| Natural Order | |
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| Silph Puzzle Hunt 2021 | |
| Round 1 | |
| Author(s) | Level 51 |
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| Puzzle | Link |
| Solution | Link |
Natural Order is a crossword puzzle from Round 1 of the 2021 Silph Puzzle Hunt. Beyond a given enumeration of (5 8) below the puzzle, this puzzle presents itself as a standard crossword.
Searching for Pokémon chart natural or something similar will direct the solver to a 5x5 chart of natures in Pokémon games, with the top axis representing an increase, and the left axis representing a decrease.
Some of these natures are found in this puzzle as answers to crossword clues. In fact, there are exactly 10 words that solvers answered in the crossword grid that are also Pokémon natures. Each nature can be associated to a letter by finding it in the 5x5 grid of Pokémon natures, then looking at the 5x5 grid of letters they filled in the puzzle and taking the letter from the corresponding position. Reading these letters from top-to-bottom left-to-right in grid order yields the clue phrase TYPE I ERROR. Answering this clue with an answer length of the given enumeration (5 8) yields the final answer to this puzzle.
Final Answer: Click to revealFALSE POSITIVE
Crossword - This puzzle presents itself as a traditional American crossword. The first part of the solve tasks the solver with answering clues to fill out the crossword grid. Some of the clues require knowledge of the puzzle mechanics, but the vast majority do not and can be solved in a standard crossword fashion.
Video games - This puzzle requires knowledge or research of the popular video game franchise Pokémon.
