Day 27: Suit
Four suits for sale.
Sandy Weisz
Day 26: Name
Hell, My Name Is…
Day 25: Chance
Question marks and footsteps
March 2022
Take a four letter term for a part of the body. The first and last letters are the same. Advance the first letter 1
Day 24: Bird
Bird bird bird bird bird bird bird.
Thoulderu
Letters, puzzle book, puzzle collecting, and another Wordle variant. Plus The Puzzler
Day 23: Escape
What will you do to escape?
March 22, 2022
Crosswordle, beautiful stats, mechanical puzzles, and the European Gypsy moth.
Day 22: Mirror
I swear, this is a very light puzzle.
Day 21: Constellation
I found a few new constellations.
Day 20: Tracks
I made a mix tape.
Day 19: Hidden
Behind my bookshelf is a hidden room…
Day 18: Spell
Do U know who these folks R?
Day 17: Rainbow
ROY G. BIV would like to introduce you to 7 of his friends. He seems to have forgotten their middle initials.
Day 16: Hex
To cast this hex, make sure to sort out all your ingredients. It won't take too long.
March 15, 2022
EnigMarch week 2, Calling It In!, The Book of Dreams and Important Horse News.
Day 15: Bug
It's a Spelling Bee… along with some other bugs.
Day 14: Irrational
Happy Pi Day!
Day 13: Nostalgia
I'm not sure I'm remembering these quite right.
Day 12: Branch
I stumbled across some branches on the sidewalk
Day 11: Dots
Just dots.
Day 10: Blank
Presenting LIL BAD DADAISM, a fun new game for car trips with your family.
Day 9: Trick
Well, it finally happened, I made a TikTok.
March 8, 2022
On the first 8 EnigMarch puzzles, letter forms, The Afterparty, and 36 Days of Type.
Day 8: Sharp
Eight antiquated ways to call someone "sharp," maybe.
Day 7: Translate
A newspaper with some peculiar headlines
Day 6: Island
Seven recaptioned New Yorker cartoons.
Day 5: Present
A short poem about a bike and a rose.
Day 4: Lock
The three-symbol combination for this lock would be as clear as a signal, if you could only find out what’s up.
Day 3: Shadow
A selection of eye shadow shades.
Day 2: Rhyme
A six-line poem.
Day 1: Initial
10 lines of gibberish, to start things off.
March 1, 2022
On EnigMarch, Oscar puzzles on Twitter, and the Two Santiagos
February 2022
Name two movies with five-letter titles that came out 43 years apart and share 4 of those 5 letters. Both were nominated for
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No Country for Old Me
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January 19, 2022
Name a movie that was nominated for Best Picture in the ’90s. Add one letter to
the end of the title to get a
The Los Angeles Floridimans
Happy Holidays! Today’s issue is part gift guide, and part meta-gift guide. It’s still not too late to get some of
December 08, 2021
Think of the name for a member of a particular professional sports team on one
American coast. Remove a letter, and you'll
Pettajamesh
For the last puzzle, we got a lot of entries for one particular wrong answer: -1. I can see why, but it didn’t
October 08, 2021
Think of a store that's got about 9,000 locations across the USA. Remove the
first and last letters and add a
Infinity times three
Happy fall! The last month has been a bit of a roller coaster at Mystery League HQ. After a few months of booking a
September 09, 2021
Think of a number, remove one-third of it, then remove one-third again (in a
different way), and the result will be the
Paris and Lisboy
Hello! The last week in our house has been spent devouring the Olympics. My favorite moment so far was actually in the Opening Ceremonies,
August 04, 2021
Name two world capitals that are only 300 miles apart. Inside each capital is an
English word. These two words describe two people who
Xiao Decca Man
Hello! In the last issue I published a puzzle about a famous woman in American history with a three-part name. Then, a few
July 07, 2021
Name two countries in the Western Hemisphere that are about 1000 miles apart,
one with a five-letter name and one with a six-
Ruth Baller Ginsburg
The good news around these parts it that I'm finally, blessedly, fully vaxxed. Last week I spent time in a cafe, and
May 13, 2021
Think of the name of a famous woman from 20th century American politics. Change
one letter in her first name to a different double
Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice
This week marks the one year anniversary of the week everything changed for us here in Chicago. At the beginning of the week, our