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Welcome to the Cubic Zoo!
Thank you for accepting our invitation to witness history in the making! My name is Amanda and I'll be your tour guide! Today marks a great achievement for the known world, as you are the first to tour our great zoo! There are enclosures dedicated to every continent on the planet; but, to make things even better, the main attraction is our animal sphere! This giant orb in the center of our zoo can immediately display any animal of our choosing. Everyday we choose several animals to be on display within the sphere!
Since you are the smartest people on the planet, and have been hand selected for your intellect; today's animals are very specific. We've built a puzzle of sorts for you to solve.
The Tools
Our first stop on the tour is our technology department. When we arrive, you'll be given a cube with five faces. Each face is numbered $1$ through $5$ and contains a letter. To change a letter, simply tap the face you wish to change and select a new letter from the holographic alphabet ($a-z$) that appears. After each animal you may change any number of the five faces to a new letter. Once you've made your changes to the faces, all six sides combined must spell an animal's name in any order; however, faces $1$ through $3$ when read in order are required to display a three letter word, while faces $2$, $4$, and $5$ when read in order are not. To add to the difficulty, each animal must end with the previous animal's first letter.
You may be curious as to why this cube only has $5$ faces. This is because the sixth side is an empty slot we call the wild side, paying homage to mother nature in all her glory. The wild side accepts a single wild card which is contained in a marble. You will be given a bag containing five marbles to choose from. However, choose very carefully; once you change the current wild card, you cannot change it again.
The Rules
The rules of this puzzle are simple:
- Faces $1$ thorugh $3$ when read in order must display a three letter word.
- This three letter word must have a definition.
- The three letter word is not required to be an animal.
- The first letter of the current animal, must be the last of the next.
The First Animal
Here is your cube, with the first animal already displayed properly:
For those with difficulty reading the font:
1: C
2: A
3: T
4: V
5: E
W: O
Finally, here is your bag of marbles.
$E, F, K, N, T$
Now that you have the tools; figure out the first animal, then change your wild card so that we can continue the tour.
Questions
- What are the seven animals shown on the main tour?
- What are the seven three letter words you chose?
- What do they feed the servals?
Bonus Questions
The nutrition department said they have a very special diet for their felines. It is said that there is one item in their arsenal that seems very controversial.
- What do they feed the felines? $+50$ reputation!
Rumor has it that the technology department heavily tested the cube and that following the same ruleset, you can figure out what the testing animal was.
- What is the testing animal? $+100$ reputation!
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Welcome to the Cubic Zoo!
Thank you for accepting our invitation to witness history in the making! My name is Amanda and I'll be your tour guide! Today marks a great achievement for the known world, as you are the first to tour our great zoo! There are enclosures dedicated to every continent on the planet; but, to make things even better, the main attraction is our animal sphere! This giant orb in the center of our zoo can immediately display any animal of our choosing. Everyday we choose several animals to be on display within the sphere!
Since you are the smartest people on the planet, and have been hand selected for your intellect; today's animals are very specific. We've built a puzzle of sorts for you to solve.
The Tools
Our first stop on the tour is our technology department. When we arrive, you'll be given a cube with five faces. Each face is numbered $1$ through $5$ and contains a letter. To change a letter, simply tap the face you wish to change and select a new letter from the holographic alphabet ($a-z$) that appears. After each animal you may change any number of the five faces to a new letter. Once you've made your changes to the faces, all six sides combined must spell an animal's name in any order; however, faces $1$ through $3$ when read in order are required to display a three letter word, while faces $2$, $4$, and $5$ when read in order are not. To add to the difficulty, each animal must end with the previous animal's first letter.
You may be curious as to why this cube only has $5$ faces. This is because the sixth side is an empty slot we call the wild side, paying homage to mother nature in all her glory. The wild side accepts a single wild card which is contained in a marble. You will be given a bag containing five marbles to choose from. However, choose very carefully; once you change the current wild card, you cannot change it again.
The Rules
The rules of this puzzle are simple:
- Faces $1$ thorugh $3$ when read in order must display a three letter word.
