22what+is%22+title%3Aword+is%3Aquestion)/[Phrase™](https://puzzling.stackexchange.com/search?q=%22I+call+it%22+title%3A%22what+is%22+title%3Aphrase+is%3Aquestion) series started by [JLee](https://puzzling.s... |
Let's have the following numbers:
$2\sqrt7$, $\sqrt{\frac{7\sqrt{674}-168}{2}}$, $3\sqrt7$, $-\sqrt{\frac{7\sqrt{674}-168}{2}}$, $2\sqrt7$
Can you put these numbers into three different groups A,B,C which will solve the equation $A^4=B^4+C^4$? |
When I dropped in on Ernie over the weekend he commented that he hadn’t seen me for a while. I had to confess that my evenings had been very busy recently - first at the local Community College doing a course on creative writing, and then at home writing my first novel.
[![enter image description here][1]][1]
“I... |
First of all, how do we find the winning probabilities given the agents' numbers of bullets and chambers? This is pretty straightforward if there are only _two_ agents. In this case, whoever first fires an actual bullet will win. Suppose they have probabilities $p,q$ of doing so on a given turn (so these are the ratios... |
First of all, how do we find the winning probabilities given the agents' numbers of bullets and chambers? This is pretty straightforward if there are only _two_ agents. In this case, whoever first fires an actual bullet will win. Suppose they have probabilities $p,q$ of doing so on a given turn (so these are the ratios... |
I would like to present an argument that shows that
>! There is no $N$ which yields a probability of $0.26$.
In fact
>! The probability is unlikely to go above $0.0006$ for any $N$.
Proof
>! For two numbers $m > n$, let's first compute the probability, $p_l(m,n)$, that the word for $m$ is the same length as ... |
*<sup>Inspired by the original [Vowelburger riddle](https://puzzling.stackexchange.com/q/92931/5373).</sup>*
A competitor has appeared to the Vowelburgers restaurant! Can you tell what they're doing?
| Patty | ??? |
|:-----:|:-----:|
| ? | I |
| ? | metal |
| ? | song |
| ? | money | |
I would like to present an argument that shows that
>! There is no $N$ which yields a probability of $0.26$.
In fact
>! The probability won't go above $0.0006$ for any $N$.
Proof
>! For two numbers $m > n$, let's first compute the probability, $p_l(m,n)$, that the word for $m$ is the same length as the word ... |
# TLDR Just the Puzzle
Given a number ***n*** and a weight ***w*** the function ***f*** will result in a weighted number ***r*** as follows.
***f(n, w) = r***
***n*** can be a number from **0 to 200** <br>
***w*** can be a number from **-100 to 100** (including 0)
**Some results using 100 as n: <br>**
**... |
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