Puzzle for Hackers: From A to craZy.

By now you may recognize that each hint uses letters preceding the current letter, therefore use that to guide you on a new answer. After all, it's a hint for a reason :). So for dad, what can you do with the "d" to make it somehow an "e"?

lordlicorice2• 14 years ago

The families of solutions are described by the puzzle's author here:

http://apps.topcoder.com/forums/?module=Thread&threadID=...

fredley• 14 years ago

Doing fine until giraffe, completely stumped.

ars2• 14 years ago

Hint: giraffe is an animal. Next letter is h.

BTW - it's case sensitive so try both ways if it doesn't work.

hythloday• 14 years ago

It's pretty arbitrary - it doesn't accept hyrax, hyena, or hamster, two of which are just as good as the real answer.

stefanve• 14 years ago

keeps me from my work, must go back to work, must go

indiecore• 14 years ago

Stuck on off :(

banter• 14 years ago

You'll need a three-letter word that ends in "gg" since g is the next letter in the alphabet.

alainbryden2• 14 years ago

This is getting tricky. It might be faster to write a brute-forcing Greasemonkey script.

edit Please no one do this.

aqme282• 14 years ago

Can I ask what makes this "for hackers"?

brink• 14 years ago

There are hints in the source code.

aqme282• 14 years ago

Are there? I see two relevant fields:

Neither one tells you anything you don't already know without the source code.

recursive• 14 years ago

This is the worst kind of puzzle, in the company of "There's a dead man in a cabin in the woods with items x, y, and z. How did he die?". The "correct" answers are completely arbitrary and the rules change as it goes along.

alainbryden2• 14 years ago

I like it. It's more a game of psychology than logic or reasoning - you need to get into the author's frame of mind to come up with the same solutions he did.

jbum• 14 years ago

Google 'accition' to find the answers in paste bin.

Puzzle for Hackers: From A to craZy.

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