- This three letter word must have a definition.
- The three letter word is not required to be an animal.
- The first letter of the current animal, must be the last of the next.
The First Animal
Here is your cube, with the first animal already displayed properly:
For those with difficulty reading the font:
1: C
2: A
3: T
4: V
5: E
W: O
Finally, here is your bag of marbles.
$E, F, K, N, T$
Now that you have the tools; figure out the first animal, then change your wild card so that we can continue the tour.
Questions
- What are the seven animals shown on the main tour?
- What are the seven three letter words you chose?
- What do they feed the servals?
Bonus Questions
The nutrition department said they have a very special diet for their felines. It is said that there is one item in their arsenal that seems very controversial.
- What do they feed the felines? $+50$ reputation!
Rumor has it that the technology department heavily tested the cube and that following the same ruleset, you can figure out what the testing animal was.
- What is the testing animal? $+100$ reputation!
riddle word knowledge acrostic animals
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To clarify, our "alphabet" to make the 7 words with is just A, C, E, T, V, O with the option to trade O for E, F, K, N, or T just once at some point during the process?
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– Gareth McCaughan♦
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The question is as murky to me as it seems to be to Dorrulf. What exactly does it mean to have an animal "displayed on the cube"? Does each animal need to use the wildcard? (I think not, given the starting position.) What is a "basic" three-letter word? Is the idea that we make 6 letter-changes, each producing a new animal, or that we make any number of letter-changes, eventually producing six new animals, or what?
– Gareth McCaughan♦
1 hour ago
@GarethMcCaughan I've added clarifications to the post, if there is any further confusion; please feel free to let me know and I will address it the best I can.
– PerpetualJ
1 hour ago
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@gabbo1092 agreed. So the puzzle is to find 6 (or is it 7) more 6-lettered animals all of which contain (the same, although it can be changed) one of the letters O,E,F,K,N,T and 5 other random letters? With two constraints: the first letter of each must be the last letter of the previous animal, and 3 of its letters must form a 3-letter word, which does not have to be an animal, even though in the first example it is CAT. Placing them on 1,2,3 is a contrivance because any letter can be selected on any face except on W.
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Welcome to the Cubic Zoo!
Thank you for accepting our invitation to witness history in the making! My name is Amanda and I'll be your tour guide! Today marks a great achievement for the known world, as you are the first to tour our great zoo! There are enclosures dedicated to every continent on the planet; but, to make things even better, the main attraction is our animal sphere! This giant orb in the center of our zoo can immediately display any animal of our choosing. Everyday we choose several animals to be on display within the sphere!
Since you are the smartest people on the planet, and have been hand selected for your intellect; today's animals are very specific. We've built a puzzle of sorts for you to solve.
The Tools
Our first stop on the tour is our technology department. When we arrive, you'll be given a cube with five faces. Each face is numbered $1$ through $5$ and contains a letter. To change a letter, simply tap the face you wish to change and select a new letter from the holographic alphabet ($a-z$) that appears. After each animal you may change any number of the five faces to a new letter. Once you've made your changes to the faces, all six sides combined must spell an animal's name in any order; however, faces $1$ through $3$ when read in order are required to display a three letter word, while faces $2$, $4$, and $5$ when read in order are not. To add to the difficulty, each animal must end with the previous animal's first letter.
You may be curious as to why this cube only has $5$ faces. This is because the sixth side is an empty slot we call the wild side, paying homage to mother nature in all her glory. The wild side accepts a single wild card which is contained in a marble. You will be given a bag containing five marbles to choose from. However, choose very carefully; once you change the current wild card, you cannot change it again.
The Rules
The rules of this puzzle are simple:
- Faces $1$ thorugh $3$ when read in order must display a three letter word.
- This three letter word must have a definition.
- The three letter word is not required to be an animal.
- The first letter of the current animal, must be the last of the next.
The First Animal
Here is your cube, with the first animal already displayed properly:
For those with difficulty reading the font:
1: C
2: A
3: T
4: V
5: E
W: O
Finally, here is your bag of marbles.
