Regex Crossword

#1

Post by cab404 » Wed, Aug 28, 2024, 10:28 AM UTC

Regex Crossword
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Re: Regex Crossword

#2

Post by ThomasWink1981 » Wed, Aug 28, 2024, 11:13 AM UTC

I'm going to have to print this one out lol. Very creative.

Re: Regex Crossword

#3

Post by lcnPylGDnU4H9OF » Fri, Aug 30, 2024, 6:21 PM UTC

ThomasWink1981 wrote: post #2

I'm going to have to print this one out lol. Very creative.

I remember playing this in a browser. I'll try to find where.

edit: https://jimbly.github.io/regex-crossword/

Re: Regex Crossword

#4

Post by abbeyj » Fri, Aug 30, 2024, 6:29 PM UTC

ThomasWink1981 wrote: post #2

I'm going to have to print this one out lol. Very creative.

I built a browser-based version that allows you to rotate it: http://www.stardrifter.org/regexp/

Re: Regex Crossword

#5

Post by frob » Fri, Aug 30, 2024, 6:38 PM UTC

This is a Mystery Hunt puzzle, so solving the obvious puzzle is only the first step of solving the puzzle. You will need to do something with the puzzle solution to somehow get a word or short phrase.

I remember doing this one by hand over a decade ago. Fond memories.

https://puzzles.mit.edu/

Re: Regex Crossword

#6

Post by dunham » Fri, Aug 30, 2024, 6:49 PM UTC

ThomasWink1981 wrote: post #2

I'm going to have to print this one out lol. Very creative.

I've done this a few times over the years (and occasionally printed another copy when I made a mistake). Lots of fun. I wish there were more like it.

Re: Regex Crossword

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Post by padolsey » Fri, Aug 30, 2024, 8:15 PM UTC

I really love this kind of thing. I made one called 'redoku' a long long time ago. It generates random challenges. Try it here: https://padolsey.github.io/redoku/

Re: Regex Crossword

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Post by tills13 » Fri, Aug 30, 2024, 9:10 PM UTC

lcnPylGDnU4H9OF wrote: post #3

ThomasWink1981 wrote: post #2

I'm going to have to print this one out lol. Very creative.

I remember playing this in a browser. I'll try to find where. edit: https://jimbly.github.io/regex-crossword/

oops there went my afternoon

Re: Regex Crossword

#9

Post by Sniffnoy » Fri, Aug 30, 2024, 9:16 PM UTC

frob wrote: post #5

This is a Mystery Hunt puzzle, so solving the obvious puzzle is only the first step of solving the puzzle. You will need to do something with the puzzle solution to somehow get a word or short phrase. I remember doing this one by hand over a decade ago. Fond memories. https://puzzles.mit.edu/

Yes, the original is here: https://puzzles.mit.edu/2013/coinheist.com/rubik/a_regular_c...

Re: Regex Crossword

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Post by matthberg » Fri, Aug 30, 2024, 9:55 PM UTC

I'm surprised nobody's mentioned the Regex Crossword game site [0], it's shown up on HN several times [1][2] and has a fantastic user-submitted puzzle section (that includes the MIT Mystery Hunt puzzle [3]) and a puzzle builder.

0: https://regexcrossword.com/

1: https://news.ycombinator.com/from?site=regexcrossword.com

2: Most discussed posting: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8674039

3: https://regexcrossword.com/playerpuzzles/8cbea27f-c4c5-4d11-...