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A Game: Ditloids - added up to #15

What is a Ditloid, you ask?  Simple. Its a puzzle where a number is given along with the first letters of some words that number relates to somehow. Some are easy, some are very, very hard.

For instance:
4 S in the Y       ---->   4 Seasons in the Year
7 D in a W        ---->   7 Days in a Week
8 P in the S S   ---->   8 Planets in the Solar System
4 H of the A       ---->   4 Horsemen of the Apocalypse

Get it?  Good.

I've renamed 10 butterflies and chicks (mostly butterflies) in relatively common locations with Ditloids for you to solve. Post here with the area in which you found the critter, along with the Ditloid number and puzzle and answer. If you solve it first, I'll send you a nice shiny luminous moonstone for your puzzle solving uber-prowess. :-)

Kinda like a treasure hunt with puzzly goodness. Have fun?

-K

The puzzle are mine. YMMV. ;-)

Posted 13 months ago by Koftun | Permalink

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• Hee, I love the glitch-generated content!
  Posted 13 months ago by FlatEarther | Permalink
• Ah, metagaming!
  Posted 13 months ago by CrashTestPilot | Permalink
• Ha ha - this is fantastic, Koftun! I'll be keeping my eyes wide open. :D
  Posted 13 months ago by Flowerry Pott | Permalink
• Ditloid 9 in GFG : 9 C of H in Ds D C
  
  9 circles of hell in Dante's Divine Comedy
  
  Fun game but I can't find any others! 
  Posted 13 months ago by GirlWhatSqueaks | Permalink
• Wow that's great work Girl! Congrats.... well assuming it's right :P
  Posted 13 months ago by Sweet Stuff Ng | Permalink
• Fantastic, GWS! :) Your shiny moonstone is on its way! 
  
  If this goes over well, I'll keep adding them....
  
  -K
  Posted 13 months ago by Koftun | Permalink
• this is great! Will be bothering butterflies today now!
  Posted 13 months ago by ~Arabesque~ | Permalink
• GirlWhatSqueaks this was awesome. I would never think that! Congratz!
  Posted 13 months ago by JesusOfSuburbia | Permalink
• I found a butterfly somewhere, but I am confused because it has two numbers at the start...XD I might give up on this one ><. Great idea by the way :D.
   
  Posted 13 months ago by Ambillina | Permalink
• Not even going to say what I thought the word "Ditloids" was when I first glanced at it.  :P
  Posted 13 months ago by Serra | Permalink
• @Ambillina - unless I had a typo ( which is always possible!) the name should look like this example:
  
  Ditloid99 4 C D on a C
  
  I think I put 4 or 5 spaces between the Ditloid number and the number youre associating with a phrase. Can't use a dash, colon or other symbol in names unfortunately as that would have made it a bit easier to read.
  
  Who can solve the example above for a moonstone?!? ;-)
  
  -K
  Posted 13 months ago by Koftun | Permalink
• 4 cardinal directions on a compass?
  Posted 13 months ago by Kevin Ovechkin | Permalink
• Wtg, Kevin! 1 Luminous Moonstone coming at ya! :)
  Posted 13 months ago by Koftun | Permalink
• How about 4 crocodile dinners on a cookpot?
  Posted 13 months ago by AwesomeCardinal2000 | Permalink
• Actually 4 crocodile dinners on a cooktop was my backup answer. Sooooo close!
  
  That gets you 1 not-so-luminous guano, AwesomeCardinal! Would you like to come collect it or shall I leave it in Level 2 West for you?  ;-)
  Posted 13 months ago by Koftun | Permalink
• .
  Posted 13 months ago by Vicereine Linnæa | Permalink
• DkdfhkekehgreehgutddiygtdfhvsfkdgdhsbvksbfdBKDHWAZiusgfasrufiawegfaegfyiwarhvzxcvdf,HMSASbdrgsejgljAsh ioyeurtio weavjsekrseng23748$&2@3$/4$&;!$)9$)@3497)(-34$( irhrtpijfknsrt
  Posted 13 months ago by AwesomeCardinal2000 | Permalink
• That's a good point AwesomeCardinal..... *whispers* what did you say?
  Posted 13 months ago by Sweet Stuff Ng | Permalink
• Add every swear word in the dictionary and that's what you get..
  Posted 13 months ago by AwesomeCardinal2000 | Permalink
• I see :D. Thanks for clearing that up XD. Now I know what to do :).
  Posted 13 months ago by Ambillina | Permalink
• *gasps* O.O .....
  Posted 13 months ago by Sweet Stuff Ng | Permalink
• ditoid14! 102 S in the ESB - a butterfly in ilmenskie
  
  - 102 stories in the empire state building :]
  Posted 13 months ago by Crayon | Permalink
• #11 in Pitika Parse, Kajuu - 7 H of R
  - 7 Hills of Rome
  
  #12 in Kongu Hop, Andra - 88 K on a P
  - 88 keys on a piano
  
  off to find more  :D
  Posted 13 months ago by Kevin Ovechkin | Permalink
• #4 in Jutuan Central:  99 is the A N of E
  99 is the Atomic Number of Einsteinium
  
  (also found another one, but I haven't got it figured out yet)
  Posted 13 months ago by Eleanor Rigby | Permalink
• got lucky and found another one!
  
  #3, a chicken in Onto Parada - 14 D in a F
  
  14 days in a fortnight
  (thank you shakespeare for making me look that word up ages ago)
  
  :D
  Posted 13 months ago by Crayon | Permalink
• Wow.
  Posted 13 months ago by AwesomeCardinal2000 | Permalink
• Fantastic! All answers above are spot on! I'll have everyone's prizes sent by frog mail when I'm in game on Sunday! More puzzles coming and I'm glad you seem to be enjoying this!
  
  Still some more out there...
  
  -K
  Posted 13 months ago by Koftun | Permalink
• The other one I found is still not discovered and posted by anyone else, and I haven't figured it out yet....
  Posted 13 months ago by Eleanor Rigby | Permalink
• I am SO bad at these games... but love that you're doing them Koftun!!!
  Posted 13 months ago by Pirate Apples | Permalink
• Fun fact: the word ditloid is itself a ditloid, referring to one of the original puzzles of this type. The answer: Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich.
  Posted 13 months ago by Ninetailed | Permalink
• #6 found in Thiruvan Thrive. 29 D in F in a L Y
  29 days in February in a Leap Year.
  Posted 13 months ago by bayBi | Permalink
• Fantastic, all! Prizes have been sent up through bayBi glch. By my count there are 8 more out there in the wild still. And more on their way!!! :-)
  
  -K
  Posted 13 months ago by Koftun | Permalink