National Ding-a-Ling Day (Holiday Hoopla 2023)
| National Ding-a-Ling Day | |
|---|---|
| Holiday Hoopla 2023 | |
| Answer | Click to revealGOLD |
| Statistics | |
| No. solves | 72 |
| No. total guesses | 184 |
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| Puzzle | Link |
National Ding-a-Ling Day is a word puzzle from Holiday Hoopla 2023. Its difficulty level is categorized as Easy relative to the other puzzles in the hunt.
The puzzle is presented as a series of messages written in all caps.
Solve Path[edit | edit source]
Upon reading the messages, solvers may notice several misspelled words. The significance of these errors is confirmed by the flavor text "Aliens aren’t the best sppelerz...".
For each message, fixing the misspelled words and reading just those words will reveal a cluephrase.
Each cluephrase can be represented by a single alphabet letter.
| Message | Misspelled Words | Words Correctly Spelled | Letter | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SEVENCE LETTER | SEVENTH LETTER | G | "G" is the seventh letter of the alphabet. |
| 2 | WAT YOO BREETH INN | WHAT YOU BREATHE IN | O | Oxygen |
| 3 | O'POSITE OFF WEINER | OPPOSITE OF WINNER | L | Loser |
| 4 | ARLING EAR ATE | DARLING DEAR DATE | D | "D" is the letter added to fix each misspelled word. |
The final answer is Click to revealGOLD.
Puzzle Elements[edit | edit source]
Text Heavy - The puzzle consists solely of text, as a series of communication messages.
Error Correction - The misspelled words are used to form a cluephrase. The exact letters that are changed within each word are not used as part of the solve path.
