Questions tagged [pattern]
A puzzle in which you spot the pattern that links a set of given data items (like numbers, letters, music tunes). Usually, you use your insights into the pattern to find one or more new elements of the set.
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Complete the integer sequence: 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 20, ?, ?, ?, ?
Here is a sequence I happened to work out, although I am certainly not the first one. Can you fill in the missing numbers? 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 20, ?, ?, ?, ? NB: The sequence ends after the last ...
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Shadowed Dragon Ciphers: #2
This is the SHADOW Cipher in a small sample. One of my hardest, Good Luck!: Z+b s v k v x w z d o x -The Shadowed Dragon
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What is a CCC word?
This table shows some, but not all, CCC words and several similar non-CCC words. (Came up with this puzzle myself) CCC Words Non-CCC words gizmo gadget decriminalize deconstruct juxtapose oppose ...
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What pattern did Excel see in my data?
I was filling out the rightmost column of this set of cells from top to bottom. (The content of that column is intended to be manually calculated using the numbers to the left plus some hidden weights,...
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Progressive matrix of squares and circles
I've tried to see any progression between rows or columns without luck I also noticed that we could have a cell formed by combining two other cells, like: cell (1, 1) is a combination of cells (2, 2)...
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What is the pattern of this mystery box?
My friend and I found a mystery box, which requires a paper of number and gives us a ball written O or X. Here are some results of my trial. number result 1 O 2 O 12 X 111 O 2222 O 342 O 351 X 432 X ...
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Progressive matrix with blue bars, green dots, and yellow stars
This is from a question asked on Reddit. Personally I believe the answer is 2, but I think my logic is flawed.
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What is a Pasted Word™?
This is inspired by the What is a Word/Phrase™ series started by JLee with a special brand of Phrase™ and Word™ puzzles. To be frank I only discovered this today because of the recent What is an Evil ...
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Rotating Flower petals pattern matching [closed]
Working through a puzzle book - I came across the following two puzzles, and can't work out the solution or explanation. (I don't have the answer section). Puzzle 1: and Puzzle 2:
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What is an Evil Word™?
This is inspired by the What is a Word/Phrase™ series started by JLee with a special brand of Phrase™ and Word™ puzzles. If a word conforms to a special rule, I call it an Evil Word™. Use the ...
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Sequence of triangular matrices with dots in them
A friend sent me this picture from a kid's math competition (this is a chinese competition for kindergarten kids so the answer is unlikely to involve fibonacci triangles or anything beyond elementary ...
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Pattern of the Chessy Sequence
Find the pattern of the chessy sequence. Kn1 = 43x73x101x137 Kn2 = 25x41x26161 Kn3 = 43232323 Kn4 = 2x16170607 Kn5 = 32x4801369 Kn6 = 23x32x7x59x1087 Kn7 = 32x4801369 Kn8 = 2x16170607 (All of the ...
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Number grid with bottom row blank [closed]
Sharing a numerical grid problem I found on the internet. The answers are released, but not the solutions.
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What happens to her?
A nudnik says she uses Wiktionary as a thesaurus, and gets involved in a disagreement A fishwife says she uses Wiktionary as a thesaurus, and gets involved in a clash of opinions A scold says she uses ...
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What do these lines mean and why?
What do each of these lines mean and why? 🌞☀️ 💵💷💴⛔️🌞💶 2️⃣2️⃣🌞2️⃣ 🗓️❓➕ 🔨🦸♂️🤨 🍟➖ 🪐➖ Note: The bullet points are not part of the lines. Emoji rendering on different platforms should not ...
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