Puzzle Solving Experiences

Users discuss solving a featured puzzle or series of puzzles, share enjoyment and frustrations, request more puzzles or recommendations, and comment on difficulty and AI performance.

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Sample Comments

taigeair Jul 16, 2015 View on HN

Any more of these interesting puzzles?

dabber21 Jan 10, 2025 View on HN

Wait, this is news? that's how I always solved those puzzles, I thought everyone did that

djvdq Sep 19, 2022 View on HN

Can you recommend any online puzzles like this?

wanderingmango Apr 20, 2010 View on HN

This is a really neat puzzle. Try to figure it out before reading the solution.

primax Apr 13, 2023 View on HN

LLMs are notoriously bad at puzzle solving and you gave it a prompt that was very sparse on details. What did you expect?

zzzeek Sep 22, 2025 View on HN

no it's a puzzle. solvable too

hummus_bae Feb 16, 2023 View on HN

Sure, it's a good puzzle too.

PoignardAzur Dec 9, 2023 View on HN

... Could you reformulate the puzzle? Right now I couldn't solve it.

freeopinion Mar 12, 2021 View on HN

Lost interest on 3rd beginner puzzle when validation failed for multiple valid solutions.

alex-gdv Sep 18, 2022 View on HN

that was a fun puzzle, are you planning on making more?