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One Word Wonders are puzzles where the answer to the puzzle is exactly one word. For a better idea on how to solve this puzzle see an example
wants to try to stump you with this puzzle that was published on Sat Mar 08, 2008 07:00 PM
128 Comments
scoutmom
Posted on Sat Mar 08, 2008 07:11 PM |
Huh...
epaz
Posted on Sat Mar 08, 2008 07:12 PM |
what [1] said
soccer_ref
Posted on Sat Mar 08, 2008 07:13 PM |
where do you start??
Hope2002
Posted on Sat Mar 08, 2008 07:20 PM |
uh...the directions are right there?
No idea, but someone always says it.
soccer_ref
Posted on Sat Mar 08, 2008 07:21 PM |
[4] LOL....yeah, right!
dsmeyer
Posted on Sat Mar 08, 2008 07:23 PM |
54 words in the "clue" if you count the time as one.
chubbchsr
Posted on Sat Mar 08, 2008 07:24 PM |
<blink>...<blink>......<blink>
BlueDevilDucky
Posted on Sat Mar 08, 2008 07:26 PM |
Dave,.... you stink. ARRGGHH!!!
Wait. Aaron....YOU stink!!!!
eh...I don't know which one of them stinks. Dang it!!!
threehojos
Posted on Sat Mar 08, 2008 07:26 PM |
DoEs NoT cOmPuTe...
techiegrl
Posted on Sat Mar 08, 2008 07:28 PM |
Any salt? Anyone?? Bueller???
renfurdson
Posted on Sat Mar 08, 2008 07:28 PM |
guess the boat did not run
he did manage to send me a text message that says all you need is the board, the tiles and the numbers
hatemachine
Posted on Sat Mar 08, 2008 07:29 PM |
Does it have anything to do with no space after the comma? LOL
scoutmom
Posted on Sat Mar 08, 2008 07:29 PM |
[9] Is that salt, or just brain overload?
threehojos
Posted on Sat Mar 08, 2008 07:32 PM |
BbBbBrAiN oVeRlOaDdDdDdD
BlueDevilDucky
Posted on Sat Mar 08, 2008 07:32 PM |
[11] Oh, is that all. It's a good thing I don't need my brain as it fried just trying to read the puzzle.
yelowflower
Posted on Sat Mar 08, 2008 07:32 PM |
how many rows and columns to make 54 squares?
isn't a chess board something like 64?
BlueDevilDucky
Posted on Sat Mar 08, 2008 07:33 PM |
[14] Is that salt referencing (Barry) Bonds?? The Fountain Mountain Hairy Guy??
pepperhead
Posted on Sat Mar 08, 2008 07:35 PM |
you two are gonna kill meeeeee ARRGGGGGHH
I bet its gonna be great though ;^)
slokay
Posted on Sat Mar 08, 2008 07:35 PM |
I'm so confused!
scoutmom
Posted on Sat Mar 08, 2008 07:35 PM |
Dave is SO going to pay for this when he gets back!
themuppetpastor
Posted on Sat Mar 08, 2008 07:36 PM |
[16] 6x9 would make it
warrenzevon
Posted on Sat Mar 08, 2008 07:36 PM |
[16] it would seem like 6 x 9 or 9 x 6 based on the clues.
threehojos
Posted on Sat Mar 08, 2008 07:36 PM |
Head Hurtie...
GertSoB
Posted on Sat Mar 08, 2008 07:37 PM |
At least they haven't got the hard and easy switched this time :-)
martinp13
Posted on Sat Mar 08, 2008 07:37 PM |
The zeros throw me. :(
jtotheh
Posted on Sat Mar 08, 2008 07:37 PM |
the second digit is never greater than 6.
leadfoot
Posted on Sat Mar 08, 2008 07:37 PM |
Hmmmp!
