Previous Puzzles (with solutions):
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Enter with commas.
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Another Wordie SHEEPSHANK KIDS Hint: --- -- ----- -- --- -------- Enter with commas There is no answer to this puzzle because it is still in the contest.
Now for my crypts A 5-letter word I'd be in Lincoln to stay Conspicuous lack of essential furniture Enter two words with a hyphen ----- ------- There is no answer to this puzzle because it is still in the contest.
So, you think word-searches are too easy? Beneath you? Well, THINK AGAIN!!! I have hidden 10 puzzle related words in the search below. As per usual, they may be forward, backward, up, down, or diagonal. You know the rules. I then decided to treat you do an extra surprise. I've encoded the word search grid! That's right, to find the words you must first decode the grid! Tough? I thought so too, so here's a hint. If any given letter appears n times in the encoded grid, then it will appear either 0 or n times in the decoded grid. (There are 2 Ls in the chart below, so there will be 0 or 2 Ls in the decoded grid.) Z E J H D X I E C D N F T I C K X X D X G E B L Y E B H X K G O K L T S E P E X S C C K I B D O I E X P Q T O I U Z H K O T H CRYPTIC, DEVILRY, LOGIC, MATH, MAZE, PANTHERA, PUZZLE, RIDDLE, SEARCH, WORDIE When you've circled all the words, the remaining letters will (when decoded) spell the answer to this pun: Q When is a game not a game? A When t-- ---- -- -----. (I couldn't fit the first t into the puzzle! Note that the t does not have to be decoded.) For your answer write the last three words of the pun's answer, seperated by commas, then another comma, then the way you'd encode my name, ASHER. Use all capitals, please. Give this a try, you may find that it's easier then it looks! There is no answer to this puzzle because it is still in the contest.
Just a simple wordie! PinnAcLeS ------- -- ---- ------ Enter in lower case, sperate the words by commas. There is no answer to this puzzle because it is still in the contest.
Wordie 1:
ccahuilcdkreonn
ccahuilcdkreonn
ccahuilcdkreonn
Hint: - ------- -- ----- ---
Use hyphens
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Wordie 2:
csbasictt
Hint: ----- --------
Use hyphen
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Wordie 3:
running running
Hint: ------- ---- -- ----
Use hyphens
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Got 3 wordies again:
First:
1of"
hint: ------ -- ---- --
Enter with commas.
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Second:
l
l i
i a
w m
hint: ---------
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What do you get when you cross an archer with a gift-wrapper? R----- H---. enter words Answer: ribbon hood
What do you call two banana peels? A pair of s-------. enter word Answer: slippers
What's in an astronaut's favorite sandwich? L----- meat. enter word Answer: launch
What flower grows between your nose and your mouth? t---- enter word Answer: tulip
A black dog stands in the middle of an intersection in a town painted black. None of the street lights are working due to a power failure caused by a local storm.A car with two broken headlights drives toward the dog but turns in time to avoid hitting him. How could the driver have seen the dog in time? Answer: Luckily for the dog,it was daylight.
There is a something on which something like a fraction or two are now and then used in order to prevent an additional line. What is this something? Hint: -------- Answer: A calendar. Fraction 24/31, also 23/30, at left bottom of dates section, means an additiona line for dates is not required.
Express 999 as the sum of two positive integers, X and Y, such that Z = sod(X expressed in base 9) + sod(Y expressed in base 6) is as low as possible. Recall that sod(x) is the sum of the digits of x. To give an example, if X=555 and Y=444, then Z = sod(676) + sod(2020) = 23. This is far from optimal. Simply give X to solve this problem. And, hey, you've got a whole week to solve this problem -- why not try solving it WITHOUT the computer.... :-) Answer: X=747 and Y=252 gives Z = sod(1020) + sod(1100) = 5.
Rearrange the letters in each pair of words to make one 8-letter word. The last letter of each word will be the first letter of the following word. The last letter of the last word will be the first letter of the first word. All solutions are common words, spelled the usual way. 1. cart+nose = -------- 5. gray+nine = -------- 2. cane+raid = -------- 6. gain+lose = -------- 3. help+neat = -------- 7. miss+pace = -------- 4. cent+deny = -------- 8. goal+main = -------- Enter 8 8-letter words separated by commas: word,word,word,word,word,word,word,word Answer: ancestor radiance elephant tendency yearning gasoline escapism magnolia
In the following series each number p is represented p times. 1 2 2 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5... What is the value of the 1997'th term? Answer: 63. Let the value of the t'th term t(n) be k. The number of terms with values < k is k(k-1)/2. We therefore have k(k-1)/2 + 1 < n < k(k-1)/2 + k k^2 - k + 2 < 2n < k^2 + k (k - 1/2)^2 + 7/4 < 2n < (k + 1/2)^2 - 1/4 k - 1/2 < sqrt(2n) < k + 1/2 k = int(sqrt(2n) + 1/2)) As t(n) = k we finaly get t(1997) = 63.
An easy one for starters : "There are 10 kinds of people in the world: those who understand _ _ _ _ _ _ and those who don't." Enter the missing word. Answer: binary
Two players are talking about their favorite passtime: - "I read in an email that there are supposed to be 336 of them on 'standard' ones" - "oh that's probably old news, I haven't seen one of those in years. Most of mine have 384, 392, 422 and 422 of them. And I have some with 332, 408, 402, 440 or even 492." - "I also read that the there are some with as many as 1070" - "Wow, those must be very small." - "And I heard that for aerodynamic reasons, they should keep them between 300 and 500. What are they talking about ? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Answer: dimples on golf balls