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Geography at the pixel level
Secret messages in the officeUSA geography puzzleLost in Translation: The TestCan you name this town?Where in the world is my friend?A Palindrome ChallengeThe writing is on the wall for these hieroglyphicsWhat can I be? (Second attempt)Charlie slept through geography at school19999 geography, medium difficulty
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The answer is a group of islands.
More properly "geography and language", I suppose.
cipher knowledge language geography
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The answer is a group of islands.
More properly "geography and language", I suppose.
cipher knowledge language geography
asked Apr 9 at 12:09
jafejafe
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I'll just take a moment to appreciate how cleverly made these puzzles are. @jafe you are ingenious. I wonder what you'll do seven puzzles later when you reach your 200th! :D
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@useruser477343 Thanks for the kind words :) Your #100 is just around the corner as well! Anything special planned?
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This is an amazing puzzle - so much packed into so little. You've got a real gift for puzzlecraft and presentation. If you're not publishing somewhere, you should be :)
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– Rubio♦
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@Rubio Thanks <3
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Oh, wait, really?! I had no idea xD Perhaps I will plan something special... perhaps a meta-puzzle will do... we'll soon see ;)
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The answer is a group of islands.
More properly "geography and language", I suppose.
cipher knowledge language geography
asked Apr 9 at 12:09
jafejafe
27.2k479268
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(enlarged version)
The answer is a group of islands.
More properly "geography and language", I suppose.
cipher knowledge language geography
cipher knowledge language geography
asked Apr 9 at 12:09
jafejafe
27.2k479268
asked Apr 9 at 12:09
jafejafe
27.2k479268
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jafe
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I'll just take a moment to appreciate how cleverly made these puzzles are. @jafe you are ingenious. I wonder what you'll do seven puzzles later when you reach your 200th! :D
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– Mr Pie
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@useruser477343 Thanks for the kind words :) Your #100 is just around the corner as well! Anything special planned?
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– jafe
Apr 10 at 12:07
6
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This is an amazing puzzle - so much packed into so little. You've got a real gift for puzzlecraft and presentation. If you're not publishing somewhere, you should be :)
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– Rubio♦
Apr 10 at 20:00
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@Rubio Thanks <3
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– jafe
Apr 11 at 5:56
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Oh, wait, really?! I had no idea xD Perhaps I will plan something special... perhaps a meta-puzzle will do... we'll soon see ;)
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– Mr Pie
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I'll just take a moment to appreciate how cleverly made these puzzles are. @jafe you are ingenious. I wonder what you'll do seven puzzles later when you reach your 200th! :D
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– Mr Pie
Apr 10 at 10:58
1
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@useruser477343 Thanks for the kind words :) Your #100 is just around the corner as well! Anything special planned?
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– jafe
Apr 10 at 12:07
6
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This is an amazing puzzle - so much packed into so little. You've got a real gift for puzzlecraft and presentation. If you're not publishing somewhere, you should be :)
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– Rubio♦
Apr 10 at 20:00
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@Rubio Thanks <3
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– jafe
Apr 11 at 5:56
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Oh, wait, really?! I had no idea xD Perhaps I will plan something special... perhaps a meta-puzzle will do... we'll soon see ;)
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– Mr Pie
Apr 14 at 9:24
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I'll just take a moment to appreciate how cleverly made these puzzles are. @jafe you are ingenious. I wonder what you'll do seven puzzles later when you reach your 200th! :D
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– Mr Pie
Apr 10 at 10:58
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I'll just take a moment to appreciate how cleverly made these puzzles are. @jafe you are ingenious. I wonder what you'll do seven puzzles later when you reach your 200th! :D
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– Mr Pie
Apr 10 at 10:58
1
1
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@useruser477343 Thanks for the kind words :) Your #100 is just around the corner as well! Anything special planned?
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– jafe
Apr 10 at 12:07
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@useruser477343 Thanks for the kind words :) Your #100 is just around the corner as well! Anything special planned?
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– jafe
Apr 10 at 12:07
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6
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This is an amazing puzzle - so much packed into so little. You've got a real gift for puzzlecraft and presentation. If you're not publishing somewhere, you should be :)
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– Rubio♦
Apr 10 at 20:00
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This is an amazing puzzle - so much packed into so little. You've got a real gift for puzzlecraft and presentation. If you're not publishing somewhere, you should be :)
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– Rubio♦
Apr 10 at 20:00
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@Rubio Thanks <3
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– jafe
Apr 11 at 5:56
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@Rubio Thanks <3
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– jafe
Apr 11 at 5:56
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Oh, wait, really?! I had no idea xD Perhaps I will plan something special... perhaps a meta-puzzle will do... we'll soon see ;)
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– Mr Pie
Apr 14 at 9:24
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Looks like
Each section of the image is an 8-letter geographical location or adjective:
1 WOODRING: QR code
2 WATZMANN: Chappe system for semaphore telegraph
3 VICTORIA: just upside-down (and pixelated)
4 TITICACA: Arabic
5 WARUSAWA: Japanese Braille
6 WELIRANG: Morse code
7 MEDELPAD: hexadecimal ASCII
8 SURINAME: Bopomofo
9 SHERWOOD: International Phonetic Alphabet
10 THAILAND: in the negative space
11 SIHLWALD: plain text, spaced out with empty lines
12 GODAVARI: tap code
13 MONROVIA: faces of dice and mathematical operations, decoded with successive results as A1Z26
14 RIONEGRO: higher rows shifted one pixel right
15 NAGALAND: Cyrillic
16 MOLDOVAN: number the inside spaces 1-26, read off each piece as A1Z26
17 MICHIGAN: Shavian
18 SAARLAND: flag semaphore
19 DEMERARA: jigsaw puzzle
20 MANDARIN: Japanese katakana
21 MANDINKA: Moon type
22 EYREWELL: binary in negative space
23 BOTSWANA: Roman numerals in negative space (A1Z26)
24 CANBERRA: Pigpen cipher
25 FUNAFUTI: Futhark runes
26 KINGSTON: Deseret
27 WINNIPEG: each row in the box is binary
28 KIRIBATI: Hebrew
29 SINDARIN: plain text, just really small
30 BELGOROD: T-shaped "arrows" tell the direction of the next letter, and number of pixels behind them tell how far to move.
31 GISHWATI: each row has 26 spaces, read black pixels as A1Z26
32 MISSOURI: Greek
Once all of the places are found,
these fit in 8 categories, having 4 entries each:
$ quad bullet $ Mountains: WATZMANN, WARUSAWA, WELIRANG, WOODRING
$ quad bullet $ Lakes: VICTORIA, TITICACA, WINNIPEG, MICHIGAN
$ quad bullet $ Capital cities: MONROVIA, CANBERRA, FUNAFUTI, KINGSTON
$ quad bullet $ Languages: MOLDOVAN, MANDINKA, MANDARIN, SINDARIN.
$ quad bullet $ Forests: SHERWOOD, SIHLWALD, EYREWELL, GISHWATI
$ quad bullet $ Countries/sovereign states: THAILAND, SURINAME, BOTSWANA, KIRIBATI
$ quad bullet $ Rivers: GODAVARI, RIO NEGRO, MISSOURI, DEMERARA
$ quad bullet $ Provinces/territories: MEDELPAD, NAGALAND, SAARLAND, BELGOROD
Inside each category all the entries have a common letter in the same position, and no letter position is the same between any two categories. These letters spell out WINDWARD, which refers to the Windward Islands.