$E, F, K, N, T$
Now that you have the tools; figure out the first animal, then change your wild card so that we can continue the tour.
Questions
- What are the seven animals shown on the main tour?
- What are the seven three letter words you chose?
- What do they feed the servals?
Bonus Questions
The nutrition department said they have a very special diet for their felines. It is said that there is one item in their arsenal that seems very controversial.
- What do they feed the felines? $+50$ reputation!
Rumor has it that the technology department heavily tested the cube and that following the same ruleset, you can figure out what the testing animal was.
- What is the testing animal? $+100$ reputation!
riddle word knowledge acrostic animals
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PerpetualJ
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Welcome to the Cubic Zoo!
Thank you for accepting our invitation to witness history in the making! My name is Amanda and I'll be your tour guide! Today marks a great achievement for the known world, as you are the first to tour our great zoo! There are enclosures dedicated to every continent on the planet; but, to make things even better, the main attraction is our animal sphere! This giant orb in the center of our zoo can immediately display any animal of our choosing. Everyday we choose several animals to be on display within the sphere!
Since you are the smartest people on the planet, and have been hand selected for your intellect; today's animals are very specific. We've built a puzzle of sorts for you to solve.
The Tools
Our first stop on the tour is our technology department. When we arrive, you'll be given a cube with five faces. Each face is numbered $1$ through $5$ and contains a letter. To change a letter, simply tap the face you wish to change and select a new letter from the holographic alphabet ($a-z$) that appears. After each animal you may change any number of the five faces to a new letter. Once you've made your changes to the faces, all six sides combined must spell an animal's name in any order; however, faces $1$ through $3$ when read in order are required to display a three letter word, while faces $2$, $4$, and $5$ when read in order are not. To add to the difficulty, each animal must end with the previous animal's first letter.
You may be curious as to why this cube only has $5$ faces. This is because the sixth side is an empty slot we call the wild side, paying homage to mother nature in all her glory. The wild side accepts a single wild card which is contained in a marble. You will be given a bag containing five marbles to choose from. However, choose very carefully; once you change the current wild card, you cannot change it again.
The Rules
The rules of this puzzle are simple:
- Faces $1$ thorugh $3$ when read in order must display a three letter word.
- This three letter word must have a definition.
- The three letter word is not required to be an animal.
- The first letter of the current animal, must be the last of the next.
The First Animal
Here is your cube, with the first animal already displayed properly:
For those with difficulty reading the font:
1: C
2: A
3: T
4: V
5: E
W: O
Finally, here is your bag of marbles.
$E, F, K, N, T$
Now that you have the tools; figure out the first animal, then change your wild card so that we can continue the tour.
Questions
- What are the seven animals shown on the main tour?
- What are the seven three letter words you chose?
- What do they feed the servals?
Bonus Questions
The nutrition department said they have a very special diet for their felines. It is said that there is one item in their arsenal that seems very controversial.
- What do they feed the felines? $+50$ reputation!
Rumor has it that the technology department heavily tested the cube and that following the same ruleset, you can figure out what the testing animal was.
- What is the testing animal? $+100$ reputation!
riddle word knowledge acrostic animals
riddle word knowledge acrostic animals
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To clarify, our "alphabet" to make the 7 words with is just A, C, E, T, V, O with the option to trade O for E, F, K, N, or T just once at some point during the process?
– Dorrulf
1 hour ago
[Dorrulf hasn't enough rep to comment yet, so I converted an answer they posted into a comment. Note that this may also mean they can't reply if further clarification is needed...]
– Gareth McCaughan♦
1 hour ago
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The question is as murky to me as it seems to be to Dorrulf. What exactly does it mean to have an animal "displayed on the cube"? Does each animal need to use the wildcard? (I think not, given the starting position.) What is a "basic" three-letter word? Is the idea that we make 6 letter-changes, each producing a new animal, or that we make any number of letter-changes, eventually producing six new animals, or what?
– Gareth McCaughan♦
1 hour ago
@GarethMcCaughan I've added clarifications to the post, if there is any further confusion; please feel free to let me know and I will address it the best I can.