Just finished a marathon Die Macher game (came in 2nd out of 5) but it was a 10 hour game... and then - this is the first puzzle I open.... and there are 0 solves after 37 minutes.... oww! oww! oww! oww!
scoutmom
Posted on Sat Mar 08, 2008 07:38 PM |
Perhaps if we plot this on the X and Y axis....
nrkii
Posted on Sat Mar 08, 2008 07:38 PM |
sadly, the numbering scheme runs from 0 to 6 and from 0 to 9, which makes it 7 by 10 under my original brilliant attempt at solving
tlmitch7
Posted on Sat Mar 08, 2008 07:38 PM |
Just courious, has there ever been a puzzle that nobody ever solved, this may be the first ever.
leadfoot
Posted on Sat Mar 08, 2008 07:39 PM |
Where's Uethym when you need him??
come baaaaack!!!!
leadfoot
Posted on Sat Mar 08, 2008 07:40 PM |
[30]
So far, no - however the first solve has come after an hour was up...
blahmcblah
Posted on Sat Mar 08, 2008 07:42 PM |
[28] Already done, got nothing. There's probably a second step I'm missing...
martinp13
Posted on Sat Mar 08, 2008 07:43 PM |
[29] Yep, that's why the zeros throw me. I get 1-9 and 1-6, but how do you have a 0?
yelowflower
Posted on Sat Mar 08, 2008 07:45 PM |
no nulls I take it?
steve
Posted on Sat Mar 08, 2008 07:45 PM |
hmmm... plotting this, there don't seem to be any intersections, but that's not terribly interesting in and of itself.
scoutmom
Posted on Sat Mar 08, 2008 07:45 PM |
37 tiles? Is he playing Settlers of Catan?
Donimo
Posted on Sat Mar 08, 2008 07:48 PM |
[29][34] If you think go instead of chess, the zeroes can make sense. But I did this and plotted things and don't know what to with it. I can fit the 37 tiles in there in an awkward way, but it looks like nothing to me.
threehojos
Posted on Sat Mar 08, 2008 07:48 PM |
Well, if I can't solve it I can just go back to watching the snow continue to fall. We have gotten 2 feet in the last 48 hours....
martinp13
Posted on Sat Mar 08, 2008 07:48 PM |
For every pair, either the first or second digit (or both) increases by just one.
warrenzevon
Posted on Sat Mar 08, 2008 07:51 PM |
[40] or both - 61-72
blahmcblah
Posted on Sat Mar 08, 2008 07:52 PM |
I am so hungry.
troyer
Posted on Sat Mar 08, 2008 07:54 PM |
Anyone else end up using only 27 tiles?
nrkii
Posted on Sat Mar 08, 2008 07:55 PM |
no completions in an hour... anyone got partway yet?
yelowflower
Posted on Sat Mar 08, 2008 07:55 PM |
and only 36 numbers total
memsurs
Posted on Sat Mar 08, 2008 07:55 PM |
[43]yep
steve
Posted on Sat Mar 08, 2008 07:56 PM |
[43] how are you even getting tiles out of this?
scoutmom
Posted on Sat Mar 08, 2008 07:58 PM |
[47] It says 54 squares, 37 tiles and one scroll
warrenzevon
Posted on Sat Mar 08, 2008 07:58 PM |
Phan Tnut =
Than Punt
Pant Hunt
I've got my pants, and I think we are all punters...
Tahnan
Posted on Sat Mar 08, 2008 07:59 PM |
Yeah, I ended up using 27 tiles, not 37. And it looks like an elephant to be, but...
Donimo
Posted on Sat Mar 08, 2008 08:03 PM |
[50] Yes, I did only use 27 tiles, and it does sorta look like an elephant. I've flipped it and turned it and played background/foreground, but nothing.
martinp13
Posted on Sat Mar 08, 2008 08:03 PM |
Yeh, I don't quite get the 'tiles' thing. Are we talking Scrabblish?
troyer
Posted on Sat Mar 08, 2008 08:07 PM |
[47][52] Regarding tiles: start by picturing a board as described in [21]. Then, using the numbers, fill the board in with "tiles". The puzzle is supposed to use 37, but some of us only end up using 27.
leadfoot
Posted on Sat Mar 08, 2008 08:07 PM |
the first number (if the first is read as sixty one) is aways less than the second number in the pair
nrkii
Posted on Sat Mar 08, 2008 08:09 PM |
[53] I can't see how to do that with the 00
leadfoot
Posted on Sat Mar 08, 2008 08:10 PM |
[53] but but - I still don't know what to do with the 00 ? - I'm having problems with it, because if I number from 1-6 and 1-9 the zeros throw me, and if I number from zero the nine doesn't fit
My hear really hurts...
