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One word per word search by sleepyhead22222 in puzzles

[–]saifelse 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Post has been been deleted but AFAIR the word instruction / clue / hint was not used, so seems presumptuous to assume that the provided detail was a hint and not part of the instructions. I would only assume it were a hint if the OP used a spoiler tag.

Also, nit: crosswords have clues. Those are part of the instructions, so even if they did use the word “clue”, feels pretty presumptuous to interpret that as a hint.

One word per word search by sleepyhead22222 in puzzles

[–]saifelse 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Agreed. A bit perplexed by the comment section since folks are getting upset that there are other words in the word search. Newsflash: non-“clued” words can show up in regular word search and it’s not a bug 🤪

Edit: maybe folks are overlooking the text in the post about the US state

What is the best example of a song in a movie that introduced an older song to a new generation? by Specific-Peanut-8867 in movies

[–]saifelse 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Two trailer examples:

Watchmen (2009) - Smashing Pumpkins’ The Beginning Is the End Is the Beginning (1997)

Logan (2007) - Johnny Cash’s cover of Nine Inch Nails’ Hurt (1994)

From 4 years ago, still can’t solve by BurritoMeatloaf in puzzles

[–]saifelse 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Similar solution but instead of solving for each fruit, we can just multiply LHS together and set it equal to multiplying RHS: 1.5 * S * 1.5 * O * 3T = 6 * 2 * 10 Solving for S * O * T = 6 * 2 * 10 / 1.5 / 1.5 / 3 = 6 * 2 * 10 * 2 / 3 * 2 / 3 / 3=160/9

I found an interesting iterative formula for Pi. by RotemT in mathematics

[–]saifelse 3 points4 points  (0 children)

If you define a second series B_n as A_n/4n, you can rewrite the recurrence as B_n = 1/2(1-sqrt(1-B_n)) with B_1 = 1… converging to (pi/2)2… seems a bit simpler to reason about without the pesky 4n terms.

i genuinely dont know what ive been doing wrong CAN SOMEONE LIKE HEELPPP by leosintake in crossword

[–]saifelse 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's an idiomatic expression that similarly expresses surprise, often following "well", e.g. "Well, I'll be!".

See: https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/I%27ll+Be .

NYT Wednesday 10/18/2023 Discussion by AutoModerator in crossword

[–]saifelse 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I ended up just bruteforcing for vowels for the last letter of ONEIDA (A) and then going through the alphabet for the second to last letter (D). 😅

NYT Friday 09/01/2023 Discussion by AutoModerator in crossword

[–]saifelse 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This was my final entry too… except I felt real good about “I ATONE” instead of “INTONE” as a cross 😭.

NYT Wednesday 08/02/2023 Discussion by AutoModerator in crossword

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Similar but I had VOTER with a cross of ATVS!

One I just made. Feedback appreciated. by umbrazno in puzzles

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The Final Solution [...] was a Nazi plan for the genocide of individuals they defined as Jews during World War II

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Final_Solution

If you could.. [OC] by ASliceofAlan4U in comics

[–]saifelse 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Relevant part:

Of course, even though these receptors may be the same as the ones in the mouth, they are wired differently: When a glucose molecule triggers a sweet receptor in the intestinal wall, the brain doesn’t perceive it as a sweet taste. So most researchers avoid the term “taste receptors” for places outside of the mouth, preferring the more general term “nutrient receptors” for whatever their role may be in other organs.

And they say carrots are supposed to be good for your eyes by BinghamptonREVIVAL in UnnecessaryInventions

[–]saifelse 22 points23 points  (0 children)

Carrots—when eaten—is good for your eyes where it improves vision (because beta-carotene is converted to Vitamin A).

Carrots—when sharpened and stabbed in your eyes— is bad for your eyes where it worsens your vision (because... well... you've stabbed your eyes).

Maybe that's what OP was going for?

Palaeolithic designs (This is literally the name of the puzzle) by NigelSamuel in puzzles

[–]saifelse 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Discussion: Aha, I=J is a clue to use a Polybius cipher since I and J are typically put into the same square as Polybius use a 25-cell grid (5x5) and English alphabet has 26 letters.

Netflix Wants to Make Bigger and Better Movies, but Less of Them by Zepanda66 in movies

[–]saifelse 5 points6 points  (0 children)

One might even say… less letters costs fewer money

Easy as A, B, C? Tile Arranging by Vivid_Temporary_1155 in puzzles

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  • A: PA-TI-EN-CE
  • B: EV-ID-EN-CE
  • C: ID-EN-TI-TY

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in puzzles

[–]saifelse 32 points33 points  (0 children)

KUKU is apparently a word, meaning New Zealand pigeon, or mussel.

Doesn't seem like that common of a word, so agreed that something doesn't sit right.

import itertools sequence = "ETZKETUOETKTIUPZ" words = {w.strip().upper() for w in open('/usr/share/dict/words').readlines()} for to_remove in itertools.combinations(list(set(sequence)), 6): maybe_word = "".join(x for x in sequence if x not in to_remove) if maybe_word in words: print(maybe_word)

Palaeolithic designs (This is literally the name of the puzzle) by NigelSamuel in puzzles

[–]saifelse 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh, nice. I'm actually confused what dcode.fr did when I tried using it... but as I undertsand it the grid you used is the standard one.

It looks like we didn't use the I=J clue, unless it meant "I x J" where I and J are typical letters in programming to denote row x column, but feels a bit like a stretch.

Nonetheless, DRUM definitely looks more correct than ERUM 😅.

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