PSE open a puzzling class.
16 students join the class.
the classroom have 16 chairs arranged in (4 x 4) grid.
1 2 3 4
5 6 7 8
9 10 11 12
13 14 15 16
Students initials are A,A,D,E,E,G,I,M,N,N,O,R,S,U,U, and Y
These are the rules how they are placed in the class.
Both A are...
So there's an ARG that started on the Unfiction forums where you have to email a secret to a particular email address. One member has done this and received:
"CLEVER?
6* 83:.; ]45; 59 6
YOU MAY CONTACT US WITH YOUR ANSWER.
A HINT WILL BE PROVIDED IF ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY."
The only real hea...
You are given the following plaintext/ciphertext pairs:
they_got_my_contract_back_to_find_
to_their_alarm_a_dog_had_signed_
sonic_boom_sonic_boom_sonic_boom_
trouble_keeps_you_runnin_faster_
sonic_boom_sonic_boom_sonic_boom_
save_the_planet_from_disaster_
even_t...
The tide recedes as I sit in the fenced garden on my roof. A jagged rock lies ready to wreck the mariner who errs. A seabird screeches somewhere to my rear. Longing, I look at the world beyond the rail. The earth is green. It is the middle of the day and I am listening to Abba. A beat of wings...
On my own I can be a lump of fat, or many other things.
If I lose Kay and add other things (not necessarily in the order given below), I change entirely:
Add you, the ocean, and a Canadian stereotype, and I'll burn your skin.
Add a tiny robot without a wall and the city of angels, and I become...
In the spirit of the What is a Word™/Phrase™ series started by JLee, a special brand of Phrase™ and Word™ puzzles.
If a word conforms to a special rule, I call it a Comfortable Word™.
Use the examples below to find the rule.
$$
% set Title text. (spaces around the text ARE important; do not...
Complete the equality to make it true:
1 1 1 1 = 5
You can add any math operation or symbol to the left side.
You cannot change right side nor the = (adding a previous < or > is considered changing it).
You can't add any number. Not even implicitly: i.e. √x has is x^0.5 so that would be addin...
Push me down
and I'll grow.
Confess our secret
and I'll go.
I am the one
that hides within
the silencer known
as the guillotine.
I punish the
ones with heart
and strip away
their mirth.
Only talk to me
if you are insane.
I'm dangerous, but
clearly not ina...
You are the newest employee at the local zoo. After a long day of cleaning cages and making sure the animals are okay, you realize that it's getting dark and you should leave soon. As you approach the exit, you see that it is closed, and there is a written note tied to gate. Nobody else is around...