We need to come up with an appropriate number for the Excedrin headache:
Excedrin headache number 2889?
memsurs
Posted on Sat Mar 08, 2008 08:10 PM |
[55]use the points as coordinates. It may help to setup a "dots" board with 6x9 squares.
blahmcblah
Posted on Sat Mar 08, 2008 08:11 PM |
[56] X-Y coordinates, 0-0 is the origin.
memsurs
Posted on Sat Mar 08, 2008 08:11 PM |
Not that this is giving me the right answer, I just get 27 squares with it. :)
martinp13
Posted on Sat Mar 08, 2008 08:12 PM |
[55] Or the 01 and 05.
troyer
Posted on Sat Mar 08, 2008 08:14 PM |
[56] Yeah, I know. I guess I started counting at 0 for the left numbers, but started counting at 1 for the right numbers. No reason to do so other than that's the only way I could make them all fit.
SydneyHeart
Posted on Sat Mar 08, 2008 08:14 PM |
New rule - no puzzles will be posted unless maker is present!
steve
Posted on Sat Mar 08, 2008 08:16 PM |
[62] heh. good luck with that.
Okay, so if we use the coordinates as the points for the corners of the tiles, I can see how that would define the 27 tiles, but not how we can get 37.
blahmcblah
Posted on Sat Mar 08, 2008 08:17 PM |
Still 0 solvers...
troyer
Posted on Sat Mar 08, 2008 08:19 PM |
FWIW, google isn't giving me a lot of love on "Phan Tnut" or "Mrikit Nith". I'm feeling a tad geographically inept. Is this a red herring, or additional clue?
steve
Posted on Sat Mar 08, 2008 08:20 PM |
anagramming them doesn't seem to help, either. I think it was just some fun flavor, but I won't rule out a hidden clue.
troyer
Posted on Sat Mar 08, 2008 08:20 PM |
Oooo. 1 Completion.
blahmcblah
Posted on Sat Mar 08, 2008 08:20 PM |
[65] Aaron said in [11] that all we need is the board, the the tiles, and the numbers.
BetaPrime
Posted on Sat Mar 08, 2008 08:21 PM |
Anyone has any thought what might Phan Tnut, Svungi, Mrikit Nith be clue of? I can't come up with anything.
blahmcblah
Posted on Sat Mar 08, 2008 08:22 PM |
Twas Slog who solved it. Who is Slog? Slog, salt, please. :(
troyer
Posted on Sat Mar 08, 2008 08:22 PM |
[68] Yeah, so I've been focused on that. Having been stuck for a while, however, I got curious. Then I got a bit suspicious when I couldn't locate those places.
techiegrl
Posted on Sat Mar 08, 2008 08:22 PM |
I tried that too. And all I got was a fitness website.
soccer_ref
Posted on Sat Mar 08, 2008 08:23 PM |
but Phan Tnut is Vietnam
slog
Posted on Sat Mar 08, 2008 08:25 PM |
You are a freaking genius!!, you solved this puzzle.
You solved this puzzle in 1 hour, 19 minutes and 26 seconds and were the 1st Tanga member to solve it. You earned 110 points for solving this.
A bit of a guess, I'll admit. I don't know what the real method was, but those getting 27 squares are on the right track. Also add
30-91
71-83
81-93
troyer
Posted on Sat Mar 08, 2008 08:24 PM |
[73] That was my guess before googling. Must be getting stumped by diacritics or the like.
mz
Posted on Sat Mar 08, 2008 08:27 PM |
[74] Thank you!!!
steve
Posted on Sat Mar 08, 2008 08:28 PM |
[74] ugh. that's about where we were about to go here (blue just got home), but how were we supposed to fill in to get those? 5th, but kinda meh.
Donimo
Posted on Sat Mar 08, 2008 08:28 PM |
[74] That accounts for the last 10 tiles. Maybe we were just supposed to guess where to place them.
Verve640
Posted on Sat Mar 08, 2008 08:29 PM |
[74] - that's all I needed...6th...
troyer
Posted on Sat Mar 08, 2008 08:29 PM |
[74] Well, that did the trick. Thanks. No idea how you got there, though.