It's similar to an alphametic but there's no interaction of place value, and usually the whole alphabet is used. The standard form of this puzzle type is a list of words, along with their values in a cipher which applies a different value from 1 to 26 to each letter of the alphabet, and adds up the values of the letters in each word. MIT Mystery Hunt 2016 Don't Cross an Alpha Bitch! The items formed are members of some set or category, except for one answer which identifies the category. To solve it, spell words, phrases, or names reading left to right across the grid by taking one cell from each column. The standard form of this puzzle consists of a square grid with a letter or group of letters in each cell. MIT Mystery Hunt 2004 Calmness Before the Storm MIT Mystery Hunt 2021 ⊥IWPE: Pistol (Event #4)? MIT Mystery Hunt 2008 The Goodwin Manuscript MIT Mystery Hunt 2014 A Puzzle with the Answer I WANT TO HOLD YOUR HAND MIT Mystery Hunt 2010 Lighten Up (variant) To solve it, place lights (which illuminate all squares in a horizontal or vertical line from the light to the next black square or the edge of the puzzle) in some cells so that every square is illuminated by at least one light, no light is illuminated by another light, and the number of lights orthogonally adjacent to each number matches the number. The standard form of this puzzle consists of a grid where some cells are initially blacked in, and some of those contain numbers. MIT Mystery Hunt 2022 Go the F*** To Sleep
MIT Mystery Hunt 2009 The Satellite of Love When only a few squares contain multiple letters and the entries in those squares are related somehow, it is instead a rebus crossword. There are variations of this variant, which may allow different numbers of letters in the squares (such as the jumping crossword where 0 or 1 letters are allowed), and double-or-nothing, which allows 0 or 2. 1, 2, 3 crosswordĪ crossword variant in which 1, 2, or 3 letters may be written into each square. The following keywords are specific puzzle types or puzzles in general. Feedback | Home MIT Mystery Hunt Puzzle Index: Category Index Puzzle Types