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I've numbered the individual puzzles, so now it will be easier to refer to them.
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– elias
Apr 9 at 13:23
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Everything's correct. Nice work, everyone!
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– jafe
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Comments by multiple contributors adding to the solution have been moved to chat to preserve their authors without spoiling the solutions. Great teamwork everyone who contributed: elias, Rémi Henry, Ivan García Topete, Brandon_J, Barker, M Oehm, and PiIsNot3, plus the folks who left partial answers :)
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Partial (refer to community wiki for notation)
1:
woodring (by OmegaKrypton)
5:
warusawa [braille] (by elias)
6:
welirang [morse] (by elias) - typo in puzzle, a space missing between the last two characters
9:
sherwood (by OmegaKrypton)
27:
Winnipeg (by Gremlin) - binary pixels
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Some more:
4. Titicaca (Arabic)
12. Godavari (tap code)
22. Eyrewell (inverse binary)
25. Funafuti (futhark)
28. Kiribati (Hebrew)
32. Missouri (Greek)
Other remarks:
The katakana one (20) looks to me as if it says "ma so da ri so" which I can't identify.
answered Apr 9 at 13:34
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ma-so-da-ri-so seems two be 2 characters too long, so probably 'so' needs to be replaced with a single character. mandarin looks like a good solution, but how is that geographical?
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Dunno! I am just as puzzled as you are.
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Ech, I redrew that letter in #20 so many times and now that I look at it it still looks wrong... Mandarin is correct.
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Partial
8.
SURIBAME(?) (Taiwanese Mandarin Zhuyin) -> I think this one should be SURINAME, but the N character is kinda wonky...
29.
SINDARIN (very pixelated letters)
(Will add more as I figure them out)
As for the meta, I have found that
every geographic location can fit into one of eight categories, with each category having four locations - somewhat like a connect wall. I’ve listed the categories here, along with the locations and the regions they represent:
$ quad bullet $ Mountains: WATZMANN (German), WARUSAWA (Japan), WELIRANG (Indonesia), WOODRING (United States)
$ quad bullet $ Lakes: VICTORIA (Tanzania/Uganda), TITICACA (Peru/Bolivia), WINNIPEG (Canada), ???
$ quad bullet $ Forests: SHERWOOD (England), SIHLWALD (Switzerland), EYREWELL (New Zealand), GISHWATI (Rwanda)
$ quad bullet $ Provinces/territories: MEDELPAD (Sweden), NAGALAND (India), SAARLAND (Germany), DEMERARA (Guyana)
$ quad bullet $ Countries/sovereign states: THAILAND (Asia), SURINAME (South America), BOTSWANA (Africa), KIRIBATI (Micronesia/Oceania)
$ quad bullet $ Rivers: GODAVARI (India), RIO NEGRO (Brazil/Venezuela/Colombia), MISSOURI (United States), ???
$ quad bullet $ Capital cities: MONROVIA (Liberia), CANBERRA (Australia), FUNAFUTI (Tuvalu), ???
$ quad bullet $ Languages: MOLDOVAN (Moldova), MANDINKA (Ivory Coast), MANDARIN (China), SINDARIN (fictional/Middle-earth)
So the three unsolved clues must fit into one of three categories: lakes, rivers, and capital cities. Maybe that’ll make things a bit easier?
I’ll add this to the community wiki once the other three clues are solved.
answered Apr 9 at 17:31
PiIsNot3PiIsNot3
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Nice observation, I think I've found the solution based on your idea. I've added it to the community wiki - and it will help us finding the missing 3 entries as well.
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Demerara and Thailand probably should be swapped (if my next observation is correct)
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2:
WATZMANN - Semaphore Telegraph Chappe System
answered Apr 9 at 15:31
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Hey, you found it, too!
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A guess at the final answer based on the clues everyone else solved and Gareth McCaughan's predicted method:
So far taking the most common letter in each position gives:
MINDWANA
That's not an island group, but if we look at the second most common letters:
WARRIORD
So if the missing answers allow the second placed letter to overtake the current leader in positions 1, 7, and 8, we get:
WINDWARDfor the Windward Islands.
answered Apr 10 at 7:11
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Some more:
14.
Rio Negro (every row is shifted to the right one pixel further)
17.
Michigan (in Shavian alphabet)
31.
Gishwati (every row has one pixel, number of pixel corresponds to alphabet number)
Additionally, regarding the final answer,
I think that after all the eight-letter words are discovered, we'll find that there's exactly one letter for each of the 8 positions that doesn't occur in any of the words.
answered Apr 9 at 14:25
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I don't think your guess about the final extraction can be right. E.g., the last letters so far are all ADIGLNO and only eight answers are un-found, so there's no way to eliminate all but one of the possibilities.
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(I'm guessing majority rather than omission.)
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(Though if so then I think at least one of the current majorities must be misleading.)
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Mandarin (japanese katakana -> マンダリン)
@ user Gareth McCaughan♦
I agree that its a bit difficult since the "so"and "n" look a lot like eachother and since its pixels it looks more like a "so"
answered Apr 9 at 13:46
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16.
We have : 13, 15 ; 12 ; 4, 15, 22 ; 1, 14.
It gives us : M O ; L; D O V; A N.
Moldovan
answered Apr 9 at 13:31
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MANDINKA written in Moon type
answered Apr 9 at 23:08
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#26
is Kingston in the Deseret alphabet.
#30
is Belgorod. Start at the beginning of the alphabet. For each arrow, add an offset. Upwards arrows go forward in the alphabet, downward arrows go backwards: start + 2 → B + 3 → E + 7 → L and so on.
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Looks like
Each section of the image is an 8-letter geographical location or adjective:
1 WOODRING: QR code
2 WATZMANN: Chappe system for semaphore telegraph
3 VICTORIA: just upside-down (and pixelated)
4 TITICACA: Arabic
5 WARUSAWA: Japanese Braille
6 WELIRANG: Morse code
7 MEDELPAD: hexadecimal ASCII
8 SURINAME: Bopomofo
9 SHERWOOD: International Phonetic Alphabet
10 THAILAND: in the negative space
11 SIHLWALD: plain text, spaced out with empty lines
12 GODAVARI: tap code
13 MONROVIA: faces of dice and mathematical operations, decoded with successive results as A1Z26
14 RIONEGRO: higher rows shifted one pixel right
15 NAGALAND: Cyrillic
16 MOLDOVAN: number the inside spaces 1-26, read off each piece as A1Z26
17 MICHIGAN: Shavian
18 SAARLAND: flag semaphore
19 DEMERARA: jigsaw puzzle
20 MANDARIN: Japanese katakana
21 MANDINKA: Moon type
22 EYREWELL: binary in negative space
23 BOTSWANA: Roman numerals in negative space (A1Z26)
24 CANBERRA: Pigpen cipher
25 FUNAFUTI: Futhark runes
26 KINGSTON: Deseret
27 WINNIPEG: each row in the box is binary
28 KIRIBATI: Hebrew
29 SINDARIN: plain text, just really small
30 BELGOROD: T-shaped "arrows" tell the direction of the next letter, and number of pixels behind them tell how far to move.
