Puzzle hunt
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A puzzle hunt is an event where teams compete to solve a series of puzzles, many of which are tied together via metapuzzles. Puzzlehunt puzzles are usually not accompanied by direct instructions for h
Promotional poster for the annual Manbites Dog puzzle hunt.
Players solving puzzles at the MIT Mystery Hunt
MIT Mystery Hunt
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The MIT Mystery Hunt is an annual puzzle hunt competition at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Massachusetts. It is one of the oldest and most complex puzzle hunts in the world a
Puzzle hunt
…Pattern matching tools like Nutrimatic allow for search and completion for words or phrases. One of the earliest examples of puzzle hunts is the MIT Mystery Hunt, started by Brad Schaefer in 1981. Later hunts in the MIT Mystery Hunt incorporate a cohesive theme across the puzzles. As puzzle hunts grew in popularity…
The 2007 hunt concluded with a wrap-up session in this large MIT lecture hall.
A coin used by the creators of the 2011 hunt
This coin was found by the winning team in 2013, after the longest hunt on record.