How to Play
One Word Wonders are word puzzles where the answer is exactly one word. Decipher the image below to come up with the answer. For a better idea on how to solve this puzzle view an example. If you get stuck you can ask for help in the comments section. Hints are posted 24 hours after puzzle's publish date (if provided by author).















It took you 2 minutes and 33 seconds to solve this puzzle.
You were the 1st Tanga member to solve this puzzle.
yayyy!
It took you 4 minutes and 1 second to solve this puzzle.
You were the 2nd Tanga member to solve this puzzle.
Average solve time: 3 minutes and 17 seconds.
Median solve time: 4 minutes and 1 second.
5.405% of Tanga members that have attempted this puzzle have solved it.
wow.... my first top ten
haven't we already done this one?
It took you 5 minutes and 48 seconds to solve this puzzle.
You were the 3rd Tanga member to solve this puzzle.
My first impression was totally wrong.
It took you 7 minutes and 58 seconds to solve this puzzle.
You were the 5th Tanga member to solve this puzzle.
Thank goodness I didn't have another night like last night - more than one hour to solve.
Like many others, I went down the wrong path until I had my AHA! moment.
So glad that was a fast one. Still have to backsolve for a couple.
Two different ways to go. My first instinct was correct. Slowed down by watching the Superbowl postgame show.
I think I should file a charge against tanga for this blantant and repetitive discrimination.
Americans with Disabilities have rights too, you know!
How you would need to back-solve this is beyond me. Once you know the right words to use, it's pretty easy to figure them ALL out. Well, unless you have that certain condition that would make it difficult.
actually, I don't have that certain condition that makes it difficult and I was still thrown by one of them... the bottom one.... It looked different to me... finally figured it out when it was the only one that didn't fit anywhere.
I was there too, kswitz. (Did you see one of my late posts yesterday - we have the same Tanga "birthday"!)
Nice post-game puzzle!
Needed an easy one after watching the game tonight.
joeyhemlock, I had to backsolve because I had a temporary brain lapse and forgot the hockey puck
So, anybody want to throw a little hint out there for those who aren't getting this so easy? :)
Yes, help please. Everything I can think of does not fit. And please, don't mention anything about the game. I had to cover for the nightshift at work and I have it recorded for when I get home. Thanks.
TheKeck -
You don't have to know what the pink thing is to solve the puzzle.
Thanks allendoum, that got it... for my wife!
OK, I know what everything there IS, but NO idea how to use it, as the methods I've been trying to apply are too long or don't all fit. Help?
[17] should help
That was frustratingly simple.
It took you 35 minutes and 49 seconds to solve this puzzle.
You were the 93rd Tanga member to solve this puzzle.
My First Salt-free puzzle in a month at this ... I think I might cry...
LOL
Nice puzzle tonight. Props to the creator.
It took you 1 hour, 26 minutes and 45 seconds to solve this puzzle.
You were the 114th Tanga member to solve this puzzle.
For those who are stuck: DO NOT overthink this puzzle. Thanks [17]!
Ok, I got it, and then I had to just comtemplate my idiocy rather than post. I had two ideas for the puzzle immediately, and one of them was right. But of course, I miscounted and that threw me off-track. I recounted an hour later and realized I was right. Grrrrrrrrr.
If you are stuck still, let me say that the bottom image should probably be a bit darker than it looks.
What's with this checking answer thing? I'm stuck there...
Yay!
Watched the superbowl - away, drove home, internet "iffy" - spent too long trying to figure out what kind of ball the purple one is.
Saltless solve!
That volleyball sure does look strange...
[26] chili
It shouldn't get stuck there! maybe try to refresh your screen?
yup all better
[26] What browser chili? They recently changed the puzzle page to submit with Ajax, and yours might not be compatible.
EDIT: Nevermind, you got it :)
I had to resubmit, myself, using Firefox 1.5.0.9.
Awesome! Solved it in 3 minutes, with no idea how, just a single wild guess. Then five more minutes to get the 'how'. Lovely puzzle. So nice when they don't take me all night.
[31] Thosw
Firefox 2.0.0.1 is out. I like it!
Fairly easy puzzle, but as for not needing to back-solve, you might HAVE to for the indistinct grey thing at the bottom. *ahem*
finally, a nice easy one for me. :) no NaCl tonight. :)
Alright, I like this one. Seemed straightforward until nothing fit. Then I went down the wrong path trying to figure out if each had an alternate name like the badmiton thing being called a "shuttlecock".
Then in the words of M. Night Shamalama-ding-dong: "What a twist!"
And the horrid pun. =P
Oh, for the love of little apples... Bagherra's comment [9] should have clued me in!
It took you 2 minutes and 51 seconds to solve this puzzle.
Ahhh, a salt-free puzzle solve, it feels like it's been a while for me.
wow... i just popped my daily fun cherry.
would have spent waaaayyyy too much time on this if I didn't read the comments. something I do second if I don't have an aha moment immediately.
you won't solve this too easily if you are color blind.