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).















9th! :)
place to start?
The symbols are NOT related to swear words
this was a good one. [2]the symbols arent just rubbish.
I have some stuff but can't apply it to anything that makes sense.
[5] use the background pic
not a unique puzzle, easily googleable.
[6] I would if I could. :)
This one brings back memories of high school and Mrs. Kreuger's class. She was the last teacher that I know of that still would rap your knuckles with a ruler if she caught you goofing off. If you finished your time trials early in the week, you could surreptitiously goof off during time trials later in the week, but if you got caught....WHACK!
This is a second-tier puzzle, in my opinion. :-)
No offense intended by that.
I don't know why the method didn't come to me earlier.
This puzzle pushed me up to 5001 points! Brand new STU here!
[12] congrats
AWESOME puzzle a breath of fresh air
Very neat...
but hard for a Dvorak guy.
I really must be going about it wrong. Or misinterpreting the background image. Sigh.
[15] Ah! Thanks. That did it.
All I could come up with was downright.
[17] One of my many answers. :)
[11] I thought of your old puzzle when I saw this.
[14] I agree with pepperhead. Nice one, joey.
[15] got it for me too. I'm not sure I would have succeeded without that...
The arrow should be at about 160 degrees, not 135. :)
good one. this reminds me of another puzzle from not too long ago that required a very similar method... although the puzzle and answer were very different.
[15] Me, too. That was just the FMHG I needed!
Good one, Joey!
I liked this one a lot.
i'm so pathetically lost
Need to keep your eyes open to answer this one.
Man these puzzles are downright hard!
Very happy that I have a US QWERTY keyboard... For those who don't:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keyboard_layout#US
[26] I'm with ya...going to sleep now...thanks for trying [29] but I'm just not seeing these tonight.
g'nite
[23] It might have been this one of mine:
http://www.tanga.com/puzzles/555-12-21-2007
don't know how I figured that out
this WAS easy.
Thank you [29]! I've been using a non-US keyboard for so long that I can't remember where everything is on an American one anymore.
...for anyone in the UK still having difficulty with the symbols, it translates to this on the UK keyboard layout:
%^)£"$*%£$
(Incicentally if you have a Mac the one in the puzzle should work fine)
thanks [31] without the reference I don't think I would have figured it out
[17] thanks, that did it for me
i know what to do, i don't know how to do it.
[38] Then you don't know what to do. Sending Tangagram
Nice puzzle, so long as you have a US keyboard
[31] thanks for posting that, I went back and learned how to solve it and then came here and did.....sigh, finally, got all four of yesterdays done.
I'm SOO lost..even the salt's not helping
[22] Not sure of the coordinate system you're using. I'd say it's either at 315 or -45. Which system measures from the vertical axis?
This is definitely not an easy puzzle if you're on a non-US keyboard ...
Ergonomic keyboards also make things less obvious.
Crap..I don't know what I was looking at! Thanks for tg [39]
Only took me 4 hours..ugh