peek at solution solve puzzle
version: 2 quality: difficulty: solutions: multiple solvability: much guessing?
Puzzle Description:
...of human experience, in 15 questions. Google to get moreinfo. [The Checker says "more than one solution," but when you recognize it, I think you'll navigate the variations. Give it a go!]
#1: Joe (infrapinklizzard) on May 2, 2021
I think (at a quick working-out) there are at least 8640 solutions to this puzzle.#2: CB Paul (cbpaul) on May 2, 2021
Where does that number come from? Anyhow, when the various logics fill in various bits, it will become clearer.#3: Kerri Kemp (kerri_kemp) on May 3, 2021 [SPOILER]
Maybe that's the number he's thinking of.#4: Joe (infrapinklizzard) on May 3, 2021
I believe the S has approx. 20 solutions, Colbert's face lines have 6 on the left side and 6 on the right side of his chin and 6 on his neck, and another 2 for his nose. That's the 8640.#5: CB Paul (cbpaul) on May 3, 2021 [SPOILER]
Looking again, the downstroke on the lower R also has 2 solutions, and the middle of the N has another 6 solutions, which brings us up to 103,680
So do I win something? :-)#6: Web Paint-By-Number Robot (webpbn) on May 4, 2021
The Checker gave a much stronger answer before I added blue to the Q. And come to think about that, I'll bet the variations in S and N shown by the Checker would bump that number even higher. [Oh yeah, you already accounted for those.]
I minored in math, and your assessment of the total just amazes me.
Anyhow, I hope people enjoy it. I guess I like playing with letters.
Found to require lots of guessing by dbouldin.#7: David Bouldin (dbouldin) on May 4, 2021 [HINT]
Comment Suppressed:Click below to view hints#8: CB Paul (cbpaul) on May 4, 2021
I'm swamped with other stuff for the next week or so, but I'll revisit this one and try to make it more solvable.#9: Web Paint-By-Number Robot (webpbn) on May 4, 2021
And just to clarify, I never said any version of "easy".
Thanks for your feedback.
New version published by cbpaul.#10: CB Paul (cbpaul) on May 5, 2021 [HINT]
Comment Suppressed:Click below to view hints#11: David Bouldin (dbouldin) on May 5, 2021
Oh I wasn't saying you said easy. At the time it was rated as multiple solutions but the correct one is easily guessed. I'll resolve this over the weekend probably.#12: CB Paul (cbpaul) on May 5, 2021
Sorry, David, I misread your comment.#13: derby (Derby) on May 6, 2021 [SPOILER]
Hmmm, what is this "weekend" of which you speak? sigh.
I guess I solved an older version. I quite enjoyed this puzzle. although I do tend to guess, it generally worked out for me. The part I found most difficult was the mouth and neck lines.#14: David Bouldin (dbouldin) on May 6, 2021
well...now whenever i try to save my progress it fills everything in with dots with errors all over the place. going to have to draw the line...if i can't save, i'm not going to struggle through a puzzle this large with multiple solutions...sorry.#15: Joe (infrapinklizzard) on May 7, 2021 [SPOILER]
There are still six solutions to the S, but that's really guessible now. The face, however still has a large number of solutions.
If the green were brought up right next to the blue face lines it would probably help that a lot.
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