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PuzzleBang Wrap-Up today (9/23) at 6:30 PM CDT in Siebel 1304. We'll also try to stream it on Discord.

Pre-PuzzleBang Puzzle

Welcome to PuzzleBang 2023! When you see text in this color and font, it's what we call "flavor text" and generally provides story to the puzzle. It is not needed to solve the puzzle.

Text in this color is relevant to solving the puzzle. Here's the poster that's up around campus. Click it for a PDF.

Hints and Updates

  • 09/08 11:00:00 AM: Show HintHave you found all of the words in the word search? Maybe take a look at what's left over?
  • 09/15 11:00:00 AM: Show HintSearch for a cipher that's related to the phrase 'Et tu, brute?'
  • 09/17 11:00:00 AM: Show HintThere's a famous cipher where the letter 'a' turns into 'n'. It's called a ROT13 cipher. This doesn't use ROT13, but it's pretty close!

Puzzles Solved By

  1. Team hell116 @ 2023-09-01 12:07:49
  2. Team You had meat coffee @ 2023-09-01 12:41:04
  3. Team Potato @ 2023-09-02 09:03:18
  4. Team Mashed Potatoes @ 2023-09-05 15:52:04
  5. Team Sea Monkeys @ 2023-09-08 15:46:22
  6. Team ._. @ 2023-09-12 17:14:15
  7. Team Meow @ 2023-09-12 19:16:32
  8. Team GroupName @ 2023-09-12 20:24:49
  9. Team Cheatahs @ 2023-09-13 12:57:20
  10. Team Vehemence @ 2023-09-13 21:50:22
  11. Team Snick snark @ 2023-09-14 02:01:57
  12. Team ah @ 2023-09-17 02:55:02
  13. Team MiaoMiaoMiao @ 2023-09-17 08:46:01
  14. Team V. M. Varga @ 2023-09-17 17:02:39
  15. Team Chrken @ 2023-09-17 20:40:31
  16. Team C-Sick Skis @ 2023-09-17 21:31:55
  17. Team Shrekislove @ 2023-09-17 22:31:55
  18. Team Mathemagicians Actively Solving Teasers @ 2023-09-17 22:40:45
  19. Team O(n!) @ 2023-09-18 00:26:37
  20. Team come back to us later @ 2023-09-18 00:32:10
  21. Team 10,000 onions @ 2023-09-18 01:44:44
  22. Team Wandersail @ 2023-09-18 05:47:21
  23. Team I have a team but you can still join with the password" "i’lldoitwithyou!” @ 2023-09-18 07:50:16
  24. Team Maxwell Rose @ 2023-09-18 08:13:57
  25. Team Les Gaulois @ 2023-09-18 08:51:18
  26. Team Mathemagicians' Order for Research in Seafaring Enigmas @ 2023-09-18 12:06:06
  27. Team TeamBogos @ 2023-09-18 12:19:35
  28. Team the valinis @ 2023-09-18 12:29:25
  29. Team Stumped and Furious @ 2023-09-18 12:49:03
  30. Team Special Task Force: Unicorn @ 2023-09-18 14:30:32
  31. Team We are going on a puzzle hunt! @ 2023-09-18 15:50:28
  32. Team Weird Lex & the Aladdin Chickenshackers @ 2023-09-18 15:53:24
  33. Team Lil Stoop @ 2023-09-18 15:58:26
  34. Team Mathemagicians Uniting To Interpret Nonsensical "whY?"s @ 2023-09-18 16:43:46
  35. Team Someone took my team name @ 2023-09-18 17:11:53
  36. Team CashewZenith @ 2023-09-18 19:19:16
  37. Team ygdflgdflop @ 2023-09-18 20:34:15
  38. Team Good @ 2023-09-18 20:54:14
  39. Team ExicitingGroupNameHere @ 2023-09-18 21:18:50
  40. Team FF @ 2023-09-18 21:29:16
  41. Team Man (1989) @ 2023-09-18 21:40:40
  42. Team Sariel's Biggest Fan @ 2023-09-18 23:47:23
  43. Team The Intermittent Puzzlers @ 2023-09-19 01:58:55
  44. Team solo @ 2023-09-19 03:13:02
  45. Team goofy GEEBers @ 2023-09-19 09:51:50
  46. Team SeptaCube @ 2023-09-19 10:35:03
  47. Team puzzle club @ 2023-09-19 14:52:27
  48. Team Max Team @ 2023-09-19 17:20:23
  49. Team Inhumantaray @ 2023-09-19 19:29:42
  50. Team I Am Not a FRC Robot @ 2023-09-19 21:07:04
  51. Team i miss her @ 2023-09-19 21:37:26
  52. Team Team Awesome @ 2023-09-20 20:36:16
  53. Team Chonky Chooks @ 2023-09-21 02:38:43
  54. Team Ultimate Brownies @ 2023-09-22 10:23:52
  55. Team Fish and the Monkeys @ 2023-09-22 16:40:18
  56. Team Amnon @ 2023-09-23 08:12:54
Note: This list is manually updated, so if you don't show up immediately, please don't worry.