I would venture to say that this would not fit within the scope of Stack Exchange's mandate. It's goal (as I understand it) is to become a repository of good questions and answers (though I am having trouble finding documentation to that effect). Questions that simply link to another website ar...
Please share your step by step approach in solving these crytosum questions quickly and efficiently. Hope to learn from all of you.
Here is a number grid:
Here are the rules as to how to manipulate the numbers in the grid:
A marker starts at the first square.
For each move you can move the marker one square either up, down, left or right without passing the boundaries of the grid.
If the square you land on has an even numbe...
I took Psychology Today's Classical IQ test(https://www.psychologytoday.com/intl/tests/iq/classical-iq-test) and encountered this question that I wasn't able to solve:
In fact, this is just the first question of the 57 questions in the test. Although I can just click the <I don't know> button an...
I found a large 4-page maze that I made a while back. Made entirely with pen and grid paper.
Here's a digitally scanned and cleaned-up version
Your goal is to find a path from the start to the finish, picking up the key along the way.
Here is a letter grid:
Here are the rules as to how to manipulate the numbers in the grid:
A marker starts at the first square.
For each move you can move the marker one square either up, down, left or right without passing the boundaries of the grid.
If the square you land on has an even lette...
This is part 9 of the puzzle series. Part 1 is here.
Dear Puzzling,
Today I'm visiting a small town to marvel at some fantastic examples of Renaissance architecture. Sadly, this is also the last destination of my trip this time. I will send you one more crossword later where you can put to use ...
Someone spilled paint on what looks to be some sort of barcode(?).
Can you figure out what the original message may have been?
An entry in Fortnightly Topic Challenge #42: Wordless Connecting Walls
"Why on earth are there blank spaces in your connect wall?"
"In my defense, you just asked me to make categories with four words in them; you never said how many categories."
"It's a 4x4 grid! How many categories do you think...
Riding in the mountains,
swimming in the seas,
traveling to the farlands,
yet staying home and eating cheese.
Could it be a mouse,
or could it be rat?
Perhaps we'l never know,
or perhaps you'l find out slow.
One of my friends, Com, has sent me a code to show where he lives:
ARIA, ---, ---, ESIA, ---, KAAN, KYAN, LAIA, ---, MOVA, RUIA, TAAN, TUAN, UKNE, ---
Canyou figure out where is he?
An entry in Fortnightly Topic Challenge #42: Wordless Connecting Walls
Ash, on his expedition to Catch Em' All™, came across a strange new Pokémon! He pulled out his trusty Pokédex to identify this mystery Pokémon, but rather than directly revealing this it, it instead gave Ash sixteen Pokémons ...
