As we all know, riddles are composed of riddles, riddles, riddles, and answers. The guessing process is the process of finding the answer to the riddle based on the content of the riddle prompts, within the scope specified by the riddle, and under the format specified by the riddle grid. Internet puzzles pay more attention to pure understanding and pure word-splitting, so they are divided into two categories: understanding puzzles and word-splitting puzzles. The understanding puzzles are connected by the meaning of the Chinese characters, while the split puzzles are mainly connected by the fonts of the Chinese characters. Generally speaking, there are no puzzle grids for word puzzles. I have been studying riddles for several years and have guessed many riddles, including many crossword puzzles. There are so many guesses in this puzzle, so I have some experience, so today I will mainly discuss with you some superficial "experiences" in the process of guessing the word puzzle. Please criticize and correct any inappropriate points. The examples cited in this article are all the first-place puzzles in a recent puzzle competition. I would like to express my gratitude to the author of the puzzle.
Tianya Daxia, the head of Fengyun Mystery Society, mentioned the separation of the root characters of word puzzles in "A Brief Discussion on the Creation of Clutch Puzzles", and summarized the common techniques of solving word puzzles in a concise and comprehensive way. It is divided into the following types:
First, the order of the substrate is scrambled and spelled into other words. This technique is the so-called identity transformation in mathematics. As long as you grasp the keyword, you can get to the answer through constant transformation. In fact, when we write Chinese characters, we only do it on a plane. Anyone who has studied plane analytic geometry will know that the movement of the plane is actually the result of the simultaneous action of the two most basic movements. These two basic movements are translation and movement. Rotating composition. Although Chinese characters are written on a flat surface, sometimes you can also consider its movement in space when making changes to the root of the character. The analytic geometry of space tells us that the movement of space is also the result of the simultaneous action of the three most basic movements, which are translation, rotation and reflection (that is, flipping). With this we can perform identity transformations.
Example 1: If you follow his words, you can become a king (mobile phone brand). This riddle is completely solved by using the "riddle". The puzzle contains "If you say it, you can become a king" and the riddle is "mobile phone brand". , using the word splitting method, the answer must be "Nokia". The buckle is actually the constant transformation of "Ruo Yan Qi Wang Ye" into "Nokia".
Example 2: Epiphyllum is easily crushed under force (three-character light industrial product). As soon as this riddle came out, I scanned the puzzle and saw the "Epiphyllum under force" and immediately reacted in my mind. I had to "move" to follow. The word "日" and "花" are used as separate prompt words (this usage is very common). Then we see that "Easy to crush" naturally reflects "electricity" and "car", and "Easy to break" is used as a separate prompt word, so we immediately come to the conclusion of "electric vehicle".
Example 3: Start to turn around and do a 540° somersault flip alone (word) As soon as this riddle came out, the scene was silent. At that time, I figured out from the last sentence that it should contain a rotation type variation. But which character has been rotated 540°? When I saw the word "single" in front of me, I immediately thought of "the lower part of the yellow", but there was an extra horizontal line. I took a closer look at the last sentence and saw the word "lonely" in it. I immediately pressed 1 to guess, and then looked at the previous sentence. The sentence just happened to flip the word "kai", so it was determined that the answer was "yellow".
The second is to analyze it by offsetting certain words. This method is actually subtraction in mathematics. This kind of puzzle only requires recognizing the key words (the so-called minuend and subtrahend) and the offset word for subtraction (the so-called minus operator). There is a trick to recognize this. Generally speaking, there are repeated parts between the minuend and the subtrahend, and these parts are usually subtracted.
Example 1: The passing flame, the lingering water light (Chao Mu) Once the mystery is swept away, you can know that "passing light" is the endorsement of subtraction, "flame" removes "fire", and "moisten" Remove "water" and combine to form the bottom "King of Hell".
Example 2: How many sand gulls are flying to (city)? As soon as this riddle came out, I seemed to be the only one who saw the clues, so I was the only one to guess, and no one else had reacted yet. When I reported the answer to the riddle and the host said +10, some riddle friends asked me how I got the answer. In fact, this puzzle is the subtraction puzzle just mentioned. As long as you see the subtrahend, minuend and subtraction operator, it will be easy to handle. The minuend here is "shaou", the subtrahend is "less sink", and the subtraction operators are "more" and "xiangqu". "Shaou" - "Shaohui" = "Yiwu".
The third is to use directional characters to indicate the location. Common directional characters are: southeast, northwest, up and down, left and right, front and back, middle, inside and outside, always, beginning, end, etc. This is the most common method. When guessing, the azimuth characters are often used to determine whether the puzzle is a crossword puzzle. This method of using azimuth to extract characters is sometimes difficult to guess, because locating characters is similar to the parentheses operation. It is unpredictable where this operation will go, and it can only be used according to local conditions. This is also related to the root of the word. The degree of familiarity is related.
Example 1: Cultural work, be responsible to the end (tax noun) "responsible to the end" for goods tribute is "Beibei", which is the word for location, and "base" means the direction; the word for location here is effective Range is two words.
Example 2: Brother Tanaka won the first prize in the exam (three-character food). Why did he win the first prize in this mystery? In fact, I used a "mantra". When I saw "Gong" and "Brother", I guessed "Food". If I split the word, it would usually be "Chocolate".