31 GISHWATI: each row has 26 spaces, read black pixels as A1Z26
32 MISSOURI: Greek
Once all of the places are found,
these fit in 8 categories, having 4 entries each:
$ quad bullet $ Mountains: WATZMANN, WARUSAWA, WELIRANG, WOODRING
$ quad bullet $ Lakes: VICTORIA, TITICACA, WINNIPEG, MICHIGAN
$ quad bullet $ Capital cities: MONROVIA, CANBERRA, FUNAFUTI, KINGSTON
$ quad bullet $ Languages: MOLDOVAN, MANDINKA, MANDARIN, SINDARIN.
$ quad bullet $ Forests: SHERWOOD, SIHLWALD, EYREWELL, GISHWATI
$ quad bullet $ Countries/sovereign states: THAILAND, SURINAME, BOTSWANA, KIRIBATI
$ quad bullet $ Rivers: GODAVARI, RIO NEGRO, MISSOURI, DEMERARA
$ quad bullet $ Provinces/territories: MEDELPAD, NAGALAND, SAARLAND, BELGOROD
Inside each category all the entries have a common letter in the same position, and no letter position is the same between any two categories. These letters spell out WINDWARD, which refers to the Windward Islands.
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I've numbered the individual puzzles, so now it will be easier to refer to them.
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– elias
Apr 9 at 13:23
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Everything's correct. Nice work, everyone!
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– jafe
Apr 10 at 8:57
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Comments by multiple contributors adding to the solution have been moved to chat to preserve their authors without spoiling the solutions. Great teamwork everyone who contributed: elias, Rémi Henry, Ivan García Topete, Brandon_J, Barker, M Oehm, and PiIsNot3, plus the folks who left partial answers :)
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– Rubio♦
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Looks like
Each section of the image is an 8-letter geographical location or adjective:
1 WOODRING: QR code
2 WATZMANN: Chappe system for semaphore telegraph
3 VICTORIA: just upside-down (and pixelated)
4 TITICACA: Arabic
5 WARUSAWA: Japanese Braille
6 WELIRANG: Morse code
7 MEDELPAD: hexadecimal ASCII
8 SURINAME: Bopomofo
9 SHERWOOD: International Phonetic Alphabet
10 THAILAND: in the negative space
11 SIHLWALD: plain text, spaced out with empty lines
12 GODAVARI: tap code
13 MONROVIA: faces of dice and mathematical operations, decoded with successive results as A1Z26
14 RIONEGRO: higher rows shifted one pixel right
15 NAGALAND: Cyrillic
16 MOLDOVAN: number the inside spaces 1-26, read off each piece as A1Z26
17 MICHIGAN: Shavian
18 SAARLAND: flag semaphore
19 DEMERARA: jigsaw puzzle
20 MANDARIN: Japanese katakana
21 MANDINKA: Moon type
22 EYREWELL: binary in negative space
23 BOTSWANA: Roman numerals in negative space (A1Z26)
24 CANBERRA: Pigpen cipher
25 FUNAFUTI: Futhark runes
26 KINGSTON: Deseret
27 WINNIPEG: each row in the box is binary
28 KIRIBATI: Hebrew
29 SINDARIN: plain text, just really small
30 BELGOROD: T-shaped "arrows" tell the direction of the next letter, and number of pixels behind them tell how far to move.
31 GISHWATI: each row has 26 spaces, read black pixels as A1Z26
32 MISSOURI: Greek
Once all of the places are found,
these fit in 8 categories, having 4 entries each:
$ quad bullet $ Mountains: WATZMANN, WARUSAWA, WELIRANG, WOODRING
$ quad bullet $ Lakes: VICTORIA, TITICACA, WINNIPEG, MICHIGAN
$ quad bullet $ Capital cities: MONROVIA, CANBERRA, FUNAFUTI, KINGSTON
$ quad bullet $ Languages: MOLDOVAN, MANDINKA, MANDARIN, SINDARIN.
$ quad bullet $ Forests: SHERWOOD, SIHLWALD, EYREWELL, GISHWATI
$ quad bullet $ Countries/sovereign states: THAILAND, SURINAME, BOTSWANA, KIRIBATI
$ quad bullet $ Rivers: GODAVARI, RIO NEGRO, MISSOURI, DEMERARA
$ quad bullet $ Provinces/territories: MEDELPAD, NAGALAND, SAARLAND, BELGOROD
Inside each category all the entries have a common letter in the same position, and no letter position is the same between any two categories. These letters spell out WINDWARD, which refers to the Windward Islands.
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I've numbered the individual puzzles, so now it will be easier to refer to them.
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– elias
Apr 9 at 13:23
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Everything's correct. Nice work, everyone!
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– jafe
Apr 10 at 8:57
2
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Comments by multiple contributors adding to the solution have been moved to chat to preserve their authors without spoiling the solutions. Great teamwork everyone who contributed: elias, Rémi Henry, Ivan García Topete, Brandon_J, Barker, M Oehm, and PiIsNot3, plus the folks who left partial answers :)
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– Rubio♦
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Looks like
Each section of the image is an 8-letter geographical location or adjective:
1 WOODRING: QR code
2 WATZMANN: Chappe system for semaphore telegraph
3 VICTORIA: just upside-down (and pixelated)
4 TITICACA: Arabic
5 WARUSAWA: Japanese Braille
6 WELIRANG: Morse code
7 MEDELPAD: hexadecimal ASCII
8 SURINAME: Bopomofo
9 SHERWOOD: International Phonetic Alphabet
10 THAILAND: in the negative space
11 SIHLWALD: plain text, spaced out with empty lines
12 GODAVARI: tap code
13 MONROVIA: faces of dice and mathematical operations, decoded with successive results as A1Z26
14 RIONEGRO: higher rows shifted one pixel right
15 NAGALAND: Cyrillic
16 MOLDOVAN: number the inside spaces 1-26, read off each piece as A1Z26
17 MICHIGAN: Shavian
18 SAARLAND: flag semaphore
19 DEMERARA: jigsaw puzzle
20 MANDARIN: Japanese katakana
21 MANDINKA: Moon type
22 EYREWELL: binary in negative space
23 BOTSWANA: Roman numerals in negative space (A1Z26)
24 CANBERRA: Pigpen cipher
25 FUNAFUTI: Futhark runes
26 KINGSTON: Deseret
27 WINNIPEG: each row in the box is binary
28 KIRIBATI: Hebrew
29 SINDARIN: plain text, just really small
30 BELGOROD: T-shaped "arrows" tell the direction of the next letter, and number of pixels behind them tell how far to move.
31 GISHWATI: each row has 26 spaces, read black pixels as A1Z26
32 MISSOURI: Greek
Once all of the places are found,
these fit in 8 categories, having 4 entries each:
$ quad bullet $ Mountains: WATZMANN, WARUSAWA, WELIRANG, WOODRING
$ quad bullet $ Lakes: VICTORIA, TITICACA, WINNIPEG, MICHIGAN
$ quad bullet $ Capital cities: MONROVIA, CANBERRA, FUNAFUTI, KINGSTON
$ quad bullet $ Languages: MOLDOVAN, MANDINKA, MANDARIN, SINDARIN.