– PerpetualJ
1 hour ago
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@gabbo1092 agreed. So the puzzle is to find 6 (or is it 7) more 6-lettered animals all of which contain (the same, although it can be changed) one of the letters O,E,F,K,N,T and 5 other random letters? With two constraints: the first letter of each must be the last letter of the previous animal, and 3 of its letters must form a 3-letter word, which does not have to be an animal, even though in the first example it is CAT. Placing them on 1,2,3 is a contrivance because any letter can be selected on any face except on W.
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To clarify, our "alphabet" to make the 7 words with is just A, C, E, T, V, O with the option to trade O for E, F, K, N, or T just once at some point during the process?
– Dorrulf
1 hour ago
[Dorrulf hasn't enough rep to comment yet, so I converted an answer they posted into a comment. Note that this may also mean they can't reply if further clarification is needed...]
– Gareth McCaughan♦
1 hour ago
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The question is as murky to me as it seems to be to Dorrulf. What exactly does it mean to have an animal "displayed on the cube"? Does each animal need to use the wildcard? (I think not, given the starting position.) What is a "basic" three-letter word? Is the idea that we make 6 letter-changes, each producing a new animal, or that we make any number of letter-changes, eventually producing six new animals, or what?
– Gareth McCaughan♦
1 hour ago
@GarethMcCaughan I've added clarifications to the post, if there is any further confusion; please feel free to let me know and I will address it the best I can.
– PerpetualJ
1 hour ago
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@gabbo1092 agreed. So the puzzle is to find 6 (or is it 7) more 6-lettered animals all of which contain (the same, although it can be changed) one of the letters O,E,F,K,N,T and 5 other random letters? With two constraints: the first letter of each must be the last letter of the previous animal, and 3 of its letters must form a 3-letter word, which does not have to be an animal, even though in the first example it is CAT. Placing them on 1,2,3 is a contrivance because any letter can be selected on any face except on W.
– Weather Vane
54 mins ago
To clarify, our "alphabet" to make the 7 words with is just A, C, E, T, V, O with the option to trade O for E, F, K, N, or T just once at some point during the process?
– Dorrulf
1 hour ago
To clarify, our "alphabet" to make the 7 words with is just A, C, E, T, V, O with the option to trade O for E, F, K, N, or T just once at some point during the process?
– Dorrulf
1 hour ago
[Dorrulf hasn't enough rep to comment yet, so I converted an answer they posted into a comment. Note that this may also mean they can't reply if further clarification is needed...]
– Gareth McCaughan♦
1 hour ago
[Dorrulf hasn't enough rep to comment yet, so I converted an answer they posted into a comment. Note that this may also mean they can't reply if further clarification is needed...]
– Gareth McCaughan♦
1 hour ago
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The question is as murky to me as it seems to be to Dorrulf. What exactly does it mean to have an animal "displayed on the cube"? Does each animal need to use the wildcard? (I think not, given the starting position.) What is a "basic" three-letter word? Is the idea that we make 6 letter-changes, each producing a new animal, or that we make any number of letter-changes, eventually producing six new animals, or what?
– Gareth McCaughan♦
1 hour ago
The question is as murky to me as it seems to be to Dorrulf. What exactly does it mean to have an animal "displayed on the cube"? Does each animal need to use the wildcard? (I think not, given the starting position.) What is a "basic" three-letter word? Is the idea that we make 6 letter-changes, each producing a new animal, or that we make any number of letter-changes, eventually producing six new animals, or what?
– Gareth McCaughan♦
1 hour ago
@GarethMcCaughan I've added clarifications to the post, if there is any further confusion; please feel free to let me know and I will address it the best I can.
– PerpetualJ
1 hour ago
@GarethMcCaughan I've added clarifications to the post, if there is any further confusion; please feel free to let me know and I will address it the best I can.
