Questions tagged [enigmatic-puzzle]
Puzzles where the genre or solving strategy of the puzzle is not explicitly stated; puzzles where the puzzler must deduce what type of puzzle it is.
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Four By Four, Upside Down?
What's going on in this grid? What do the rows and column labels means? Why is it "upside down"?
Markdown for those who can't see the image
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A
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Maseru
Mbabane
Lilongwe
Yerevan
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Polygons (and some stars)
Find where they currently live and then tell me where they originally come from.
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PSE Advent Calendar 2025 (Day 5): Cinnamon overdose
This puzzle is part of the Puzzling Stack Exchange Advent Calendar 2025. The accepted answer to this question will be awarded a bounty worth 50 reputation.< Previous Door Next Door >
Argh! I was ...
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PSE Advent Calendar 2025 (Day 4): Ring Bethlehem, the day begun!
This puzzle is part of the Puzzling Stack Exchange Advent Calendar 2025. The accepted answer to this question will be awarded a bounty worth 50 reputation.< Previous Door Next Door >
It's advent ...
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PSE Advent Calendar 2025 (Day 3): A gift from my travel agent
This puzzle is part of the Puzzling Stack Exchange Advent Calendar 2025. The accepted answer to this question will be awarded a bounty worth 100 reputation.< Previous Door Next Door >
My travel ...
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PSE Advent Calendar 2025 (Day 2): Decorating in the Midst of Purple Skies
This puzzle is part of the Puzzling Stack Exchange Advent Calendar 2025. The accepted answer to this question will be awarded a bounty worth 200 reputation.< Previous Door Next Door >
I'm ...
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PSE Advent Calendar 2025 (Day 1): The Wish List
This puzzle is part of the Puzzling Stack Exchange Advent Calendar 2025. The accepted answer to this question will be awarded a bounty worth 200 reputation.Next Door >
One of your younger children ...
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Sum of the parts
This puzzle has 2 parts.
Question A
If GEORGE can be depicted as follows:
and JIMMY can be depicted like this:
then what is the following name?
Question B
If QUEEN can be depicted like this:
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When you see the whole set, the answer you'll get
Find the hidden answer.
Key points:
Clock-wise
When one ends, the next continues
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The Optimal Way
My puzzle enthusiast friend, who travels around the world whenever they can, recently sent me a puzzle (knowing very well I enjoy solving puzzles as well).
Hey friend! Today I'm visiting a country ...
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Descriptive Grid
What is the hidden rule that will lead you to an answer? Explain your reasoning.
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What is the Mythical Creature?
A mythical creature links the images below.
Edit: There have been a couple of answers tenuously linking the images with mythical creatures but ...
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Let’s go to the pub! Hey, we’re all thirsty but some of us don’t want to get drunk.
Let’s go to the pub!
Hey, we’re all thirsty but some of us don’t want to get drunk.
Inspiration for my puzzle came from the puzzle below:
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Quilt of many colours
Why is this quilt coloured the way it is?
(You do not need to do any image manipulation or analysis to solve this puzzle.)
CSV for grid colours (R = Red, G = Green, B = Blue, Y = Yellow, M = Magenta, ...
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Vertical bars...or I mean...well, you'll get what I mean
Find the hidden answer which describes what you've found.
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