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The 2023 DUAL Puzzle Hunt
The 2023 DUAL Puzzle Hunt
Running Team	Edric Haleen
Winning Team	Vehemence
No. of Rounds	7
No. of Puzzles (Feeders and Metas)	26 easy/26 hard
Timeframe and Location
Location	Online
Start Time	2023-07-16 17:00 EDT
Finishing Time (Winning Team)	2023-07-23 18:30:47 EDT
Official End Time	2023-07-26 12:00 EDT
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Hunt Link	Link
Edric's Treasure Hunt Chronology
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The 2023 DUAL Puzzle Hunt (the fifth non-treasure hunt in the series, and the third "Puzzle Hunt") went live at 5:00 p.m. EDT on Sunday, July 16, 2023. The hunt was structured in the style of an Australian hunt, with six rounds of puzzles released over the course of a week, and then a final metapuzzle at the end.

The twist on this structure, however, was that there were actually two hunts running simultaneously -- an "easy-half" hunt that was formally presented on the main web page and a "hard-half" hunt which ran "in the background." Solving an easy-half puzzle allowed the solver to access the corresponding hard-half puzzle, so the puzzles for the hard-half followed the same release schedule as the puzzles for the easy-half.

The easy-half puzzles were specifically tailored for young kids to be able to solve, so families were encouraged to participate. (The guiding philosophy for writing the easy-half puzzles was that a 4th grader should be able to solve them solo and a 2nd grader should be able to solve them with maybe a little reading assistance from someone older.) Veteran solvers, for their part, were able to dispatch those easy-half puzzles very quickly and could merely regard them as cute little "palate cleansers" on their way to the more substantial hard-half puzzles.

Click to revealBut still, every one of the answers were important in the overall hunt.

List of Rounds[edit | edit source]

Round	Number of Puzzles	Notes
Day 1	4 easy/4 hard	(Puzzles released at 17:00 EDT, July 16, 2023)
Day 2	4 easy/4 hard	(Puzzles released at 17:00 EDT, July 17, 2023)
Day 3	4 easy/4 hard	(Puzzles released at 17:00 EDT, July 18, 2023)
Day 4	4 easy/4 hard	(Puzzles released at 17:00 EDT, July 19, 2023)
Day 5	4 easy/4 hard	(Puzzles released at 17:00 EDT, July 20, 2023)
Day 6	4 easy/4 hard	(Puzzles released at 17:00 EDT, July 21, 2023)
Token Meta	1 easy/1 hard	(Tokens were collected as puzzles got solved)
Meta	1 easy/1 hard	(Puzzles released at 17:00 EDT, July 22, 2023)

List of Puzzles[edit | edit source]

Note: The easy-half puzzle solutions are intentionally unpublished, as commemorative coins can still be earned by solvers aged 11-and-under who solve the easy-half hunt!

Day of Hunt	Easy-Half Puzzle	Solution Write-Up Link	Day of Hunt	Hard-Half Puzzle	Solution Write-Up Link
Introductory Information	The hunt's main page	(not applicable)	Introductory Information	"Shortcut" page(Major spoilers)	(not applicable)
Day 1	Puzzle 1 A1Z26	(intentionally unpublished)	Day 1	Puzzle 1 A New Adventure!	Puzzle 1 Solution
	Puzzle 2 Commonalities	(intentionally unpublished)		Puzzle 2 Two of Three	Puzzle 2 Solution
	Puzzle 3 Extractions	(intentionally unpublished)		Puzzle 3 Heads Up, Seven Up	Puzzle 3 Solution
	Puzzle 4 Black Boxes	(intentionally unpublished)		Puzzle 4 False Positives	Puzzle 4 Solution
Day 2	Puzzle 5 Eigenletters	(intentionally unpublished)	Day 2	Puzzle 5 Unfamiliar Words	Puzzle 5 Solution
	Puzzle 6 Research	(intentionally unpublished)		Puzzle 6 As Relates To "Fifth"?	Puzzle 6 Solution
	Puzzle 7 Namystics	(intentionally unpublished)		Puzzle 7 A Careful Construction	Puzzle 7 Solution
	Puzzle 8 Hidden In Plain Sight	(intentionally unpublished)		Puzzle 8 (Stupid AI . . .)	Puzzle 8 Solution
Day 3	Puzzle 9 Cardan Grilles	(intentionally unpublished)	Day 3	Puzzle 9 Shift!	Puzzle 9 Solution
	Puzzle 10 A Math Lesson	(intentionally unpublished)		Puzzle 10 Submit	Puzzle 10 Solution
	Puzzle 11 Filling In Boxes	(intentionally unpublished)		Puzzle 11 Every Three Is Given	Puzzle 11 Solution
	Puzzle 12 Metapuzzles	(intentionally unpublished)		Puzzle 12 26 Letters (Part 1 of 5...)	Puzzle 12 Solution
Day 4	Puzzle 13 Morse Code	(intentionally unpublished)	Day 4	Puzzle 13 (Just The Letters)	Puzzle 13 Solution
	Puzzle 14 Codes vs Ciphers	(intentionally unpublished)		Puzzle 14 Dln Icrydgch Co Itwkti	Puzzle 14 Solution
	Puzzle 15 One Letter Off	(intentionally unpublished)		Puzzle 15 (Hint: Am Geek)	Puzzle 15 Solution
	Puzzle 16 Kriss-Krosses	(intentionally unpublished)		Puzzle 16 (It's Modular)	Puzzle 16 Solution
Day 5	Puzzle 17 Crossword Puzzles	(intentionally unpublished)	Day 5	Puzzle 17 A Diagramless	Puzzle 17 Solution
	Puzzle 18 Explicit Instructions	(intentionally unpublished)		Puzzle 18 (See below . . .)	Puzzle 18 Solution
	Puzzle 19 Cube Nets	(intentionally unpublished)		Puzzle 19 1-2-3-4	Puzzle 19 Solution
	Puzzle 20 Bigrams	(intentionally unpublished)		Puzzle 20 More Bigrams!	Puzzle 20 Solution
Day 6	Puzzle 21 Anagrams	(intentionally unpublished)	Day 6	Puzzle 21 In The Bag	Puzzle 21 Solution
	Puzzle 22 Gimmicks	(intentionally unpublished)		Puzzle 22 Pimple Popping	Puzzle 22 Solution
	Puzzle 23 Differences	(intentionally unpublished)		Puzzle 23 One Of Two Options	Puzzle 23 Solution
	Puzzle 24 Following Directions	(intentionally unpublished)		Puzzle 24 Just Read The Instructions	Puzzle 24 Solution
Day 7	Metapuzzle The Metapuzzle	(intentionally unpublished)	Day 7	Metapuzzle Before & After	Metapuzzle Solution

