peek at solution solve puzzle
quality: difficulty: solvability: moderate lookahead
Puzzle Description:
What word or phrase is illustrated by this?
#1: Joe (infrapinklizzard) on Jun 17, 2013
Illumination#2: Joe (infrapinklizzard) on Jun 17, 2013 [HINT]
1. An illustration to demonstrate something
2. Lighting (as in a lightbulb going on)
3. The feeling you get when a lightbulb goes on and you know what you're looking at.
After LL/CL there is a rectangle 6 across by 7 tall left.#3: Web Paint-By-Number Robot (webpbn) on Jun 17, 2013
Some summing:
-in c15-20 there must be at least 10 more black pixels.
-there are only 5 black pixels remaining in known (non-blotted) horizontal clues
Therefore one or both of the blotted clues in r12 & 15 must extend into c15 (because 10+ vertical minus 5 horizontal leave at least 5 more pixels to be distributed among the horizontal blotted clues).
No matter which horizontal blotted clue (or clues) extends into c15, c15r15-18 must be black. Then LL places dots.
Again summing, but a little different:
-in c15-20 there must be at least 10 more black pixels (still)
-in r12-15 there are only two black pixels in known clues.
Therefore, there are at least 8 more black pixels to be distributed among the two horizontal blotted clues.
Now to distribute them:
The *minimum* number of pixels to be added to r12 is 3 (Since the maximum r15 can take is 5 and 8-5=3). So r12c15-17 are black.
Then line logic to finish.
Found to be solvable with moderate lookahead by infrapinklizzard.#4: Kurt Kowalczyk (bahabro) on Jun 17, 2013 [SPOILER]
plum something? I have no idea, but my wrong thoughts might help someone else get to the right one...#5: Norma Dee (norm0908) on Jun 17, 2013
plumb lines
indoor plumbing
No clue yet. Thinking......#6: Norma Dee (norm0908) on Jun 17, 2013 [SPOILER]
Out of plumb? Is that a level?#7: Tom O'Connell (sensei69) on Jun 18, 2013
search me#8: Kristen Vognild (Kristen) on Jun 18, 2013 [SPOILER]
Plum on a litter?#9: Joe (infrapinklizzard) on Jun 18, 2013
Plum on a palanquin?
Plum rolling off a litter?
Plum off the palanquin?
Norma's quite close.#10: Norma Dee (norm0908) on Jun 18, 2013 [SPOILER]
If that's a level the bubble seems to be in the middle which would mean that it's in plumb.#11: Kurt Kowalczyk (bahabro) on Jun 18, 2013 [SPOILER]
off plumb level#12: Joel Lynn (furface1) on Jun 18, 2013 [SPOILER]
Plumb on level#13: Joe (infrapinklizzard) on Jun 19, 2013
Joel is now the closest.#14: Kristen Vognild (kristen) on Jun 19, 2013 [SPOILER]
That plum isn't leveling with me.#15: Tom O'Connell (sensei69) on Jun 19, 2013
level with me#16: Joe (infrapinklizzard) on Jun 20, 2013 [SPOILER]
I will give a big hint: Joel was off by only two letters: one should be changed, and one added.#17: Kim (kjh) on Jun 20, 2013 [SPOILER]
All three words are on this page already.
Plumb off level?#18: Tom O'Connell (sensei69) on Jun 21, 2013 [SPOILER]
plumbers butt? ;/#19: Kim (kjh) on Jun 21, 2013
Oh dear, Tom. I am laughing as I decide if that last entry will make for another "rated" drawing on my behalf!#20: Kim (kjh) on Jun 21, 2013 [SPOILER]
Plumb bob level? Plum out level? Plumb out of ideas :-(#21: Joe (infrapinklizzard) on Jun 21, 2013 [SPOILER]
OK, I relent. It's "Plumb *and* level".#22: Norma Dee (norm0908) on Jun 21, 2013
Plumb being perfectly vertical and level being perfectly horizontal.
This phrase is often used by carpenters, for instance when putting in a door. If the jamb isn't plumb the door will swing either open or closed by itself. And if the door isn't level, it will hit the floor at some point.
Ah ha! Thank you.#23: Kim (kjh) on Jun 21, 2013
Oooohhhh, now the illumination occurs! Thank you, Joe.#24: Web Paint-By-Number Robot (webpbn) on Feb 5, 2018
Found to be solvable with moderate lookahead by infrapinklizzard.#25: Joe (infrapinklizzard) on Feb 5, 2018
hmm, it didn't take the first time.
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