– PerpetualJ
1 hour ago
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@gabbo1092 agreed. So the puzzle is to find 6 (or is it 7) more 6-lettered animals all of which contain (the same, although it can be changed) one of the letters O,E,F,K,N,T and 5 other random letters? With two constraints: the first letter of each must be the last letter of the previous animal, and 3 of its letters must form a 3-letter word, which does not have to be an animal, even though in the first example it is CAT. Placing them on 1,2,3 is a contrivance because any letter can be selected on any face except on W.
– Weather Vane
54 mins ago
@gabbo1092 agreed. So the puzzle is to find 6 (or is it 7) more 6-lettered animals all of which contain (the same, although it can be changed) one of the letters O,E,F,K,N,T and 5 other random letters? With two constraints: the first letter of each must be the last letter of the previous animal, and 3 of its letters must form a 3-letter word, which does not have to be an animal, even though in the first example it is CAT. Placing them on 1,2,3 is a contrivance because any letter can be selected on any face except on W.
– Weather Vane
54 mins ago
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Partial Answer: Found a path of 4 matching the constraints, but reached a dead end.
AVOCET is the first animal, containing CAT as the sub-animal.
NUTRIA as the second animal, containing RAT as the sub-animal. Wildcard set to N
MARTEN as the third animal, containing RAM as the sub-animal.
BANTAM as the fourth animal, containing BAT as the sub-animal.
Or, if the 7 sub-animals do not need to be distinct, a path of 6
AVOCET/CAT
NUTRIA/RAT
TARPAN/RAT
NUMBAT/BAT
MARTEN/RAM
BANTAM/BAT
answered 38 mins ago
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+1 since this was a really good attempt; however, the sub-words aren't required to be animals. Also, in both of your examples you break the rules. More specifically, each animal's last letter is the previous animal's first; this is broken with MARTEN and BANTAM.
– PerpetualJ
11 mins ago
The question does not say that the 3-letter words are animals but "a three letter word". Your animals contain unique 3-letter words.
– Weather Vane
11 mins ago
@PerpetualJ not to my eyes. Are you sure there is only one solution? Are you confused by your own question? Which seems to be like shifting sand;)
– Weather Vane
10 mins ago
@WeatherVane It will be very, very difficult to create an alternative solution. I had to search for hours on end to find animals that met the criteria. I originally had an additional criteria that I scrapped in which faces $2$, $4$, and $5$ also had to spell a three letter word. The three letter words must have actual definitions when searched on Google as x definition.
– PerpetualJ
5 mins ago
@PerpetualJ so how is the first letter M of marten different from the last letter M of bantam?
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First Stop:
Rearranging the letters C, A, T, V, E, and O gives Avocet (a type of bird). If this is correct the next animal name must end with an A.
Second Stop:
Only animal I have found so far is IGUANA, but this would make N the wild card and I can't seem to find any three letter words in iguana without using the N, so still searching for this stop.
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Animals: http://bestforpuzzles.com/lists/animals/6.html
1. AVOCET / CAT Wildcard: N 2. IGUANA / GUN 3. NILGAI / LAG 4. RACOON / AN 5. ONAGER / RAN 6. OLINGO / LOG 7. MERINO / MEN
Servals:
Wiki - "Servals are carnivores – they prey on rodents (particularly vlei rats), small birds, frogs, insects, and reptiles." Did they really feed them iguanas?
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Partial Answer: Found a path of 4 matching the constraints, but reached a dead end.
AVOCET is the first animal, containing CAT as the sub-animal.
NUTRIA as the second animal, containing RAT as the sub-animal. Wildcard set to N
MARTEN as the third animal, containing RAM as the sub-animal.
BANTAM as the fourth animal, containing BAT as the sub-animal.
Or, if the 7 sub-animals do not need to be distinct, a path of 6
AVOCET/CAT
NUTRIA/RAT
TARPAN/RAT
NUMBAT/BAT
MARTEN/RAM
BANTAM/BAT
answered 38 mins ago
Sconibulus
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+1 since this was a really good attempt; however, the sub-words aren't required to be animals. Also, in both of your examples you break the rules. More specifically, each animal's last letter is the previous animal's first; this is broken with MARTEN and BANTAM.