$ quad bullet $ Forests: SHERWOOD, SIHLWALD, EYREWELL, GISHWATI
$ quad bullet $ Countries/sovereign states: THAILAND, SURINAME, BOTSWANA, KIRIBATI
$ quad bullet $ Rivers: GODAVARI, RIO NEGRO, MISSOURI, DEMERARA
$ quad bullet $ Provinces/territories: MEDELPAD, NAGALAND, SAARLAND, BELGOROD
Inside each category all the entries have a common letter in the same position, and no letter position is the same between any two categories. These letters spell out WINDWARD, which refers to the Windward Islands.
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Looks like
Each section of the image is an 8-letter geographical location or adjective:
1 WOODRING: QR code
2 WATZMANN: Chappe system for semaphore telegraph
3 VICTORIA: just upside-down (and pixelated)
4 TITICACA: Arabic
5 WARUSAWA: Japanese Braille
6 WELIRANG: Morse code
7 MEDELPAD: hexadecimal ASCII
8 SURINAME: Bopomofo
9 SHERWOOD: International Phonetic Alphabet
10 THAILAND: in the negative space
11 SIHLWALD: plain text, spaced out with empty lines
12 GODAVARI: tap code
13 MONROVIA: faces of dice and mathematical operations, decoded with successive results as A1Z26
14 RIONEGRO: higher rows shifted one pixel right
15 NAGALAND: Cyrillic
16 MOLDOVAN: number the inside spaces 1-26, read off each piece as A1Z26
17 MICHIGAN: Shavian
18 SAARLAND: flag semaphore
19 DEMERARA: jigsaw puzzle
20 MANDARIN: Japanese katakana
21 MANDINKA: Moon type
22 EYREWELL: binary in negative space
23 BOTSWANA: Roman numerals in negative space (A1Z26)
24 CANBERRA: Pigpen cipher
25 FUNAFUTI: Futhark runes
26 KINGSTON: Deseret
27 WINNIPEG: each row in the box is binary
28 KIRIBATI: Hebrew
29 SINDARIN: plain text, just really small
30 BELGOROD: T-shaped "arrows" tell the direction of the next letter, and number of pixels behind them tell how far to move.
31 GISHWATI: each row has 26 spaces, read black pixels as A1Z26
32 MISSOURI: Greek
Once all of the places are found,
these fit in 8 categories, having 4 entries each:
$ quad bullet $ Mountains: WATZMANN, WARUSAWA, WELIRANG, WOODRING
$ quad bullet $ Lakes: VICTORIA, TITICACA, WINNIPEG, MICHIGAN
$ quad bullet $ Capital cities: MONROVIA, CANBERRA, FUNAFUTI, KINGSTON
$ quad bullet $ Languages: MOLDOVAN, MANDINKA, MANDARIN, SINDARIN.
$ quad bullet $ Forests: SHERWOOD, SIHLWALD, EYREWELL, GISHWATI
$ quad bullet $ Countries/sovereign states: THAILAND, SURINAME, BOTSWANA, KIRIBATI
$ quad bullet $ Rivers: GODAVARI, RIO NEGRO, MISSOURI, DEMERARA
$ quad bullet $ Provinces/territories: MEDELPAD, NAGALAND, SAARLAND, BELGOROD
Inside each category all the entries have a common letter in the same position, and no letter position is the same between any two categories. These letters spell out WINDWARD, which refers to the Windward Islands.
edited Apr 11 at 6:11
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elias
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I've numbered the individual puzzles, so now it will be easier to refer to them.
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– elias
Apr 9 at 13:23
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Everything's correct. Nice work, everyone!
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– jafe
Apr 10 at 8:57
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Comments by multiple contributors adding to the solution have been moved to chat to preserve their authors without spoiling the solutions. Great teamwork everyone who contributed: elias, Rémi Henry, Ivan García Topete, Brandon_J, Barker, M Oehm, and PiIsNot3, plus the folks who left partial answers :)
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– Rubio♦
Apr 13 at 3:28
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I've numbered the individual puzzles, so now it will be easier to refer to them.
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– elias
Apr 9 at 13:23
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Everything's correct. Nice work, everyone!
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– jafe
Apr 10 at 8:57
2
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Comments by multiple contributors adding to the solution have been moved to chat to preserve their authors without spoiling the solutions. Great teamwork everyone who contributed: elias, Rémi Henry, Ivan García Topete, Brandon_J, Barker, M Oehm, and PiIsNot3, plus the folks who left partial answers :)
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– Rubio♦
Apr 13 at 3:28
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I've numbered the individual puzzles, so now it will be easier to refer to them.
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– elias
Apr 9 at 13:23
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I've numbered the individual puzzles, so now it will be easier to refer to them.
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– elias
Apr 9 at 13:23
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Everything's correct. Nice work, everyone!
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– jafe
Apr 10 at 8:57
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Everything's correct. Nice work, everyone!
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– jafe
Apr 10 at 8:57
2
2
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Comments by multiple contributors adding to the solution have been moved to chat to preserve their authors without spoiling the solutions. Great teamwork everyone who contributed: elias, Rémi Henry, Ivan García Topete, Brandon_J, Barker, M Oehm, and PiIsNot3, plus the folks who left partial answers :)
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– Rubio♦
Apr 13 at 3:28
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Comments by multiple contributors adding to the solution have been moved to chat to preserve their authors without spoiling the solutions. Great teamwork everyone who contributed: elias, Rémi Henry, Ivan García Topete, Brandon_J, Barker, M Oehm, and PiIsNot3, plus the folks who left partial answers :)
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– Rubio♦
Apr 13 at 3:28
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Partial (refer to community wiki for notation)
1:
woodring (by OmegaKrypton)
5:
warusawa [braille] (by elias)
6:
welirang [morse] (by elias) - typo in puzzle, a space missing between the last two characters
9:
sherwood (by OmegaKrypton)
27:
Winnipeg (by Gremlin) - binary pixels
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Partial (refer to community wiki for notation)
1:
woodring (by OmegaKrypton)
5:
warusawa [braille] (by elias)
6:
welirang [morse] (by elias) - typo in puzzle, a space missing between the last two characters
9:
sherwood (by OmegaKrypton)
27:
Winnipeg (by Gremlin) - binary pixels
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add a comment |
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Partial (refer to community wiki for notation)
1:
woodring (by OmegaKrypton)
5:
warusawa [braille] (by elias)
6:
welirang [morse] (by elias) - typo in puzzle, a space missing between the last two characters
9:
sherwood (by OmegaKrypton)
27:
Winnipeg (by Gremlin) - binary pixels
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Partial (refer to community wiki for notation)
1:
woodring (by OmegaKrypton)
5:
warusawa [braille] (by elias)
6:
welirang [morse] (by elias) - typo in puzzle, a space missing between the last two characters
9:
sherwood (by OmegaKrypton)
27:
Winnipeg (by Gremlin) - binary pixels
edited Apr 9 at 15:35
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Omega Krypton
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Some more:
4. Titicaca (Arabic)
12. Godavari (tap code)
22. Eyrewell (inverse binary)
25. Funafuti (futhark)
28. Kiribati (Hebrew)
32. Missouri (Greek)
Other remarks:
The katakana one (20) looks to me as if it says "ma so da ri so" which I can't identify.
answered Apr 9 at 13:34
Gareth McCaughan♦Gareth McCaughan
69.5k3175272
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3
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ma-so-da-ri-so seems two be 2 characters too long, so probably 'so' needs to be replaced with a single character. mandarin looks like a good solution, but how is that geographical?
