Fourteen Definitions
These definitions seem to be missing something... can you fill them in?
Made for the Confounding Calendar 2025.
Supports keyboard and mouse. Left/right to move between letters, up/down to move between clues, backspace/delete to delete a letter.
Some of these will be a bit more tricky, so feel free to search anything for this puzzle!
Hints:
FAMOUS INDIAN LEADER
You probably know the answer, but you're probably wondering where you're supposed to place this. Perhaps you're also wondering how to fill those unfinished clues...HANDHELD PERCUSSION INSTRUMENT
It comes in pairs for clapping together.REPLACES URACIL IN DNA
DNA has the letters A, C, G, T, and this is the one represented by "T".C# OR F#, SAY
It'll be useful to think of a piano.EASTER, EG
Don't think about Easter eggs; Easter is an example of this.Still stuck?
The date of Easter changes a lot, but one thing always stays the same...(X^N)' = NX^(N-1)
If you don't know calculus that well, you might be able to guess the answer if you know what the "^" operation is called.MAIN STORY?
To fulfill this definition, don't center your guesses on narratives or recounts; that's not the "story" you should be thinking of.Still stuck?
Some of you might have noticed that I use the spellings "fulfill" and "center", rather than "fulfil" and "centre". Have you noticed that I also use "story" instead of "storey"?
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Fun gimmick!
The only percussion instruments you play by clapping a pair together I can think of are slap sticks and hand cymbals
Uhu, arire urneq bs pnfgnargf, unq gb tbbtyr gur uvag vgfrys sbe Jvxvcrqvn gb zragvba gurz. Pyrire!
Svefg jbeq sbe svany pyhr pbhyq nyfb or "obggbz"?
that’s true, but the intended answer is more idiomatic and natural in english than your alternate solution. good point though
ok after what i find to be an unnecessary amount of internet searches, i've come to the conclusion that i got nothing for the math one. does anyone have a more specific hint. i'll take rot13 i just need help on this
rssrpgviryl gur cuenfr zrnaf “rkcbarag cevapvcyr”
onfvp qvssreragvny pnyphyhf
I use a larger than default font size on my browser (a 24 point font size is far more comfortable for me than the default 16) and that seems to break the formatting in your game quite badly. I'd imagine a few other people have probably run into the same issue without figuring out the cause.
Fun wordplay!
oh my days this was great
Really enjoyed this! Clever puzzle and the presentation is really clean and nice. It was hard enough that it was really satisfying whenever one fell into place. I did look at a few hints (as well as googled one thing) and thought the hints were well-calibrated as nudges.
very nice!! took a while at the start, but once I got the first one things opened up. but it was still pretty tricky afterwards! missing part of the clue really explodes the possibility space. very fun :)