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 [http://happinessboard.com/2023dualpuzzlehunt/hard-half_puzzles_files/Puzzle-6.pdf As Relates To "Fifth"?]
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 [http://happinessboard.com/2023dualpuzzlehunt/hard-half_puzzles_files/Puzzle-7.pdf A Careful Construction]
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 [http://happinessboard.com/2023dualpuzzlehunt/puzzles_files/Cardan-Grilles.pdf Cardan Grilles]
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 [http://happinessboard.com/2023dualpuzzlehunt/puzzles_files/A-Math-Lesson.pdf A Math Lesson]
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 [http://happinessboard.com/2023dualpuzzlehunt/hard-half_puzzles_files/Puzzle-10.pdf Submit]
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 [http://happinessboard.com/2023dualpuzzlehunt/puzzles_files/Filling-In-Boxes.pdf Filling In Boxes]
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 [http://happinessboard.com/2023dualpuzzlehunt/hard-half_puzzles_files/Puzzle-11.pdf Every Three Is Given]
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 [http://happinessboard.com/2023dualpuzzlehunt/hard-half_puzzles_files/Puzzle-12-Part-1.pdf 26 Letters]  ''(Part 1 of 5...)''
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 [http://happinessboard.com/2023dualpuzzlehunt/puzzles_files/Morse-Code.pdf Morse Code]
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 [http://happinessboard.com/2023dualpuzzlehunt/puzzles_files/Codes-vs-Ciphers.pdf Codes vs Ciphers]
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 [http://happinessboard.com/2023dualpuzzlehunt/hard-half_puzzles_files/Puzzle-14.pdf Dln Icrydgch Co Itwkti]
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 [http://happinessboard.com/2023dualpuzzlehunt/puzzles_files/Kriss-Krosses.pdf Kriss-Krosses]
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 [http://happinessboard.com/2023dualpuzzlehunt/hard-half_puzzles_files/Puzzle-16.pdf (It's Modular)]
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 [http://happinessboard.com/2023dualpuzzlehunt/hard-half_puzzles_files/Puzzle-18.pdf (See below . . .)]
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 [http://happinessboard.com/2023dualpuzzlehunt/puzzles_files/Cube-Nets.pdf Cube Nets]
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 [http://happinessboard.com/2023dualpuzzlehunt/hard-half_puzzles_files/Puzzle-19.pdf 1-2-3-4]
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 [http://happinessboard.com/2023dualpuzzlehunt/puzzles_files/Bigrams.pdf Bigrams]
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 [http://happinessboard.com/2023dualpuzzlehunt/puzzles_files/Gimmicks.pdf Gimmicks]
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 [http://happinessboard.com/2023dualpuzzlehunt/hard-half_puzzles_files/Puzzle-22.pdf Pimple Popping]
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 [http://happinessboard.com/2023dualpuzzlehunt/puzzles_files/Following-Directions.pdf Following Directions]
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 [http://happinessboard.com/2023dualpuzzlehunt/hard-half_puzzles_files/Puzzle-24.pdf Just Read The Instructions]
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 [http://happinessboard.com/2023dualpuzzlehunt/puzzles_files/Easy-Meta.pdf The Metapuzzle]
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 |Metapuzzle

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