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This puzzle is inspired by the What is a Word™ and What is a Phrase™ series started by JLee and their spin-off What is a Number™ series. If a word conforms to a special rule, I call it a He shoots! ...
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To Hephaestus, my father’s son, My two bits, I���ll weigh in: Do some tasks that I’d like done, a couple prizes you may win. The first pair you can find at Godsco (members-only, if I’d be so precise). A ...
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Bad, even very bad chess moves are nothing out of the ordinary. Every single player will have had their fair share of stupid blunders like hanging a queen in an otherwise completely winning position. ...
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This puzzle is inspired by the What is a Word™ and What is a Phrase™ series started by JLee and their spin-off What is a Number™ series. If a word conforms to a special rule, I call it a Pendulum ...
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Let "attacking" mean protecting, but everyone says "attacking"... Let Q be a chess position with q non-attacking queens, R one with r rooks, B b bishops, N n knights and P p pawns (...
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You are given the following 4 by 4 grid of numbers. Create four groups of four numbers such that the numbers in each group share some common property. This puzzle is a (hopefully harder) sequel to ...
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John and Bill wanted to play only one game Ping-pong.The first player to reach 21 points wins the game. John is 20% better than Bill — meaning he scores a 20% higher chance of scoring a ...
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I'm absolutely full of pairs, And that's why I'm important. If my owner's used to describe me, I'd be like just a pair of letters. With the first pair, I'm from a plant or animal. With the second pair,...
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The answer is a single noun. Built from parts: (morphs into boast or seize) + (BIV BUTY) As a whole: could be young could be treasure could be field bound It could be simpler than it sounds.
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Something that lives in the corner of the ceiling and never touches the floor. If it goes down, it goes flying, and as soon as it reaches the ground, it dies. The meaning is metaphorical. This riddle ...
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I count fractions of rotation and have two digits, what AM I? I use letters over digits. I don't use a pair of digits for my most significant digit from one of my series. I can use any one of my ...
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Not in conjunction with my Minesweeper puzzles - that would be concerning! Inspired by Cracking The Cryptic's video "The Graveyard Of Schrödinger" (original gimmick by fjam) How this ...
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This is an interesting puzzle which was passed to me by a friend some time ago. I do know the answer, but will refrain from self-answering on this to see where it goes. I'm thinking of a number: 1, 2,...
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So just for context - my (now former) coworker Megan is a HUGE nerd, but she's always been a bit of a troublemaker too. I mean, she once got caught stealing some monitors and managed to get off with ...
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Find all integers n such that the sum of the factorials of its digits equals ⌊√n⌋. For example, if n=2025, then 2!+0!+2!+5!=⌊√2025⌋, although this is not true. How can you find all integers n that ...
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