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Are full crosswords allowed here?

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Is it OK to use specific users as part of a puzzle mechanism?

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Generalist Countdown

discussion tags badges site-promotion

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Interactive puzzles?

discussion feature-request scope

answered Dec 1 at 18:34 Rubio♦ 37.6k

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Best puzzles of 2019 Q3 (July - September)?

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answered Nov 28 at 9:17 Stiv 16.2k

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The Riddle Sandbox

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Can we get +10 reputation for upvotes on questions?

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modified Nov 16 at 7:08 Deusovi♦ 83.8k

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Can we have capture-the-flag tags?

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answered Nov 14 at 14:25 Gareth McCaughan♦ 84.1k

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Meta puzzles that don't state the puzzles they rely on - adding difficulty or just wasting time

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modified Nov 13 at 16:39 Rubio♦ 37.6k

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Can we make posts just as parts of a puzzle?

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What are these chatrooms with names like 'Codenames', 'Contact', and 'Spyfall'? What are they for?

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modified Nov 13 at 7:52 Mithical 7,240

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What happens with the questions with no accepted answer?

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answered Nov 12 at 17:02 GentlePurpleRain♦ 22.8k

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Minesweeper problems

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Disputes about content on question?

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modified Nov 6 at 8:13 Glorfindel 18.4k

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Is my timing of giving hints good?

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answered Oct 29 at 14:50 GentlePurpleRain♦ 22.8k

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Filtering by difficulty would allow to extend the user base of the main site

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Enigmatic Puzzle - Eliminate Wrong Paths

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answered Oct 20 at 4:55 Omega Krypton 20.4k

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Rules for Using Puzzles Created Here

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answered Oct 17 at 20:51 Bass 42.8k

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User names with promotion/spam in them

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Puzzles whose creators have asked them not to be shared

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Math problems from a series of stories

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I can't use Imgur, I have to use Scratch instead

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Google Earth Challenges - Should we keep them?

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modified Sep 29 at 23:43 Alconja 34k

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Let's write a proper “Read Me First”

discussion policy new-users

modified Sep 29 at 19:18 Adam 2,237

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What do we do when a question relies on an image that's no longer available?

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Best puzzles of 2019 Q2 (April - June)?

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A collection of Puzzling Tools

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Posting similarly worded questions on meta - how?

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Description for “this looks like a puzzle you found elsewhere” assumes you can vote to re-open

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Partial Answers and “List-of-Clues” puzzles

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modified Sep 23 at 6:38 Rubio♦ 37.6k

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Unsolvable puzzles

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Is “grid-deduction” needed here?

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answered Sep 22 at 10:11 Rubio♦ 37.6k

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The end of open-ended puzzles

discussion tags scope

answered Sep 19 at 0:41 Gareth McCaughan♦ 84.1k

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About NON-open-ended puzzles with multiple answers working towards an optimum

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Why do questions sometimes not appear immediately on the site after asking?

support bug questions

modified Sep 12 at 14:42 Rand al'Thor 90.2k

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Forgot answer…now what?

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answered Sep 12 at 14:34 Rand al'Thor 90.2k

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Are puzzles that overthink their answers appropriate?

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Posting a partial answer [duplicate]

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Using images from elsewhere on the web

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modified Sep 5 at 8:51 Sayed Mohd Ali 1,226

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Why are IQ test questions received so badly on this website?

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answered Aug 30 at 21:31 Deusovi♦ 83.8k

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Posting a mini-puzzle for a hint for another puzzle

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answered Aug 28 at 15:01 GentlePurpleRain♦ 22.8k

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What's the difference between the tags [arithmetic] and [calculation-puzzle]?

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modified Aug 9 at 7:14 Glorfindel 18.4k

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Use of profanity

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answered Aug 8 at 21:15 Stormblessed 109

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Are variations on puzzles with an accepted answer acceptable despite the hints they may give?

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answered Aug 6 at 11:16 Arnaud Mortier 6,874

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Little Lost Robot Discussion

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answered Aug 2 at 15:57 Dark Thunder 3,314

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A checkerboard and eight queens

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Why was my answer severely downvoted?

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Would it be better to break the Grand Grid puzzles into multiple questions?

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