/r/puzzles

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The place for all kinds of puzzles including puzzle games. Self-promotion is allowed in the stickied "Promo Weekly" post.


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Rules

  1. No spam. Self-promotion is allowed only in the Promo Weekly post stickied to the top of the thread. Links to apps, blogs, and most videos belong in the Promo Weekly post. Logic and/or math-based puzzles that fit a text or image format are generally allowed. Posts that make sense as a video or website link are allowed with moderator approval, so please ask us first. Generally, videos should promote discussion, and websites should provide features that are useful to solving the puzzle.

  2. Use spoiler tags when posting a hint or solution to a puzzle. Guesses must also be spoiler-tagged. Top level comments are automatically removed unless they include a spoiler tag or start with "Discussion:" or "Question:"

  3. All puzzles should be logic based. Check out /r/riddles for puzzles based on lateral thinking. Jigsaw puzzles are best suited to /r/jigsawpuzzles

  4. Use a descriptive title. Titles should be descriptive, not just "Check out this puzzle" or "Puzzles only geniuses can solve."

  5. Please do not posts puzzles from ongoing contests. If you see a riddle that's part of a contest, please report it.

  6. Credit puzzle creators. If you did not make the puzzle, please try your best to credit the original source. If you are not sure of it, or have personally received the puzzle from someone, please indicate that. This rule applies more to puzzles you found online.

How to Spoiler Tag

Apps, old.reddit.com, and the New Reddit markdown editor:
>!The princess was in another castle!!<
becomes:
The Princess was in another castle!
Template: >!The guess goes here!<

Be careful to avoid whitespace at the beginning or end of your spoiler tag. White space at >! the beginning!< or >!end !< of your spoiler will break it for users on some apps and old.reddit.com

Reddit Desktop Site (Fancypants editor/redesign):
https://i.imgur.com/SWHRR9M.jpg

Related subreddits

/r/riddles - word-based puzzles that use lateral thinking, rather than logic. Stuff like "What gets wetter as it dries?"

/r/mazes - Visual puzzles where you find a path through the, well, maze.

/r/rebus - Visual puzzles where images are strung together to make a sort of visual pun. Find the phrase the images "spell"

/r/jigsawpuzzles - Jigsaw puzzles. You have a bunch of pieces that fit together to make an image

/r/CrackTheCode - If you solve the puzzles, you could win a key to a game!

/r/puzzles

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6

Yall help me solve this cryptogram I just cant seem to figure it out

17 Comments
2024/11/09
16:00 UTC

10

Help Solving Suguru

I’ve been working on this for weeks and can’t figure it out! The app won’t let me move on until I solve it. Please help! Thanks.

Rules:

  • Each number can only appear once per color For example, since there are 2 orange boxes, one box contains 1 and one box contains 2.
  • Each number cannot “touch” another of the same number. In other words, a box with a 1 in it cannot be next to another box with a 1 in it. This applies diagonally as well.
10 Comments
2024/11/09
15:56 UTC

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An anagram challenge, theme is Festive Drinks

  1. ECO CORPS
  2. FIREHOSE FIC
  3. TROP
  4. CAVA TOAD
  5. EGG TART BANDELIER
  6. HUNG WILE
  7. PRIESTESS MARION
  8. THUMBED TORTURE
  9. SCRUPLE HORN
  10. GEG GONG
  11. ARCHIE RIMS
  12. AHIC
  13. ZIBS FUCKZ
  14. GAN COC
  15. ADONIS RON
  16. CURDLED LIME
  17. LEGIONS
  18. DOODY THT
  19. PIEHOLE CHOMP PROTECTANT
  20. KYLIE ROAR
12 Comments
2024/11/09
12:35 UTC

0

An interesting word and visual teaser, guess the quote

10 Comments
2024/11/09
03:09 UTC

10

Star Battle Go Help, Please

so sorry to bombard everyone by constantly asking for tips and answers, and quite sad that I can’t find much online about different techniques! I don’t know if there’s a limit to how much I can post on this sub, but I appreciate this sub so much!

9 Comments
2024/11/08
17:58 UTC

0

How do I conquer this last level on checkers iOS

3 Comments
2024/11/08
08:27 UTC

3

Help with Tectonic/Suguru

I have created a simple tectonic solver and was testing it on a tectonic found here on Reddit. My solver got a bit further than the poster/commenters, but now it's stuck. I am trying to find a new algorithm to implement to solve it, but I cannot find anything.

I'm guessing that A3 can only be 1 or 5, because C3 sees the other cells in the pink block to its left, but even if I put 1,5 as only available numbers on A3, the solver (or I for that matter) is still stuck...

14 Comments
2024/11/07
21:04 UTC

10

More Star Battle Tips, Please! I have not reached full brain

all tips and avenues welcome (i’m begging)! I need to increase brain power for world domination tq

11 Comments
2024/11/07
20:58 UTC

0

What does this cutoff text say?

Doing __ in the ___./ Doing __ in 2024

That's my best guess, what do yall think?

5 Comments
2024/11/07
20:28 UTC

3

What puzzle game is this?

9 Comments
2024/11/07
04:00 UTC

61

Any idea on where to start?

I have been trying different solutions for this puzzle for 30 minutes, always coming to a dead end. Strategies for how to go about these puzzles?

