Enigma Puzzle #15

enigma · 09-08-2004, 02:46 PM

Y O B K U F O
S O Z
Q U E N A J D S
V K D T
T U T L
H L I E R Y
F I O I I F B C F M E D E R M E
R K
M O H I U
O B F B U B F S S N E C
G S R S L E P W A R N
H O T O M
H E A E B N E I R F S
U T K
M Y O
J D M L
E A Y E D M R T S
O D O K C
E D O O S A R T P O H N
N H
S I R T
M O
S A M T A I T O N I
T M H G T
H C R
V O S E N O T S H
E R E F

rkmsuf · 09-08-2004, 02:47 PM

Cleveland 116
San Antonio 114

QuikSand · 09-08-2004, 02:48 PM

That's as good as I've got.

Coffee Warlord · 09-08-2004, 02:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rkmsuf

Cleveland 116
San Antonio 114

Oh dear lord. I'm in tears over here laughing.

WSUCougar · 09-08-2004, 03:12 PM

I thought maybe they were all Dutch words for "jerking until your head comes off."

Maple Leafs · 09-08-2004, 04:28 PM

Given the spelling skills around here, it took me a second to realize this wasn't just someone making a political argument.

QuikSand · 09-09-2004, 02:43 AM

The blocks don't seem to correspond to words -- too many of them are too long for that.

Maple Leafs · 09-09-2004, 08:22 AM

Doesn't seem like a random distribution of letters. There are plenty of E's, but no X's and only one Q (which is followed by a U).

Perhaps it's one of those "slide each line up or down a few notches" puzzles?

rkmsuf · 09-09-2004, 08:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Coffee Warlord

Oh dear lord. I'm in tears over here laughing.

I'm holistic. You see, you are in disharmony. The throat is the gateway to the lung. Tonsillitis, adenoiditis, is, in Chinese medical terms, an invasion of heat and wind.

QuikSand · 09-09-2004, 10:24 AM

So, if the "blocks" aren't words... what are they? Totally arbitrary?

WSUCougar · 09-09-2004, 10:25 AM

Well, as a starting point, there's 27 lines.

Also, if it is one of those "slide each line up or down a few notches" puzzles, there is only one other "u" in the second letter position (for the "q" in the first position).

digamma · 09-09-2004, 10:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by QuikSand

The blocks don't seem to correspond to words -- too many of them are too long for that.

My initial thought was that they were words spelling out some sort of phrase using a substitution pattern.

There is one item with 16 letters. There are 2 with 12 letters and 2 with 11 letters. As you point out, the selection of 11-16 letter words becomes pretty slim.

My next thought was that each line refers to a phrase in itself, with each letter, perhaps, representing the first word of a phrase. That doesn't seem quite right either, though.

I'm back to the Cavs-Spurs game.

Maple Leafs · 09-09-2004, 11:52 AM

It's unlikely that they're single words, but they could be a group of short words and/or phrases. Maybe names? Nicknames? Actually, that third one looks kind of like "QuikSand", doesn't it?

rkmsuf · 09-09-2004, 11:54 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Maple Leafs

It's unlikely that they're single words, but they could be a group of short words and/or phrases. Maybe names? Nicknames? Actually, that third one looks kind of like "QuikSand", doesn't it?

For some reason I see "Quiknads"

TredWel · 09-09-2004, 12:01 PM

Is it possible that these could be words encoded in the "enigma" style? I've been waiting for someone to do that.

QuikSand · 09-09-2004, 12:03 PM

Again -- with the length of a few of them, it just doesn't seem likely that the segments are actual words. I'm leaning toward the theory that this is just one long string of (however many) letters, and that the divisions are a red herring.

Subby · 09-09-2004, 12:09 PM

If you look at it with your head tilted to the left, it looks like a cityscape...but what city?

QuikSand · 09-09-2004, 02:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by QuikSand

I'm leaning toward the theory that this is just one long string of (however many) letters...

169 total characters, it turns out, if you just string them all together.

henry296 · 09-09-2004, 02:08 PM

Not sure it means anything but the square root of 169 is 13

enigma · 09-09-2004, 02:38 PM

One more enigma solved.

When all of the letters are arranged in a 13x13 grid, a word search puzzle appears. By circling the names of posters, you receive a hidden message asking for the poster who has the most posts and is not in the grid.

The odd one out was sterlingice. He was the password.

henry296 · 09-09-2004, 02:39 PM

The square root of 169 did mean something

QuikSand · 09-09-2004, 04:06 PM

Here is the 13x13 grid, for those too lazy to reconstruct it...

