Lösungscode: The 'extra word' in the tray, followed by the hidden (untiled) word in column 8, followed by the first five digits of Row 9 (left to right)
am 27. Januar 2025, 00:35 Uhr von BenTen
Thank you so much for this journey of a puzzle. I came here from your latest mystery puzzle, Multiplicity (which I am a little stuck, but will return to). I do like Scrabble so I though I would give this one a try.
I had so few of the answers to the clues to start with, but there are many pieces of information you can gather from the clues, the score values and ultimately from doing some sudoku, I was able to piece together what little I had and start forming some sort of picture.
It was so satisfying to finally get some validation that the letters were correct and the values started to match!
I managed to complete in 85 minutes, to which I am giving myself a pat on the back. (I also got the solution code on the first try, which surprised me!)
Very enjoyable puzzle and super satisfying to solve. Thank you.
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Thank you so much for the kind words and the detailed feedback, I'm thrilled you had a great time with it -- and a great solve time too! As yes, for sure there is a lot in this puzzle, and it's really satisfying to hear your progression through it all, since it's exactly what I'd hope, that there could be multiple possible starting points from which to build upon
And about Multiplicity, lots of people are stuck on it, and I think the small size of the example puzzle is to blame for it, but at the same time, it's likely that a larger example would have led to even more hypotheses and coincidences. But my hope with these mystery puzzles is that solvers can get something from them even if they don't manage to find the answer. Whatever the case may be, thanks for your interest in that puzzle as well!
am 5. Oktober 2024, 21:37 Uhr von Kafkapharnaum
(Difficulty update)
am 4. Oktober 2024, 16:48 Uhr von lstefan2002
I am more than happy that I managed to solve this :)) a beautiful nonetheless! Thank you for the 2 hours of fun that I had solving this <3
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Thank you so much for the solve and kind words, and bravo for pulling through! I'm very pleased to hear you had fun solving the puzzle :D
am 30. September 2024, 03:46 Uhr von MattYDdraig
The solution code was fun to try to get with no letters on my grid ;)
Seriously, this was a great puzzle.
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Hahaha, yeah I would imagine XD! Major congrats again solving this with the handicap of being on mobile AND then finding the solution code, you rule! Thanks so much again for testing and for claiming your solve here -- glad you enjoyed the ride :D
am 30. September 2024, 00:36 Uhr von Kafkapharnaum
Added link to other similar puzzles