Puzzles

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I'm playing this puzzle game Tricky Doors on my Nintendo Switch, but there's a weird visual glitch on the Amusement Park level. The newspaper by the trash can is some random stretched out image, and the light above the door becomes the awning above the oven from the Floating Islands level when I zoom up on it. I've tried saving and quitting and restarting the game, but it's still not fixed. Does anyone know why this is happening or how I can fix it? thx!

I’d like to share an interesting, intermediate level puzzle I created from a book on logic puzzles I created. The puzzle reads:

You’ve arrived at a fast-food restaurant. Upon entering the building, you see an interesting note on the wall that reads, “There are three cashiers, two of whom are truth tellers and one of whom is a liar. If you can correctly identify the liar by asking up to two yes–no questions to exactly one cashier, you’ll get your meal for free.” What can you do to guarantee yourself a free meal?

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Got this puzzle at Applebees for my 6 year old and she found out all the items except for the candle. Can you guys find it? It has been bugging me since lunch.

Afternoon,

I am looking for a nice challenging puzzle game on Steam where I don't need to use a mouse. I can just sit on my bed watching nonsense on TV while playing a nice puzzle game.

Any suggestions?

Thank you

Simply can’t find anything, I have exhausted all my methods to find solutions, if anyone can help, it would be appreciated

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MThere are ten vials. 2 are doses of poison. 1 is an antidote to a single dose of poison. You must drink at least one. How many do you drink?

Hello,

For those unfamiliar with the game, only 1 crown can be in 1 colored section and there is only 1 crown per row and column. Another crown cannot touch a crown directly, even at the diagonal point.

I've used a hint and do not understand why that column (4th from the left) needs to have a crown.

Thank you!

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I thought it could be fun and helpful to create some cipher-breaking exercises for those of you who frequent these puzzle subs and are itching to test your cryptanalytic skills. You're free to solve the ciphers below in whatever way you want, but I've provided some guidelines and recommendations for how to go about each one in order to maximize the learning/practice potential. If you'd like more information on any method used to break these ciphers, ask in the comments and I or someone else will try to help you. I've solved all of them from scratch myself in order to determine their difficulty level (generally easier/simpler to harder/more complex, going from top to bottom) and to make sure they're error-free. All the plaintexts are written in English.

Post the revealed plaintexts to any or all of these cryptograms that interest you in the comments below (behind spoiler tags) and, if you want, briefly describe any insights you had and/or the methods you used to break or decrypt each cipher. There's no competition here; this is just an opportunity to learn, practice, and share ideas.

Have fun!

Transposition:

1.) Approach: By hand | Type (big spoiler): Spoiler | Recommended Method (big spoiler): Spoiler

• MPEERHTTAYADNOMNOXISYTXISREDROETAITINI

2.) Approach: By hand | Type (big spoiler): Spoiler | Recommended Method (big spoiler): Spoiler

• ERECTSQGNATESQAMENQSIQSAMEJQNBOD

3.) Approach: By hand | Type: Spoiler | Recommended Method (big spoiler): Spoiler

• TEPDIEALEOOANGTAOFETHCREBKREEYONNASVNXXXHSYRVSBUTYTADESCFEATEONRAEYVRMRIGTEE

4.) Approach: By hand | Type: Spoiler | Recommended Method: Spoiler

• WEUTOTUTERBTNMRIKELREECNNIEUEAOJOSASXNNAWAGTCDTPTDENEYAAHONOPOCN

5.) Approach: Using computer assistance | Type: Spoiler | Recommended Method: Spoiler

• OTEHICNTMHEETOBFTONLEIESKTTAEDAENSTPIEROTVNICBYAFLAHYLDRANDIYRPYRIAGRISULYNKTNOAIOEHWAILGEGMDIWEOPNSSDTINYOUARFSMCPEANAUUYAOADEEESNONSPIIAAAFEPRTAPRTLRSTOOSCEUHDLNHNIIPEWVI

Substitution:

1.) Approach: By hand | Type: Spoiler | Recommended Method (big spoiler): Spoiler

• ZPVS UBTL JT UP TUFBM UIF USFBTVSF NBQ. ZPV'MM MJLFMZ GJOE JU JO B XBMM TBGF CFIJOE B QPSUSBJU PG XJMMJBN TIBLFTQFBSF.

2.) Approach: By hand (a manual solving assistant is okay) | Type: Spoiler | Recommended Method: Spoiler

• GF'Q UB QRLPRF FCKF JBO'PR TRGUD SKFLCRE TJ FCR RURZJ DBWRPUZRUF. JBO URRE FB TR WRPJ LKPRAOV KUE ZBPR LBWRPF APBZ CRPR BU BOF, TRLKOQR GA JBO'PR UBF, JBO'PR DBGUD FB DRF ABOUE BOF KUE FKXRU GUFB LOQFBEJ. GA FCRPR'Q BUR HGRLR BA KEWGLR G'E DGWR, GF'Q FB LCKUDR OH JBOP PBOFGUR; ZKXR GF CKPERP ABP FCR RURZJ FB HPREGLF JBOP ZBWRZRUFQ.