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– elias
Apr 9 at 13:48
2
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Dunno! I am just as puzzled as you are.
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– Gareth McCaughan♦
Apr 9 at 13:49
1
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Ech, I redrew that letter in #20 so many times and now that I look at it it still looks wrong... Mandarin is correct.
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– jafe
Apr 9 at 16:17
add a comment |
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Some more:
4. Titicaca (Arabic)
12. Godavari (tap code)
22. Eyrewell (inverse binary)
25. Funafuti (futhark)
28. Kiribati (Hebrew)
32. Missouri (Greek)
Other remarks:
The katakana one (20) looks to me as if it says "ma so da ri so" which I can't identify.
answered Apr 9 at 13:34
Gareth McCaughan♦Gareth McCaughan
69.5k3175272
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3
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ma-so-da-ri-so seems two be 2 characters too long, so probably 'so' needs to be replaced with a single character. mandarin looks like a good solution, but how is that geographical?
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– elias
Apr 9 at 13:48
2
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Dunno! I am just as puzzled as you are.
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– Gareth McCaughan♦
Apr 9 at 13:49
1
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Ech, I redrew that letter in #20 so many times and now that I look at it it still looks wrong... Mandarin is correct.
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– jafe
Apr 9 at 16:17
add a comment |
$begingroup$
Some more:
4. Titicaca (Arabic)
12. Godavari (tap code)
22. Eyrewell (inverse binary)
25. Funafuti (futhark)
28. Kiribati (Hebrew)
32. Missouri (Greek)
Other remarks:
The katakana one (20) looks to me as if it says "ma so da ri so" which I can't identify.
answered Apr 9 at 13:34
Gareth McCaughan♦Gareth McCaughan
69.5k3175272
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Some more:
4. Titicaca (Arabic)
12. Godavari (tap code)
22. Eyrewell (inverse binary)
25. Funafuti (futhark)
28. Kiribati (Hebrew)
32. Missouri (Greek)
Other remarks:
The katakana one (20) looks to me as if it says "ma so da ri so" which I can't identify.
answered Apr 9 at 13:34
Gareth McCaughan♦Gareth McCaughan
69.5k3175272
edited Apr 9 at 13:43
answered Apr 9 at 13:34
Gareth McCaughan♦Gareth McCaughan
69.5k3175272
answered Apr 9 at 13:34
Gareth McCaughan♦Gareth McCaughan
69.5k3175272
answered Apr 9 at 13:34
Gareth McCaughan♦Gareth McCaughan
69.5k3175272
69.5k3175272
3
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ma-so-da-ri-so seems two be 2 characters too long, so probably 'so' needs to be replaced with a single character. mandarin looks like a good solution, but how is that geographical?
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– elias
Apr 9 at 13:48
2
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Dunno! I am just as puzzled as you are.
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– Gareth McCaughan♦
Apr 9 at 13:49
1
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Ech, I redrew that letter in #20 so many times and now that I look at it it still looks wrong... Mandarin is correct.
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– jafe
Apr 9 at 16:17
add a comment |
3
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ma-so-da-ri-so seems two be 2 characters too long, so probably 'so' needs to be replaced with a single character. mandarin looks like a good solution, but how is that geographical?
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– elias
Apr 9 at 13:48
2
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Dunno! I am just as puzzled as you are.
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– Gareth McCaughan♦
Apr 9 at 13:49
1
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Ech, I redrew that letter in #20 so many times and now that I look at it it still looks wrong... Mandarin is correct.
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– jafe
Apr 9 at 16:17
3
3
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ma-so-da-ri-so seems two be 2 characters too long, so probably 'so' needs to be replaced with a single character. mandarin looks like a good solution, but how is that geographical?
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– elias
Apr 9 at 13:48
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ma-so-da-ri-so seems two be 2 characters too long, so probably 'so' needs to be replaced with a single character. mandarin looks like a good solution, but how is that geographical?
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– elias
Apr 9 at 13:48
2
2
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Dunno! I am just as puzzled as you are.
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– Gareth McCaughan♦
Apr 9 at 13:49
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Dunno! I am just as puzzled as you are.
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– Gareth McCaughan♦
Apr 9 at 13:49
1
1
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Ech, I redrew that letter in #20 so many times and now that I look at it it still looks wrong... Mandarin is correct.
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– jafe
Apr 9 at 16:17
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Ech, I redrew that letter in #20 so many times and now that I look at it it still looks wrong... Mandarin is correct.
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– jafe
Apr 9 at 16:17
add a comment |
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Partial
8.
SURIBAME(?) (Taiwanese Mandarin Zhuyin) -> I think this one should be SURINAME, but the N character is kinda wonky...
29.
SINDARIN (very pixelated letters)
(Will add more as I figure them out)
As for the meta, I have found that
every geographic location can fit into one of eight categories, with each category having four locations - somewhat like a connect wall. I’ve listed the categories here, along with the locations and the regions they represent:
$ quad bullet $ Mountains: WATZMANN (German), WARUSAWA (Japan), WELIRANG (Indonesia), WOODRING (United States)
$ quad bullet $ Lakes: VICTORIA (Tanzania/Uganda), TITICACA (Peru/Bolivia), WINNIPEG (Canada), ???
$ quad bullet $ Forests: SHERWOOD (England), SIHLWALD (Switzerland), EYREWELL (New Zealand), GISHWATI (Rwanda)
$ quad bullet $ Provinces/territories: MEDELPAD (Sweden), NAGALAND (India), SAARLAND (Germany), DEMERARA (Guyana)
$ quad bullet $ Countries/sovereign states: THAILAND (Asia), SURINAME (South America), BOTSWANA (Africa), KIRIBATI (Micronesia/Oceania)
$ quad bullet $ Rivers: GODAVARI (India), RIO NEGRO (Brazil/Venezuela/Colombia), MISSOURI (United States), ???
$ quad bullet $ Capital cities: MONROVIA (Liberia), CANBERRA (Australia), FUNAFUTI (Tuvalu), ???
$ quad bullet $ Languages: MOLDOVAN (Moldova), MANDINKA (Ivory Coast), MANDARIN (China), SINDARIN (fictional/Middle-earth)
So the three unsolved clues must fit into one of three categories: lakes, rivers, and capital cities. Maybe that’ll make things a bit easier?
I’ll add this to the community wiki once the other three clues are solved.
answered Apr 9 at 17:31
PiIsNot3PiIsNot3
3,340645
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1
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Nice observation, I think I've found the solution based on your idea. I've added it to the community wiki - and it will help us finding the missing 3 entries as well.