66 Comments
2024/11/07
03:33 UTC

15

Hat puzzle: can someone explain why there is only one answer to this logic puzzle

The video gives a scenario where you are abducted by aliens along with nine other people. The aliens want to eat you but they are not allowed to eat highly logical beings. They come up with a test to see if they can or not. They tell you the puzzle: They will line you up tallest to shortest, tallest in back facing shortest, each with a hat either black or white. You cannot move out of line or turn around or remove your hat. You have to guess which color hat you have on and at least nine out of ten people have to be correct to win. They can only say either black or white and nothing else. They give everyone five minutes to discuss a strategy before the test begins. They then explain the only guaranteed answer.

! Why can't each person just say the color of the hat in front of them still letting nine people be correct out of ten? !<

Link: https://youtu.be/N5vJSNXPEwA?si=UtCvb0_RhI3dr4Ei

Solved: >!This was just a misunderstanding of initial rules of the puzzle, after I rewatched the video I understood my strategy wouldn't work as you can only say guess once and not a second time( like after saying black or white, being able to then know at the end what your color was, the reasoning was because I wrote each color what they would say, and then I figured everyone except the first guy would know the color, so I thoughtt just by them knowing the color, the strategy was valid. I forgot that what they say counts as their guess lol.!<

42 Comments
2024/11/06
22:22 UTC

0

Did my first q-less roll leave me SOL?

I’m not sure this is usable! 😂

16 Comments
2024/11/06
20:05 UTC

0

Each tile has gravity. Clicking a shape will remove all adjacent boxes of same shape and colours. What is the shortest number of clicks?

63 Comments
2024/11/06
19:47 UTC

6

Star Battle Tips

I have just found out about Star Battle and been very addicted, but I feel I have yet to unlock some form of understanding as I keep getting stuck on these hard ones. without overly spoiling the puzzle, what would be the next logical move? or any extra tips that I have yet to understand? any help would be appreciated! TYIA

10 Comments
2024/11/06
16:17 UTC

0

What is the next logical move here?

12 Comments
2024/11/06
12:29 UTC

2

Wire Identifying Puzzle

Solve the puzzle. You have 20, 50meter long electrical wires bundled in a pipe without knowing which is which. How can you tell which is the other end of each wires if you can only go back and forth 4 times? Using 1 multitester only.

10 Comments
2024/11/06
04:58 UTC

3

I need help to find out how many Triangles are in this puzzle, i can only get 34

5 Comments
2024/11/05
23:01 UTC

44

Is this logic puzzle possible to figure out?

I am an avid puzzle solver and love logic puzzles in particular. The ones that involve process of elimination are just enough of a challenge to make my head spin a little, but I can usually solve it after a few attempts. However, this one featured in a Puzzler magazine from last year has baffled me to the point where I feel there is a misprint / error - but I just can’t let it go. I’ve made three logic grids to try and solve it and eventually looked at the answer and I still don’t think the answer works, due to the options I think you would still have left.

Please help, I’m 36 and really need a life.

Thank you in advance, geniuses of Reddit.

47 Comments
2024/11/05
16:44 UTC

17

Does anyone know the solution or how this puzzle is called

22 Comments
2024/11/05
13:13 UTC

18

I'm really stumped, maybe I'm just stupid

Rules Each binary puzzle has to be solved according to the following rules:

  1. Each box should contain either a zero or a one.

  2. More than two equal numbers immediately next to or below each are not allowed.

  3. Each row and each column should contain an equal number of zeros and ones.

  4. Each row is unique and each column is unique. Thus, any row cannot be exactly equal to another row, and any column cannot be exactly equal to another column.

Each binary puzzle has a unique solution. It is always possible to make a next step by reasoning. In other words, the solution can always be found without guessing.

35 Comments
2024/11/04
19:13 UTC

14

Does anyone know what is this puzzle at the top supposed to be?

It's definately not the connection one they're talking about. This is the assorted puzzles section in a mainly crosswords book. I took a peek at the solutions at the back (without looking directly at it), and it's the solution to the puzzle at the top. It seems they messed up the "description" lol

15 Comments
2024/11/04
19:04 UTC

8

Yahtzee 'word search'

https://preview.redd.it/cwgzwjvnzvyd1.png?width=1270&format=png&auto=webp&s=d8182511ce82ce9235e493f7ddae9c2ae3c09347

I have designed a puzzle and am very curious to know how it is rated in terms of level and level of fun it provides. I would like to know how this puzzle is rated on a scale of 1 to 10 in terms of difficulty and on a scale of 1 to 10 in terms of enjoyment.

Explanation of the puzzle: The challenge is to cross off the dice used for scoring in your Yahtzee throws into the ‘word search’. It is important to note that throws may only be marked horizontally and vertically; diagonal markings are not allowed. For example, a small straight consists of four dice, while a ‘three of a kind’ consists of five dice, as five dice are counted towards your score. Finally, the aim is to discover how many points have been rolled at ‘Chance’.

Each die can only be used once.

7 Comments
2024/11/04
13:28 UTC

15

Move one matchstick to make the equation correct

Move one matchstick to make the equation correct

84 Comments
2024/11/04
09:45 UTC

115

Find the Set

56 Comments
2024/11/04
04:10 UTC

15

Promote your project in this thread

This thread is for promoting your own works. Please limit your promotions to only one per week.

30 Comments
2024/11/04
00:00 UTC

2

Queen 187 (LinkedIn)

What is the logic to eliminate those squares? At best there are 4 colors within those 5 columns

8 Comments
2024/11/03
16:04 UTC

55

What are the riddles, I cheated and looked up the answers but they still don’t make sense

67 Comments
2024/11/03
08:10 UTC

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