2016 Contest Puzzles
Contest puzzles can be accessed using the drop-down menu or through the links below. Mean user ratings are shown for puzzles whose submission deadlines have passed. Click the + sign to see the full distribution of ratings.
Month | Puzzle | Solution | Stars * | Sweat ** | # Correct *** | PUZ |
January | Music Services | Solution | 3.83
|
2.29
|
306 | |
February | Just Add Sweetener | Solution | 3.67
|
1.87
|
296 | |
March | Beatlesque | Solution | 3.97
|
2.53
|
241 | |
April | Nice Shootin’ | Solution | 4.21
|
3.39
|
138 | |
May | Double Vision | Solution | 4.11
|
2.55
|
187 | |
June | Prime Directive | Solution | 4.47
|
4.10
|
77 | |
July | Colour My World | Solution | 3.94
|
2.8
|
157 | |
August | Dimensions | Solution | 3.96
|
3.58
|
109 | |
September | Externalities | Solution | 4.33
|
3.88
|
85 | |
October | How Cryptic! | Solution | 4.3
|
4.15
|
46 | |
November | Putting It Back Together | Solution | 4.04
|
2.61
|
129 | |
December | How Revealing! | Solution | 3.79
|
4.32
|
36 (8 w/hint) | |
Mega-Meta | Hall of Fame | Solution | 4.64
|
4.04
|
90 (7 early) |
* Stars represent the average user overall rating on a scale of 1 (the worst) to 5 (the best).
** Sweat represents the average user difficulty rating on a scale of 1 (easiest) to 5 (hardest).
*** # Correct is how many users correctly solved the meta.