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– elias
Apr 10 at 8:32
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Demerara and Thailand probably should be swapped (if my next observation is correct)
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– elias
Apr 10 at 8:35
add a comment |
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Partial
8.
SURIBAME(?) (Taiwanese Mandarin Zhuyin) -> I think this one should be SURINAME, but the N character is kinda wonky...
29.
SINDARIN (very pixelated letters)
(Will add more as I figure them out)
As for the meta, I have found that
every geographic location can fit into one of eight categories, with each category having four locations - somewhat like a connect wall. I’ve listed the categories here, along with the locations and the regions they represent:
$ quad bullet $ Mountains: WATZMANN (German), WARUSAWA (Japan), WELIRANG (Indonesia), WOODRING (United States)
$ quad bullet $ Lakes: VICTORIA (Tanzania/Uganda), TITICACA (Peru/Bolivia), WINNIPEG (Canada), ???
$ quad bullet $ Forests: SHERWOOD (England), SIHLWALD (Switzerland), EYREWELL (New Zealand), GISHWATI (Rwanda)
$ quad bullet $ Provinces/territories: MEDELPAD (Sweden), NAGALAND (India), SAARLAND (Germany), DEMERARA (Guyana)
$ quad bullet $ Countries/sovereign states: THAILAND (Asia), SURINAME (South America), BOTSWANA (Africa), KIRIBATI (Micronesia/Oceania)
$ quad bullet $ Rivers: GODAVARI (India), RIO NEGRO (Brazil/Venezuela/Colombia), MISSOURI (United States), ???
$ quad bullet $ Capital cities: MONROVIA (Liberia), CANBERRA (Australia), FUNAFUTI (Tuvalu), ???
$ quad bullet $ Languages: MOLDOVAN (Moldova), MANDINKA (Ivory Coast), MANDARIN (China), SINDARIN (fictional/Middle-earth)
So the three unsolved clues must fit into one of three categories: lakes, rivers, and capital cities. Maybe that’ll make things a bit easier?
I’ll add this to the community wiki once the other three clues are solved.
answered Apr 9 at 17:31
PiIsNot3PiIsNot3
3,340645
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1
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Nice observation, I think I've found the solution based on your idea. I've added it to the community wiki - and it will help us finding the missing 3 entries as well.
$endgroup$
– elias
Apr 10 at 8:32
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Demerara and Thailand probably should be swapped (if my next observation is correct)
$endgroup$
– elias
Apr 10 at 8:35
add a comment |
$begingroup$
Partial
8.
SURIBAME(?) (Taiwanese Mandarin Zhuyin) -> I think this one should be SURINAME, but the N character is kinda wonky...
29.
SINDARIN (very pixelated letters)
(Will add more as I figure them out)
As for the meta, I have found that
every geographic location can fit into one of eight categories, with each category having four locations - somewhat like a connect wall. I’ve listed the categories here, along with the locations and the regions they represent:
$ quad bullet $ Mountains: WATZMANN (German), WARUSAWA (Japan), WELIRANG (Indonesia), WOODRING (United States)
$ quad bullet $ Lakes: VICTORIA (Tanzania/Uganda), TITICACA (Peru/Bolivia), WINNIPEG (Canada), ???
$ quad bullet $ Forests: SHERWOOD (England), SIHLWALD (Switzerland), EYREWELL (New Zealand), GISHWATI (Rwanda)
$ quad bullet $ Provinces/territories: MEDELPAD (Sweden), NAGALAND (India), SAARLAND (Germany), DEMERARA (Guyana)
$ quad bullet $ Countries/sovereign states: THAILAND (Asia), SURINAME (South America), BOTSWANA (Africa), KIRIBATI (Micronesia/Oceania)
$ quad bullet $ Rivers: GODAVARI (India), RIO NEGRO (Brazil/Venezuela/Colombia), MISSOURI (United States), ???
$ quad bullet $ Capital cities: MONROVIA (Liberia), CANBERRA (Australia), FUNAFUTI (Tuvalu), ???
$ quad bullet $ Languages: MOLDOVAN (Moldova), MANDINKA (Ivory Coast), MANDARIN (China), SINDARIN (fictional/Middle-earth)
So the three unsolved clues must fit into one of three categories: lakes, rivers, and capital cities. Maybe that’ll make things a bit easier?
I’ll add this to the community wiki once the other three clues are solved.
answered Apr 9 at 17:31
PiIsNot3PiIsNot3
3,340645
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Partial
8.
SURIBAME(?) (Taiwanese Mandarin Zhuyin) -> I think this one should be SURINAME, but the N character is kinda wonky...
29.
SINDARIN (very pixelated letters)
(Will add more as I figure them out)
As for the meta, I have found that
every geographic location can fit into one of eight categories, with each category having four locations - somewhat like a connect wall. I’ve listed the categories here, along with the locations and the regions they represent:
$ quad bullet $ Mountains: WATZMANN (German), WARUSAWA (Japan), WELIRANG (Indonesia), WOODRING (United States)
$ quad bullet $ Lakes: VICTORIA (Tanzania/Uganda), TITICACA (Peru/Bolivia), WINNIPEG (Canada), ???
$ quad bullet $ Forests: SHERWOOD (England), SIHLWALD (Switzerland), EYREWELL (New Zealand), GISHWATI (Rwanda)
$ quad bullet $ Provinces/territories: MEDELPAD (Sweden), NAGALAND (India), SAARLAND (Germany), DEMERARA (Guyana)
$ quad bullet $ Countries/sovereign states: THAILAND (Asia), SURINAME (South America), BOTSWANA (Africa), KIRIBATI (Micronesia/Oceania)
$ quad bullet $ Rivers: GODAVARI (India), RIO NEGRO (Brazil/Venezuela/Colombia), MISSOURI (United States), ???
$ quad bullet $ Capital cities: MONROVIA (Liberia), CANBERRA (Australia), FUNAFUTI (Tuvalu), ???
$ quad bullet $ Languages: MOLDOVAN (Moldova), MANDINKA (Ivory Coast), MANDARIN (China), SINDARIN (fictional/Middle-earth)
So the three unsolved clues must fit into one of three categories: lakes, rivers, and capital cities. Maybe that’ll make things a bit easier?
I’ll add this to the community wiki once the other three clues are solved.
answered Apr 9 at 17:31
PiIsNot3PiIsNot3
3,340645
edited Apr 10 at 6:54
answered Apr 9 at 17:31
PiIsNot3PiIsNot3
3,340645
answered Apr 9 at 17:31
PiIsNot3PiIsNot3
3,340645
answered Apr 9 at 17:31
PiIsNot3PiIsNot3
3,340645
3,340645
1
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Nice observation, I think I've found the solution based on your idea. I've added it to the community wiki - and it will help us finding the missing 3 entries as well.
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– elias
Apr 10 at 8:32
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Demerara and Thailand probably should be swapped (if my next observation is correct)
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– elias
Apr 10 at 8:35
add a comment |
1
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Nice observation, I think I've found the solution based on your idea. I've added it to the community wiki - and it will help us finding the missing 3 entries as well.
$endgroup$
– elias
Apr 10 at 8:32
$begingroup$
Demerara and Thailand probably should be swapped (if my next observation is correct)
$endgroup$
– elias
Apr 10 at 8:35
1
1
$begingroup$
Nice observation, I think I've found the solution based on your idea. I've added it to the community wiki - and it will help us finding the missing 3 entries as well.