Code:

Y O B K U F O S O Z Q U E
N A J D S V K D T T U T L
H L I E R Y F I O I I F B
C F M E D E R M E R K M O
H I U O B F B U B F S S N
E C G S R S L E P W A R N
H O T O M H E A E B N E I
R F S U T K M Y O J D M L
E A Y E D M R T S O D O K
C E D O O S A R T P O H N
N H S I R T M O S A M T A
I T O N I T M H G T H C R
V O S E N O T S H E R E F

WSUCougar · 09-10-2004, 12:04 PM

Ingenious. Kudos to both the inventor and the solver.

09-08-2004, 02:47 PM	#2
rkmsuf Head Coach Join Date: Dec 2001	Cleveland 116 San Antonio 114 __________________ "Don't you have homes?" -- Judge Smales

09-08-2004, 03:12 PM	#5
WSUCougar Rider Of Rohan Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Port Angeles, WA or Helm's Deep	I thought maybe they were all Dutch words for "jerking until your head comes off." __________________ It's not the years...it's the mileage.

09-08-2004, 04:28 PM	#6
Maple Leafs Coordinator Join Date: Jan 2002	Given the spelling skills around here, it took me a second to realize this wasn't just someone making a political argument. __________________ Down Goes Brown: Toronto Maple Leafs Humor and Analysis

09-09-2004, 08:22 AM	#8
Maple Leafs Coordinator Join Date: Jan 2002	Doesn't seem like a random distribution of letters. There are plenty of E's, but no X's and only one Q (which is followed by a U). Perhaps it's one of those "slide each line up or down a few notches" puzzles? __________________ Down Goes Brown: Toronto Maple Leafs Humor and Analysis

09-09-2004, 10:25 AM	#11
WSUCougar Rider Of Rohan Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Port Angeles, WA or Helm's Deep	Well, as a starting point, there's 27 lines. Also, if it is one of those "slide each line up or down a few notches" puzzles, there is only one other "u" in the second letter position (for the "q" in the first position). __________________ It's not the years...it's the mileage.

09-08-2004, 02:48 PM	#3
QuikSand lolzcat Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Annapolis, Md	That's as good as I've got.

09-09-2004, 02:43 AM	#7
QuikSand lolzcat Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Annapolis, Md	The blocks don't seem to correspond to words -- too many of them are too long for that.

09-09-2004, 10:24 AM	#10
QuikSand lolzcat Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Annapolis, Md	So, if the "blocks" aren't words... what are they? Totally arbitrary?

09-09-2004, 11:52 AM	#13
Maple Leafs Coordinator Join Date: Jan 2002	It's unlikely that they're single words, but they could be a group of short words and/or phrases. Maybe names? Nicknames? Actually, that third one looks kind of like "QuikSand", doesn't it? __________________ Down Goes Brown: Toronto Maple Leafs Humor and Analysis

09-09-2004, 12:01 PM	#15
TredWel High School Varsity Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Old Forge, PA	Is it possible that these could be words encoded in the "enigma" style? I've been waiting for someone to do that. __________________ There are three things I have learned never to discuss with people...religion, politics, and the Great Pumpkin. - Linus Van Pelt

09-09-2004, 12:03 PM	#16
QuikSand lolzcat Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Annapolis, Md	Again -- with the length of a few of them, it just doesn't seem likely that the segments are actual words. I'm leaning toward the theory that this is just one long string of (however many) letters, and that the divisions are a red herring.

09-09-2004, 12:09 PM	#17
Subby lolzcat Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: sans pants	If you look at it with your head tilted to the left, it looks like a cityscape...but what city?

09-09-2004, 02:08 PM	#19
henry296 College Starter Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Pittsburgh, PA	Not sure it means anything but the square root of 169 is 13 __________________ "It's a great day for hockey" - "Badger" Bob Johnson

09-09-2004, 02:38 PM	#20
enigma H.S. Freshman Team Join Date: Aug 2004	One more enigma solved. When all of the letters are arranged in a 13x13 grid, a word search puzzle appears. By circling the names of posters, you receive a hidden message asking for the poster who has the most posts and is not in the grid. The odd one out was sterlingice. He was the password. __________________ The FOFC Enigma is a self-repeating puzzle system. If you know the answer to the current puzzle, sign on to FOFC with the username "enigma" using the answer (in all lower case letters, with no spacing) as the password. If you're right -- you control the enigma, and may post the next puzzle under that username. The person who solves the enigma should post in the puzzle thread noting both the fact that the puzzle is solved, as well as the solution to the puzzle.

09-09-2004, 02:39 PM	#21
henry296 College Starter Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Pittsburgh, PA	The square root of 169 did mean something __________________ "It's a great day for hockey" - "Badger" Bob Johnson

09-10-2004, 12:04 PM	#23
WSUCougar Rider Of Rohan Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Port Angeles, WA or Helm's Deep	Ingenious. Kudos to both the inventor and the solver. __________________ It's not the years...it's the mileage.

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