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).















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Well I know what the background is. The monks came to a university near me too. As for the puzzle answer, I can't see it yet...
Hmm, I got it but.....
huh?
Looks like a poker chip to me.
Looks like a square of tile.
What type of monk? Jesuit? Franciscan?
[7] Buddhist, I think.
Edit: [10] You are, of course, correct.
[1] Thanks!
[7] I thought they were Tibetan.
Okay, I made this WAY too hard! Just read what's there and finish it...
I noticed that all the "more form" pictures are the same as the current puzzle. This has been true for all the puzzles since the new appearance here.
Enough observation. I gotta figure this one out...
Think of it as more of a mat, rather than a mosaic.
the answer was written by Paul Cook
[11] You're absolutely right.
"first 2 lines", Scoutmom.
groan...
[4] ditto
[17[ read it out loud and complete the phrase
[18]Did that, still got nothing, not even with [1] OK, is it really 3 words, or no?
[19] it is the one word that completes the phrase
wha!?
EDIT: aha!
try holding your tongue and saying it
Hmmph!
So my daughter holds her tongue and mumbles. And I said the answer to her. It was only 5 minutes later that we tried to type it in.
[24] You ever looked up your nickname on Wikipedia?
comment 11 gave it away
hmmp
thanks [11]
[22] that did it
All I'm seeing is a phrase of gratitude. Have no idea how to finish it.
[30] how do you respond to that phrase.
[31] Thanks. I was getting only 2 words and thus, my confusion.
and here i was shaking the dust out of my brain to remember a project i did in college about mandalas. Shouldn't have been so hard... I just graduated 10 months ago.