$endgroup$
– elias
Apr 10 at 8:32
$begingroup$
Nice observation, I think I've found the solution based on your idea. I've added it to the community wiki - and it will help us finding the missing 3 entries as well.
$endgroup$
– elias
Apr 10 at 8:32
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Demerara and Thailand probably should be swapped (if my next observation is correct)
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– elias
Apr 10 at 8:35
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Demerara and Thailand probably should be swapped (if my next observation is correct)
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– elias
Apr 10 at 8:35
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2:
WATZMANN - Semaphore Telegraph Chappe System
answered Apr 9 at 15:31
LeppyR64LeppyR64
11.1k23859
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Hey, you found it, too!
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– Brandon_J
Apr 9 at 15:32
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2:
WATZMANN - Semaphore Telegraph Chappe System
answered Apr 9 at 15:31
LeppyR64LeppyR64
11.1k23859
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2
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Hey, you found it, too!
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– Brandon_J
Apr 9 at 15:32
add a comment |
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2:
WATZMANN - Semaphore Telegraph Chappe System
answered Apr 9 at 15:31
LeppyR64LeppyR64
11.1k23859
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2:
WATZMANN - Semaphore Telegraph Chappe System
answered Apr 9 at 15:31
LeppyR64LeppyR64
11.1k23859
answered Apr 9 at 15:31
LeppyR64LeppyR64
11.1k23859
answered Apr 9 at 15:31
LeppyR64LeppyR64
11.1k23859
answered Apr 9 at 15:31
LeppyR64LeppyR64
11.1k23859
11.1k23859
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Hey, you found it, too!
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– Brandon_J
Apr 9 at 15:32
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2
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Hey, you found it, too!
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– Brandon_J
Apr 9 at 15:32
2
2
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Hey, you found it, too!
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– Brandon_J
Apr 9 at 15:32
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Hey, you found it, too!
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– Brandon_J
Apr 9 at 15:32
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A guess at the final answer based on the clues everyone else solved and Gareth McCaughan's predicted method:
So far taking the most common letter in each position gives:
MINDWANA
That's not an island group, but if we look at the second most common letters:
WARRIORD
So if the missing answers allow the second placed letter to overtake the current leader in positions 1, 7, and 8, we get:
WINDWARDfor the Windward Islands.
answered Apr 10 at 7:11
ErgwunErgwun
2,590712
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A guess at the final answer based on the clues everyone else solved and Gareth McCaughan's predicted method:
So far taking the most common letter in each position gives:
MINDWANA
That's not an island group, but if we look at the second most common letters:
WARRIORD
So if the missing answers allow the second placed letter to overtake the current leader in positions 1, 7, and 8, we get:
WINDWARDfor the Windward Islands.
answered Apr 10 at 7:11
ErgwunErgwun
2,590712
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A guess at the final answer based on the clues everyone else solved and Gareth McCaughan's predicted method:
So far taking the most common letter in each position gives:
MINDWANA
That's not an island group, but if we look at the second most common letters:
WARRIORD
So if the missing answers allow the second placed letter to overtake the current leader in positions 1, 7, and 8, we get:
WINDWARDfor the Windward Islands.
answered Apr 10 at 7:11
ErgwunErgwun
2,590712
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A guess at the final answer based on the clues everyone else solved and Gareth McCaughan's predicted method:
So far taking the most common letter in each position gives:
MINDWANA
That's not an island group, but if we look at the second most common letters:
WARRIORD
So if the missing answers allow the second placed letter to overtake the current leader in positions 1, 7, and 8, we get:
WINDWARDfor the Windward Islands.
answered Apr 10 at 7:11
ErgwunErgwun
2,590712
answered Apr 10 at 7:11
ErgwunErgwun
2,590712
answered Apr 10 at 7:11
ErgwunErgwun
2,590712
answered Apr 10 at 7:11
ErgwunErgwun
2,590712
2,590712
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Some more:
14.
Rio Negro (every row is shifted to the right one pixel further)
17.
Michigan (in Shavian alphabet)
31.
Gishwati (every row has one pixel, number of pixel corresponds to alphabet number)
Additionally, regarding the final answer,
I think that after all the eight-letter words are discovered, we'll find that there's exactly one letter for each of the 8 positions that doesn't occur in any of the words.
answered Apr 9 at 14:25
NeoNeo
2013
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I don't think your guess about the final extraction can be right. E.g., the last letters so far are all ADIGLNO and only eight answers are un-found, so there's no way to eliminate all but one of the possibilities.
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– Gareth McCaughan♦
Apr 9 at 16:23
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(I'm guessing majority rather than omission.)
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– Gareth McCaughan♦
Apr 9 at 16:26
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(Though if so then I think at least one of the current majorities must be misleading.)
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– Gareth McCaughan♦
Apr 9 at 16:28
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Some more:
14.
Rio Negro (every row is shifted to the right one pixel further)
17.
Michigan (in Shavian alphabet)
31.
Gishwati (every row has one pixel, number of pixel corresponds to alphabet number)
Additionally, regarding the final answer,
I think that after all the eight-letter words are discovered, we'll find that there's exactly one letter for each of the 8 positions that doesn't occur in any of the words.
answered Apr 9 at 14:25
NeoNeo
2013
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2
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I don't think your guess about the final extraction can be right. E.g., the last letters so far are all ADIGLNO and only eight answers are un-found, so there's no way to eliminate all but one of the possibilities.
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– Gareth McCaughan♦
Apr 9 at 16:23
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(I'm guessing majority rather than omission.)
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– Gareth McCaughan♦
Apr 9 at 16:26
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(Though if so then I think at least one of the current majorities must be misleading.)
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– Gareth McCaughan♦
Apr 9 at 16:28
add a comment |
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Some more:
14.
Rio Negro (every row is shifted to the right one pixel further)
17.
Michigan (in Shavian alphabet)
31.
Gishwati (every row has one pixel, number of pixel corresponds to alphabet number)
Additionally, regarding the final answer,
I think that after all the eight-letter words are discovered, we'll find that there's exactly one letter for each of the 8 positions that doesn't occur in any of the words.
answered Apr 9 at 14:25
NeoNeo
2013
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Some more:
14.
Rio Negro (every row is shifted to the right one pixel further)
17.
Michigan (in Shavian alphabet)
31.
Gishwati (every row has one pixel, number of pixel corresponds to alphabet number)
Additionally, regarding the final answer,
I think that after all the eight-letter words are discovered, we'll find that there's exactly one letter for each of the 8 positions that doesn't occur in any of the words.
answered Apr 9 at 14:25
NeoNeo
2013
edited Apr 10 at 8:44
answered Apr 9 at 14:25
NeoNeo
2013
answered Apr 9 at 14:25
NeoNeo
2013
answered Apr 9 at 14:25
NeoNeo
2013
2013
2
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I don't think your guess about the final extraction can be right. E.g., the last letters so far are all ADIGLNO and only eight answers are un-found, so there's no way to eliminate all but one of the possibilities.