3.) Approach: By hand (a manual solving assistant is okay) | Type: Spoiler | Recommended Method: Spoiler

• YIVHKUAUOVOHPJUYAGFNVOKFHDKAFTFGFNDOOTAFPDOYMHDAFAUOYVAKYIIOVGYDTODAOVAUOAUHVTWIFFVRYAUVFFZWVFZAUOVOPAYDTFDAUODFVAUJOPAQFVDOVPHDMYDTSNPUAUOQOHIHDKAHIOYPHTOQIHZRNSHDAFHAYDTQVYJIAJODAGWOOADFVAUVOZFLOAUOAHIOZYVMOTJHAUAUOVOTIHDOENZSTFJDHDAFYEYDHAFVPQIFPOAJUOVOYQNVYAFVTHPKNHPOHPJYHAHDKWFVGFNOBHAYDTKFDFVAUNDAHIGFNPOOAJFKVOODTFFVPJYHAAUOVOWFVAUOPHKDYI

4.) Approach: By hand, at least having solved the first ten words, then feel free to use computer assistance to automate the rest | Type: Spoiler | Recommended Method: Spoiler

• LWC EPL LWCQ RYDA ZACEG XQ KTAJTRDN PMCLACE LWC GECJPRADL. ZT'Q FDR BJQL IFW QYJICFSCJ, QSL IFW QMKH, YFS GX NMM RYF SGKIPSRR ZXK SI RZT ZSG DGG Y OWGDT, GL'AJ YXTW DSJ DRZTP KEGWH YFS YYTLLH YF DNHDPLJLAIW LD ZJTYC XLLD FAH KSXL GUDARC SCB YTR LWC HPNWGQ SCB LWC GIFWG CNXBWCAW LC FTCV.

5.) Approach: By hand, at least having solved the first ten words, then feel free to use computer assistance to automate the rest | Type: Spoiler | Recommended Method: Spoiler

• OZGHUNGHBMODGEMBTFANWYTYKWWNNKXSIEIMKSWNWZRFNHLCUQURIEYNZNCKOIVLOEKXCFPPUOZLUZZWILERTXIELZZMKHNKKHBLIEZBMKIMKLJRTYKITWPZKLIYTVXGQWNZMBBMWFHOZGTYKWQIHVXJIIEIYSWNWVXYOBVVTCVVLLJCVZTYOMWGEZTNPXFZXYXEATKNPKEVVOBHNKNYNTKVSOAMATNYEXGRBYGHUNNYVROLCYZXFZXMBURZKZMWBVLIZXYFAFMTVVZBMAOKKFNHUIVLMMEEJNWPACQQQMHRRCUIAEJCNROLNUDXTFZUTDTFYIUXOEKNIDEFTUZTSGEPWBCVLCDXTRQYBAEKXUQGTFZBMWECZUIGDXKNWGOEKINMHVHOALEJNYIWEULIZMHVHIZWEIYCFYIEJUUTNNONPTRVJBIMSDUEQGGRICOTRYKQQELKKFTROLCBIMTFJIVXXKLIZFEKGYQZHK

Miscellaneous:

1.) Approach: By hand |Type: Spoiler | Recommended Method: Spoiler

• .... .. -.. . / .. -. / .... .- ...- .- -. .- .-.-.- / ... .--. . .- -.- / - --- / -. --- / --- -. . .-.-.-

2.) Approach: By hand |Type: Spoiler | Recommended Method (big spoiler): Spoiler

• "When, in the course of human development, existing institutions prove inadequate to the needs of man, when they serve merely to enslave, rob, and oppress mankind, the people have the eternal right to rebel against, and overthrow, these institutions." | 22:3 6:3 32:2 3:1 38:2 9:9 4:5 4:1 23:2 20:1 10:1 37:7 7:6 26:1 26:5 8:4 38:3 26:7

3.) Approach: By hand | Type: Spoiler | Recommended Method (big spoiler): Spoiler

• Thank you for the lovely birthday card; it really made my day. I hope to see you and the family for Christmas this year.

4.) Approach: However you want | Type: Spoiler | Recommended Method: Spoiler

• WESLCLADEONDDOBQTIMRGAOLRETLYRMWQEPWPEGATRDFQAFVEKLEDADFTNHDAVNDIRTBWBLNHZDRELTRLONDHOPLBPZCETFLFLOGARSEDORABWNDFGMRCDETTYGOFGEODRDFPBLOIRRBICFHNTPV

5.) Approach: Using computer assistance | Type: Spoiler | Recommended Method: Spoiler

• tpvby ttdsw jgrgz zrere nmtvu uuadu yyppl pwowd qrwko pgayn jphdm wbmqg xqzdn xxdsi ebocd yumjq wdxtj ivwfo efmdp dsywo yobrd myjgb rsgrn m

Meta Puzzle:

Approach: However you can |Type: Spoiler | Recommended Method: Spoiler

• QBVUEEBYDXAFUDYI

A jar has 1000 coins, of which 999 are fair and 1 is double headed. Pick a coin at random, and toss it 10 times, Given that you see 10 heads, what is the probability that the next toss of that coin is also a head?

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you are supposed to drag along the colors to reveal an image, if you cross two, they mix, and you are supposed to follow the arrowed guidelines on the top and sides