Let's analyze the buckle. "Tanzhong" = "ten" and "Kaohou" = "Qiao's right side" are all azimuth characters; the effective range of the azimuth characters here is one character.
Example 3: Life is short and the riddle is empty (dairy brand). As soon as the riddle appeared, the scene was silent. When you saw the riddle, you knew it was not a very familiar base material, and you couldn’t decipher the riddle just from the words. Some useful words came out, so it took more than ten seconds for someone to respond, but the guesses were all wrong. Later, after searching on "Baidu", I finally confirmed that the answer was "chuanxi". How did you guess it then? The most difficult thing here is to guess the word "hi". How to guess this word is related to two factors. One is the familiarity of the root of the word, and the other is the effective range of the location of the word. The "tou" in this mystery is responsible for the three characters "Kuduanzhuan". Remove the front part of these three characters to get "Gu Douzhuan". "Gu Dou" combines with the word "Xi", and "Ren Zhuan" is a The word "pass".
Example 4: The front is messed up, are you afraid of the back (9 characters) This puzzle has a unique idea, so at that time, except for me, I killed it in an instant, and no one tried to guess it. In fact, this puzzle is also about picking the word for orientation. "The front part is messed up" means "the front part of the mess is not needed", so it is "乚", "the back is afraid" means the back part of the word "fear" is "white", 乚 + 白 + What = ghost. The hardest part of this puzzle is the combination of the root words. Many people can find the root of the word in the front position, but even if the root is found correctly, it may not be able to be spelled into a word. Therefore, we must be very familiar with the combination of root words and have the ability to piece the root into another word. Practice well.
Example 5: The end of late spring: Yagyu antler (two-character riddle). In fact, this riddle can also be solved instantly with the "riddle". The riddle contains "Ranagi antler", and the guess is the "riddle". It must be solved by splitting the word. "Chatting" is no doubt. Analyzing the buckle again, this mystery is completely based on the location of the word. "Late Chun" = "日", and "Zhiyagyu antler" is the last part of "Yagyu antler", which is "卯一儿". Finally, we get The answer is "Chao Mu".
The fourth is to use words such as "broken" and "half" to express it. This method is relatively easy to create a puzzle, but it brings a certain degree of difficulty to the guesser. How much is broken is what the author wants, or which half is what the author wants. This cannot be generalized and can only be adapted to local conditions. It is also related to the familiarity of the root of the word.
For example, in my humble work: Fan your wings and fly in the air (from the Tang Dynasty) by Lu Yu, you can get the base by taking half of each of the first six characters.
The use of any technique is based on the need for imitation. Under normal circumstances, the proportion of acrostic puzzles with only one technique appearing in a crossword puzzle is not large, and they are usually used in combination. Therefore, it is very important to understand and master each technique.
Example 1: The heart of the piano should be half red (two-character common name). This puzzle is a mixture of taking the word in the direction and taking half to make a fastener. "The heart of the piano" = "person", " "Half red" means taking half of the two characters "half red" to get "line". So the answer is the informant.
Example 2: Send your daughter to Dongcheng another day (with a surname and appellation). This riddle is a combination of azimuth and constant deformation. "Go to Dongcheng" = earth, earth + sky + And + female = Sister Wang.
Making crossword puzzles is very helpful for solving crossword puzzles. When making crossword puzzles, I basically made a detailed study of the combinations of the base characters, and I also know the keywords that can be combined. Therefore, by scanning the riddle, you can roughly see the clues, penetrate the mechanism, and get to the answer. Although making riddles is very helpful for guessing riddles, for people like me who are too lazy to do riddles, the requirements are undoubtedly too high. At this time, we can settle for the next best thing. We won’t go into the mystery, but we still have to do an in-depth study on the combination of substrates, because some substrates are subject to certain restrictions and there are only a few combinations. As long as you remember these combinations, you will see The key words of the riddle and the riddle can quickly be associated with the answer. This is the "rhythm" mentioned earlier. I also mentioned that some "rhythms" were used to kill some puzzles instantly. Here are two more examples.
For example: if the riddle contains "soldiers and horses" and the riddle guesses "people from the Tang Dynasty", generally speaking it should be "King Luo Bin".
For another example, the riddle contains "Farewell" and the riddle is "Hong Kong and Taiwan artist". According to common sense, it should be "Guan Zhilin".
If this kind of substrate is accumulated to a certain amount and then summarized into so-called "secret formulas" based on each person's own characteristics, then they will naturally come to mind when guessing riddles. What affects the guessing speed of word puzzles is generally the entry point and the familiarity with the answer. Generally speaking, compared to knowing puzzles, word puzzles are easier to guess. But if you start in the wrong direction, you will certainly fall behind others, so it is very important to start. This requires that the first reaction of the guesser must be the same as that of the puzzle maker. Once you get it, you'll have the upper hand, so there's no reason to be unhappy.
Familiarity with word roots is also very important. The ability to combine certain words into other related words after seeing them needs to be cultivated and accumulated slowly. The more you guess, the more you will naturally gain insights, and feelings will follow slowly.