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– Gareth McCaughan♦
Apr 9 at 16:23
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(I'm guessing majority rather than omission.)
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– Gareth McCaughan♦
Apr 9 at 16:26
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(Though if so then I think at least one of the current majorities must be misleading.)
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– Gareth McCaughan♦
Apr 9 at 16:28
add a comment |
2
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I don't think your guess about the final extraction can be right. E.g., the last letters so far are all ADIGLNO and only eight answers are un-found, so there's no way to eliminate all but one of the possibilities.
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– Gareth McCaughan♦
Apr 9 at 16:23
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(I'm guessing majority rather than omission.)
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– Gareth McCaughan♦
Apr 9 at 16:26
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(Though if so then I think at least one of the current majorities must be misleading.)
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– Gareth McCaughan♦
Apr 9 at 16:28
2
2
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I don't think your guess about the final extraction can be right. E.g., the last letters so far are all ADIGLNO and only eight answers are un-found, so there's no way to eliminate all but one of the possibilities.
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– Gareth McCaughan♦
Apr 9 at 16:23
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I don't think your guess about the final extraction can be right. E.g., the last letters so far are all ADIGLNO and only eight answers are un-found, so there's no way to eliminate all but one of the possibilities.
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– Gareth McCaughan♦
Apr 9 at 16:23
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(I'm guessing majority rather than omission.)
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– Gareth McCaughan♦
Apr 9 at 16:26
$begingroup$
(I'm guessing majority rather than omission.)
$endgroup$
– Gareth McCaughan♦
Apr 9 at 16:26
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(Though if so then I think at least one of the current majorities must be misleading.)
$endgroup$
– Gareth McCaughan♦
Apr 9 at 16:28
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(Though if so then I think at least one of the current majorities must be misleading.)
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– Gareth McCaughan♦
Apr 9 at 16:28
add a comment |
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20.
Mandarin (japanese katakana -> マンダリン)
@ user Gareth McCaughan♦
I agree that its a bit difficult since the "so"and "n" look a lot like eachother and since its pixels it looks more like a "so"
answered Apr 9 at 13:46
DanielleDanielle
1014
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20.
Mandarin (japanese katakana -> マンダリン)
@ user Gareth McCaughan♦
I agree that its a bit difficult since the "so"and "n" look a lot like eachother and since its pixels it looks more like a "so"
answered Apr 9 at 13:46
DanielleDanielle
1014
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add a comment |
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20.
Mandarin (japanese katakana -> マンダリン)
@ user Gareth McCaughan♦
I agree that its a bit difficult since the "so"and "n" look a lot like eachother and since its pixels it looks more like a "so"
answered Apr 9 at 13:46
DanielleDanielle
1014
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20.
Mandarin (japanese katakana -> マンダリン)
@ user Gareth McCaughan♦
I agree that its a bit difficult since the "so"and "n" look a lot like eachother and since its pixels it looks more like a "so"
answered Apr 9 at 13:46
DanielleDanielle
1014
edited Apr 10 at 13:52
answered Apr 9 at 13:46
DanielleDanielle
1014
answered Apr 9 at 13:46
DanielleDanielle
1014
answered Apr 9 at 13:46
DanielleDanielle
1014
1014
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16.
We have : 13, 15 ; 12 ; 4, 15, 22 ; 1, 14.
It gives us : M O ; L; D O V; A N.
Moldovan
answered Apr 9 at 13:31
Rémi HenryRémi Henry
1,095220
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16.
We have : 13, 15 ; 12 ; 4, 15, 22 ; 1, 14.
It gives us : M O ; L; D O V; A N.
Moldovan
answered Apr 9 at 13:31
Rémi HenryRémi Henry
1,095220
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16.
We have : 13, 15 ; 12 ; 4, 15, 22 ; 1, 14.
It gives us : M O ; L; D O V; A N.
Moldovan
answered Apr 9 at 13:31
Rémi HenryRémi Henry
1,095220
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16.
We have : 13, 15 ; 12 ; 4, 15, 22 ; 1, 14.
It gives us : M O ; L; D O V; A N.
Moldovan
answered Apr 9 at 13:31
Rémi HenryRémi Henry
1,095220
answered Apr 9 at 13:31
Rémi HenryRémi Henry
1,095220
answered Apr 9 at 13:31
Rémi HenryRémi Henry
1,095220
answered Apr 9 at 13:31
Rémi HenryRémi Henry
1,095220
1,095220
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21:
MANDINKA written in Moon type
answered Apr 9 at 23:08
formicaformica
994412
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21:
MANDINKA written in Moon type
answered Apr 9 at 23:08
formicaformica
994412
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21:
MANDINKA written in Moon type
answered Apr 9 at 23:08
formicaformica
994412
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21:
MANDINKA written in Moon type
answered Apr 9 at 23:08
formicaformica
994412
answered Apr 9 at 23:08
formicaformica
994412
answered Apr 9 at 23:08
formicaformica
994412
answered Apr 9 at 23:08
formicaformica
994412
994412
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#26
is Kingston in the Deseret alphabet.
#30
is Belgorod. Start at the beginning of the alphabet. For each arrow, add an offset. Upwards arrows go forward in the alphabet, downward arrows go backwards: start + 2 → B + 3 → E + 7 → L and so on.
answered Apr 10 at 8:53
M OehmM Oehm
38.5k2118177
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#26
is Kingston in the Deseret alphabet.
#30
is Belgorod. Start at the beginning of the alphabet. For each arrow, add an offset. Upwards arrows go forward in the alphabet, downward arrows go backwards: start + 2 → B + 3 → E + 7 → L and so on.
answered Apr 10 at 8:53
M OehmM Oehm
38.5k2118177
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add a comment |
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#26
is Kingston in the Deseret alphabet.
#30
is Belgorod. Start at the beginning of the alphabet. For each arrow, add an offset. Upwards arrows go forward in the alphabet, downward arrows go backwards: start + 2 → B + 3 → E + 7 → L and so on.
answered Apr 10 at 8:53
M OehmM Oehm
38.5k2118177
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#26
is Kingston in the Deseret alphabet.
#30
is Belgorod. Start at the beginning of the alphabet. For each arrow, add an offset. Upwards arrows go forward in the alphabet, downward arrows go backwards: start + 2 → B + 3 → E + 7 → L and so on.
answered Apr 10 at 8:53
M OehmM Oehm
38.5k2118177
answered Apr 10 at 8:53
M OehmM Oehm
38.5k2118177
answered Apr 10 at 8:53
M OehmM Oehm
38.5k2118177
answered Apr 10 at 8:53
M OehmM Oehm
38.5k2118177
38.5k2118177
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I'll just take a moment to appreciate how cleverly made these puzzles are. @jafe you are ingenious. I wonder what you'll do seven puzzles later when you reach your 200th! :D
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@useruser477343 Thanks for the kind words :) Your #100 is just around the corner as well! Anything special planned?
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This is an amazing puzzle - so much packed into so little. You've got a real gift for puzzlecraft and presentation. If you're not publishing somewhere, you should be :)
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@Rubio Thanks <3
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– jafe
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Oh, wait, really?! I had no idea xD Perhaps I will plan something special... perhaps a meta-puzzle will do... we'll soon see ;)
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