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Comments on Puzzle #35081: the full spectrum, version #2
By CB Paul (cbpaul)

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  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.
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
#5: CB Paul (cbpaul) on May 3, 2021 [SPOILER]
So do I win something? :-)

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.
#6: Web Paint-By-Number Robot (webpbn) on May 4, 2021
Found to require lots of guessing by dbouldin.
#7: David Bouldin (dbouldin) on May 4, 2021 [HINT]
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#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.
And just to clarify, I never said any version of "easy".
Thanks for your feedback.
#9: Web Paint-By-Number Robot (webpbn) on May 4, 2021
New version published by cbpaul.
#10: CB Paul (cbpaul) on May 5, 2021 [HINT]
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#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.
Hmmm, what is this "weekend" of which you speak? sigh.
#13: derby (Derby) on May 6, 2021 [SPOILER]
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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