– PerpetualJ
11 mins ago
The question does not say that the 3-letter words are animals but "a three letter word". Your animals contain unique 3-letter words.
– Weather Vane
11 mins ago
@PerpetualJ not to my eyes. Are you sure there is only one solution? Are you confused by your own question? Which seems to be like shifting sand;)
– Weather Vane
10 mins ago
@WeatherVane It will be very, very difficult to create an alternative solution. I had to search for hours on end to find animals that met the criteria. I originally had an additional criteria that I scrapped in which faces $2$, $4$, and $5$ also had to spell a three letter word. The three letter words must have actual definitions when searched on Google as x definition.
– PerpetualJ
5 mins ago
@PerpetualJ so how is the first letter M of marten different from the last letter M of bantam?
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3 mins ago
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Partial Answer: Found a path of 4 matching the constraints, but reached a dead end.
AVOCET is the first animal, containing CAT as the sub-animal.
NUTRIA as the second animal, containing RAT as the sub-animal. Wildcard set to N
MARTEN as the third animal, containing RAM as the sub-animal.
BANTAM as the fourth animal, containing BAT as the sub-animal.
Or, if the 7 sub-animals do not need to be distinct, a path of 6
AVOCET/CAT
NUTRIA/RAT
TARPAN/RAT
NUMBAT/BAT
MARTEN/RAM
BANTAM/BAT
answered 38 mins ago
Sconibulus
14k12698
+1 since this was a really good attempt; however, the sub-words aren't required to be animals. Also, in both of your examples you break the rules. More specifically, each animal's last letter is the previous animal's first; this is broken with MARTEN and BANTAM.
– PerpetualJ
11 mins ago
The question does not say that the 3-letter words are animals but "a three letter word". Your animals contain unique 3-letter words.
– Weather Vane
11 mins ago
@PerpetualJ not to my eyes. Are you sure there is only one solution? Are you confused by your own question? Which seems to be like shifting sand;)
– Weather Vane
10 mins ago
@WeatherVane It will be very, very difficult to create an alternative solution. I had to search for hours on end to find animals that met the criteria. I originally had an additional criteria that I scrapped in which faces $2$, $4$, and $5$ also had to spell a three letter word. The three letter words must have actual definitions when searched on Google as x definition.
– PerpetualJ
5 mins ago
@PerpetualJ so how is the first letter M of marten different from the last letter M of bantam?
– Weather Vane
3 mins ago
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Partial Answer: Found a path of 4 matching the constraints, but reached a dead end.
AVOCET is the first animal, containing CAT as the sub-animal.
NUTRIA as the second animal, containing RAT as the sub-animal. Wildcard set to N
MARTEN as the third animal, containing RAM as the sub-animal.
BANTAM as the fourth animal, containing BAT as the sub-animal.
Or, if the 7 sub-animals do not need to be distinct, a path of 6
AVOCET/CAT
NUTRIA/RAT
TARPAN/RAT
NUMBAT/BAT
MARTEN/RAM
BANTAM/BAT
answered 38 mins ago
Sconibulus
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Partial Answer: Found a path of 4 matching the constraints, but reached a dead end.
AVOCET is the first animal, containing CAT as the sub-animal.
NUTRIA as the second animal, containing RAT as the sub-animal. Wildcard set to N
MARTEN as the third animal, containing RAM as the sub-animal.
BANTAM as the fourth animal, containing BAT as the sub-animal.
Or, if the 7 sub-animals do not need to be distinct, a path of 6
AVOCET/CAT
NUTRIA/RAT
TARPAN/RAT
NUMBAT/BAT
MARTEN/RAM
BANTAM/BAT
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+1 since this was a really good attempt; however, the sub-words aren't required to be animals. Also, in both of your examples you break the rules. More specifically, each animal's last letter is the previous animal's first; this is broken with MARTEN and BANTAM.
– PerpetualJ
11 mins ago
The question does not say that the 3-letter words are animals but "a three letter word". Your animals contain unique 3-letter words.
