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Consider the words he, mother, and smothered. These words form a series, each nested in the next:
he, mother, smothered.
Such a series can be encoded with a clue consisting of the following:
synonyms of the words in the series
nothing else.
For example, the above series can be encoded w...
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Below is something which is definitely not a cipher, and lots of cryptics. Can you find the answer which will be nothing but lies?
EDKPMLAVBB
FROM:
1. Either by first sphere (3)
2. Muscle juror almost is one who renounces belief (7)
3. Crooked line goes here first, then without second...
This puzzle is in the spirit of Word connections, but is a more elaborate version of the same idea.
In each puzzle, you have a square of seven words of the following form:
A B
C D E
F G
Each of the letters A-G represents a word, and each pair of adjacent words (AC, CD, CD, DE,...
My friend's pet snake told this below message to us...
What is the message it is trying to tell us? What is the pattern?
PL,MKOIJNBHUYGVCFTRDXZSEWAQ
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So according to the FAQ,
'After the bounty period ends, if the bounty is not awarded within 24 hours,
half the bounty value will be automatically awarded to the top voted answer posted after the bounty start, provided it has a score of at least 2.'
What if the top voted answer is totally incorre...
The rules are the same as for a normal sudoku puzzle. The only thing different is that instead of numbers for clues you have greater than/less than (> < ) signs between the cells.
Have fun solving!
Consider the following sequence:
0, 1, 2, 2, 1, 1, 2, . . .
Which digit comes next? How many digits can we predict until we encounter a digit we cannot predict?
I was trying to solve this interesting Ciphertext Puzzle, with no success. After all the trials, I came up with a new puzzle. Thus, I think this question could be considered as a long comment on Ciphertext Puzzle.
Decipher the following:
2lc 4nV 1hn Kto J9xh 7v!d 3oa 6tc 8cd
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A hint in the air,
What I see of their glare.
Enclosed by the hue,
But beyond my view.
Spirit or scent,
Wrapper with prescence;
What word can describe
the immaterial vibe?
What is it?
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Even though I couldn't escape if I wanted to, they keep locked me in a cage.
They decide when I eat and force me to eat the same meal day in and day out.
When they finally decide I can eat, they beat me.
If I scream in protest, they gag me.
Every night they bind my hands and feet before allowing ...
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