A chess grid is filled with knights and rooks. Each turn you can issue a move in one of 8 directions available to a chess knight. This will move all the knights in that direction. If a knight would jump out of board or onto a rook then he stays in his current location. Otherwise the knight will j...
I got a word hint in Words with Friends, but I couldn't figure out what the word was. After playing a (suboptimal) word, I looked it up via an anagrammer, but I doesn't seem to exist?
Yup :) I was playing with a command to 'look after huge Robin Hood...' for a while but it wasn't piecing together nicely...
@BgilMidol I'd say it's fine to ask something in here like "Out of interest, has anyone attempted my puzzle? Is it okay? Too hard? Where are people getting stuck? Do you need a hint?" in a general kind of way. But I wouldn't poke specific users to invite them to answer unless there is a specific reason why they personally should be interested.
@BgilMidol I'd say that falls into my first example - fine to ask generally (but just don't do it too much). But be aware that if the question has been posted and is still on the front page, people will be looking at it from time to time. If you are worried that it needs more publicity, you can pay some rep to start a bounty.
Otherwise it may be that it's too hard or doesn't have a way for people to break into it - this is where asking for feedback can help you understand why it doesn't yet have an answer. Consider adding a more pointed hint if a few days go by. Or just wait - we have plenty of puzzles here that go unsolved for weeks, months or even years before someone comes along with the magic insight to crack it! :)
Grandpa said:
"Listen son. Any traveler, who can count, knows his directions.
South = 1
East = 2
Southwest = 3
So, what is Northwest?"
I should be able to answer this. But.....
@juicifer Just twigged a very minor point about this answer - for the information of anyone thinking I have the enumeration wrong: you're technically missing a U in the answer as written (UK English). Nitpicky, but hey - don't want it to bug at anyone! :)
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This is my toughest invention so far, not sure if it's already been done but here it goes.
Move a single stick to obtain a correct equality. (To be clear: the stick needs to be moved and placed down to be part of the new figure; not 'removed').
This is a computer science riddle with a really beautiful answer!
You are given as input an array of integers, representing a city skyline. Your goal is to find the rectangle of maximum area within this rectangle. For example:
arr = [1, 2, 3, 5, 1, 3]
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In the exampl...
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 Texan Word™.
Each Word™ can be tested by itself. This is not a definitive list of Texan Words™.
Texan Words™
Not Texan Words™...
Each of the digits O through 9 is used exactly once 10 to create a ten-digit integer. Find the greatest ten-digit number which uses each digit once and is divisible by 8, 9, 10, and 11.
The answer is a relevant word; no computer needed
Numbers are approximate
405, 360, 0, 180, 360, 270, 190, 360, 0, 0, 180…
405, 80, 190, 90, 360, 0
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Rh gsv mfnyvi lu ovggvih rm gsv zylev hvmgvmxv kirnv li xlnklhrgv?
I let you become super,
It is not permanent though.
If you remove a home,
You won't need to preserve.
Hints:
Grandpa said:
"Listen son. Any traveler, who can count, knows his directions.
South = 1
East = 2
Southwest = 3
So, what is Northwest?"
I should be able to answer this. But.....
This is my toughest invention so far, not sure if it's already been done but here it goes.
Move a single stick to obtain a correct equality. (To be clear: the stick needs to be moved and placed down to be part of the new figure; not 'removed').
This is a computer science riddle with a really beautiful answer!
You are given as input an array of integers, representing a city skyline. Your goal is to find the rectangle of maximum area within this rectangle. For example:
arr = [1, 2, 3, 5, 1, 3]
#
#
## #
### #
######
In the exampl...
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 Texan Word™.
Each Word™ can be tested by itself. This is not a definitive list of Texan Words™.
Texan Words™
Not Texan Words™...
Each of the digits O through 9 is used exactly once 10 to create a ten-digit integer. Find the greatest ten-digit number which uses each digit once and is divisible by 8, 9, 10, and 11.