– Weather Vane
11 mins ago
@PerpetualJ not to my eyes. Are you sure there is only one solution? Are you confused by your own question? Which seems to be like shifting sand;)
– Weather Vane
10 mins ago
@WeatherVane It will be very, very difficult to create an alternative solution. I had to search for hours on end to find animals that met the criteria. I originally had an additional criteria that I scrapped in which faces $2$, $4$, and $5$ also had to spell a three letter word. The three letter words must have actual definitions when searched on Google as x definition.
– PerpetualJ
5 mins ago
@PerpetualJ so how is the first letter M of marten different from the last letter M of bantam?
– Weather Vane
3 mins ago
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+1 since this was a really good attempt; however, the sub-words aren't required to be animals. Also, in both of your examples you break the rules. More specifically, each animal's last letter is the previous animal's first; this is broken with MARTEN and BANTAM.
– PerpetualJ
11 mins ago
The question does not say that the 3-letter words are animals but "a three letter word". Your animals contain unique 3-letter words.
– Weather Vane
11 mins ago
@PerpetualJ not to my eyes. Are you sure there is only one solution? Are you confused by your own question? Which seems to be like shifting sand;)
– Weather Vane
10 mins ago
@WeatherVane It will be very, very difficult to create an alternative solution. I had to search for hours on end to find animals that met the criteria. I originally had an additional criteria that I scrapped in which faces $2$, $4$, and $5$ also had to spell a three letter word. The three letter words must have actual definitions when searched on Google as x definition.
– PerpetualJ
5 mins ago
@PerpetualJ so how is the first letter M of marten different from the last letter M of bantam?
– Weather Vane
3 mins ago
+1 since this was a really good attempt; however, the sub-words aren't required to be animals. Also, in both of your examples you break the rules. More specifically, each animal's last letter is the previous animal's first; this is broken with MARTEN and BANTAM.
– PerpetualJ
11 mins ago
+1 since this was a really good attempt; however, the sub-words aren't required to be animals. Also, in both of your examples you break the rules. More specifically, each animal's last letter is the previous animal's first; this is broken with MARTEN and BANTAM.
– PerpetualJ
11 mins ago
The question does not say that the 3-letter words are animals but "a three letter word". Your animals contain unique 3-letter words.
– Weather Vane
11 mins ago
The question does not say that the 3-letter words are animals but "a three letter word". Your animals contain unique 3-letter words.
– Weather Vane
11 mins ago
@PerpetualJ not to my eyes. Are you sure there is only one solution? Are you confused by your own question? Which seems to be like shifting sand;)
– Weather Vane
10 mins ago
@PerpetualJ not to my eyes. Are you sure there is only one solution? Are you confused by your own question? Which seems to be like shifting sand;)
– Weather Vane
10 mins ago
@WeatherVane It will be very, very difficult to create an alternative solution. I had to search for hours on end to find animals that met the criteria. I originally had an additional criteria that I scrapped in which faces $2$, $4$, and $5$ also had to spell a three letter word. The three letter words must have actual definitions when searched on Google as x definition.
– PerpetualJ
5 mins ago
@WeatherVane It will be very, very difficult to create an alternative solution. I had to search for hours on end to find animals that met the criteria. I originally had an additional criteria that I scrapped in which faces $2$, $4$, and $5$ also had to spell a three letter word. The three letter words must have actual definitions when searched on Google as x definition.
– PerpetualJ
5 mins ago
@PerpetualJ so how is the first letter M of marten different from the last letter M of bantam?
– Weather Vane
3 mins ago
@PerpetualJ so how is the first letter M of marten different from the last letter M of bantam?
– Weather Vane
3 mins ago
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Partial Answer
First Stop:
Rearranging the letters C, A, T, V, E, and O gives Avocet (a type of bird). If this is correct the next animal name must end with an A.
Second Stop:
Only animal I have found so far is IGUANA, but this would make N the wild card and I can't seem to find any three letter words in iguana without using the N, so still searching for this stop.
answered 1 hour ago
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Partial Answer
First Stop:
Rearranging the letters C, A, T, V, E, and O gives Avocet (a type of bird). If this is correct the next animal name must end with an A.
