There is a square pond, conveniently divided into segments, with coordinate $(0,0)$ in the bottom left and $(10,10)$ is the top right.
You have planks length $2$ and $3$. You start at $(0,0)$ and must get to $(10,10)$. Each plank is to be laid either horizontally or vertically, and bottom-left t...
It’s the 10th annual award ceremony for the Puzzling StackExchange community! As the host and his attendants are handing out the awards to the best members of the community, they suddenly realize that they have forgotten who the recipient of the Great Puzzling Trophy was!
In a hurry, the host ru...
I have received a rather peculiar cipher and in all my years of crypto, I have never seen a cipher like this. The cipher is Numeric, Uppercase mixed with Lowercase. The only hint I'm given is "Capital Letters Mean Something".
Ciphertext as follows:
SQr1, IsNp, Nz2SY, rstuy? Io hns LyXL?
I am a family.
A member of me is so cute.
Drawing my last four over my first two might perish this age.
My counterpart makes a letter and a number.
What am I?
In whole, you may use me in the measuring.
With my $1^{st}$ & $2^{nd}$ part, you may use me in the coloring.
With my $2^{nd}$ & $3^{rd}$ part, you may use me in the casting.
With my $3^{rd}$ & $4^{th}$ part, you may use me in the integrating.
With my $4^{th}$ & $...
there. I came across a puzzle from a workbook for primary school students who wish to sit in exams for enrolling to selective high schools in Sydney, which asks what is the pattern that should appear in the square box, as is shown in the following picture.
I have no idea of what rules are beh...
This puzzle is pretty easy but sure and entertaining one. so take your pencil and start matching the columns. don't look into another answer to enjoy it.
well, what you need to do is to draw a line from each block example x to the other block x.
you need to match all the blocks v, x, y, and z.
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Inspired by Conifers' Fill the Image Sequence series, :)
What will be a suitable image to complete the sequence?
Inspired by The Riddle - I Could be Used in Many Ways by Conifers :D
My whole is usually shown in a tree.
About my $1^{st}$ and $2^{nd}$ parts is fond.
About my $2^{nd}$ and $3^{rd}$ parts, PNGs.
About my $3^{rd}$ and $4^{th}$ parts, opal.
About my $4^{th}$ and $5^{th}$ parts, moot.
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These 12 elements form a pattern but there is one element that does not fit. Which one is that?