Second Stop:
Only animal I have found so far is IGUANA, but this would make N the wild card and I can't seem to find any three letter words in iguana without using the N, so still searching for this stop.
answered 1 hour ago
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Partial Answer
First Stop:
Rearranging the letters C, A, T, V, E, and O gives Avocet (a type of bird). If this is correct the next animal name must end with an A.
Second Stop:
Only animal I have found so far is IGUANA, but this would make N the wild card and I can't seem to find any three letter words in iguana without using the N, so still searching for this stop.
answered 1 hour ago
gabbo1092
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Partial Answer
First Stop:
Rearranging the letters C, A, T, V, E, and O gives Avocet (a type of bird). If this is correct the next animal name must end with an A.
Second Stop:
Only animal I have found so far is IGUANA, but this would make N the wild card and I can't seem to find any three letter words in iguana without using the N, so still searching for this stop.
answered 1 hour ago
gabbo1092
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answered 1 hour ago
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Animals: http://bestforpuzzles.com/lists/animals/6.html
1. AVOCET / CAT Wildcard: N 2. IGUANA / GUN 3. NILGAI / LAG 4. RACOON / AN 5. ONAGER / RAN 6. OLINGO / LOG 7. MERINO / MEN
Servals:
Wiki - "Servals are carnivores – they prey on rodents (particularly vlei rats), small birds, frogs, insects, and reptiles." Did they really feed them iguanas?
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Animals: http://bestforpuzzles.com/lists/animals/6.html
1. AVOCET / CAT Wildcard: N 2. IGUANA / GUN 3. NILGAI / LAG 4. RACOON / AN 5. ONAGER / RAN 6. OLINGO / LOG 7. MERINO / MEN
Servals:
Wiki - "Servals are carnivores – they prey on rodents (particularly vlei rats), small birds, frogs, insects, and reptiles." Did they really feed them iguanas?
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Animals: http://bestforpuzzles.com/lists/animals/6.html
1. AVOCET / CAT Wildcard: N 2. IGUANA / GUN 3. NILGAI / LAG 4. RACOON / AN 5. ONAGER / RAN 6. OLINGO / LOG 7. MERINO / MEN
Servals:
Wiki - "Servals are carnivores – they prey on rodents (particularly vlei rats), small birds, frogs, insects, and reptiles." Did they really feed them iguanas?
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Animals: http://bestforpuzzles.com/lists/animals/6.html
1. AVOCET / CAT Wildcard: N 2. IGUANA / GUN 3. NILGAI / LAG 4. RACOON / AN 5. ONAGER / RAN 6. OLINGO / LOG 7. MERINO / MEN
Servals:
Wiki - "Servals are carnivores – they prey on rodents (particularly vlei rats), small birds, frogs, insects, and reptiles." Did they really feed them iguanas?
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To clarify, our "alphabet" to make the 7 words with is just A, C, E, T, V, O with the option to trade O for E, F, K, N, or T just once at some point during the process?
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– Gareth McCaughan♦
1 hour ago
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The question is as murky to me as it seems to be to Dorrulf. What exactly does it mean to have an animal "displayed on the cube"? Does each animal need to use the wildcard? (I think not, given the starting position.) What is a "basic" three-letter word? Is the idea that we make 6 letter-changes, each producing a new animal, or that we make any number of letter-changes, eventually producing six new animals, or what?
– Gareth McCaughan♦
1 hour ago
@GarethMcCaughan I've added clarifications to the post, if there is any further confusion; please feel free to let me know and I will address it the best I can.
– PerpetualJ
1 hour ago
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@gabbo1092 agreed. So the puzzle is to find 6 (or is it 7) more 6-lettered animals all of which contain (the same, although it can be changed) one of the letters O,E,F,K,N,T and 5 other random letters? With two constraints: the first letter of each must be the last letter of the previous animal, and 3 of its letters must form a 3-letter word, which does not have to be an animal, even though in the first example it is CAT. Placing them on 1,2,3 is a contrivance because any letter can be selected on any face except on W.
– Weather Vane
54 mins ago