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What U.S. state does the following mean?
HLIBNMT
Hint: becomes a
HLIBNMT
Hint: becomes a
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ALABAMA.Hint: becomes a = Take the letters in HINT, and change it into the letter A.
(H)L(I)B(N)M(T) = ALABAMA
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Very easy, but clever. At first I thought hint was a typo.
Nice Teaser, and I agree, very clever!
Very, very clever!
Loved it
Never saw it coming
Never saw it coming
pretty good
Very cool...fooled me!!
Fun!
????? HAD NO IDEA WHAT TO DO.
Fooled me on that one. I guessed the L = well, I = I, B = be, N = in, MT = Montana or Mountain. So, Well, I be in Montana. Couldn't figure out the H or even the hint.
You totally put that one clear above my head. That would have been a "strike three" if we had been on a diamond. Very very cleaver!
Tricky! Loved it--a kind of "word" illusion (instead of optical). Great!
great loved it i could go on andf on but i wont it is GREAT
I GOT IT, BUT IT WASN'T VERY CLEAR. NEVER SAW ANYTHING LIKE THAT BEFORE. COOL.
Excellent -- very clever. Kind of a "hide in plain sight" deal.
I almost think that was too hard! I sure didn't get it! But, very good teaser, maybe for the teaser masters, thanks!
Got me on that one! Excellent job. Like one of those pictures where you need to de-focus your eyes to see the hidden image... I never "saw" hint as part of the puzzle. I'll have to de-focus my brain next time. Thanks!
Love it! It was fun and clever and took me awhile, and I still got it wrong. I tried to unscramble the letters, untill I noticed there was only one vowel, so I gave up doing that! Good job! Very cool!
Great Teaser!
Excellent and original!
UCH - ya gt me!!!
More, please ... but if I see your username, maybe I'll GET it next time!!!
More, please ... but if I see your username, maybe I'll GET it next time!!!
Very clever. You sure stumped me with that one. I was too busy looking for something much more complex to see the plain and simple solution. I believe it was Freud that used to say, "Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar!"
Loved the teaser!! One thing that confused me was the way the HINT was given . . . "Hint: becomes a" . . . It still would have been difficult if it had been written . . . "Hint: becomes A". . . Maybe the way the hint was written was part of the "trick," but it would have been hard even if written correctly with the capital A -- at least hard for ME!!!!
Totally stumped me! Great one!
Really cool.....and clever too! I didn't get that one. Great job!
What can I add to everyone else's comments? Nada. Great teaser.
I was confused and didn't understand what to do. I'm glad everyone else liked it.
interesting!
Boy, did I get that one wrong!
I was sure it was "Hell, I be in Montana"
HL, I B N MT.
I was sure it was "Hell, I be in Montana"
HL, I B N MT.
how mindbogling!
i've always wanted to use that word!
gr8 teaser, very clever!
i've always wanted to use that word!
gr8 teaser, very clever!
Good one, I thought Montana, but the hint was A not a!
Seemed obvious somehow
Excellent! Didn't catch it. Keep 'em coming!
Great teaser! Totally stumped me!
By the way. 'learning chinese' has grudgingly acknowledged this to be a 'cool' teaser - speaks volumes for its quality! Thanks for the compliment, 'learning chinese'!
By the way. 'learning chinese' has grudgingly acknowledged this to be a 'cool' teaser - speaks volumes for its quality! Thanks for the compliment, 'learning chinese'!
that was really creative, never saw any thing like it before. Didin't get it, but was really good
I would think to replace the letters in HINT with one letter A not four since you said hint: becomes a.
oh well it was ok
oh well it was ok
I didn't figure it out like that, but Alabama poppped-up in my head as soon as i read state.
woah, nys 1... very clevr of u, congr@s... ... ur *ahem* hint was rili good, 2... tricky tricky... but th@'s wut made it so good...
This is the first teaser that I had the right answer to! awesome
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That was very clever.....I didn't get it because I accidentally went to the answer before I really got to work on it.....
How good was this one?? Way and very and too!!! My first thought was "Yipee! You got me! "Too out in the open for me to see.. Gr8!
That was intellectually stimulating.
You stumped me!! I was thinking it was like personal license plates, which made think it was "backwards empty hillbilly" = Arkansas... (no offense y'all!) Then I thought the hint was "becomes a _____" STUMPED! Read the answer and said OHHHH!! Anyhoo, great teaser!!!
I missed the a . I was trying to find something that becomes something else. I like scallio's Hell t b in montana. My how we all think so differently! Good one
I like that one a lot!!
COOOOOOOOOOOOOL MAN!!!!!!!!
i like the idea of hint being the "A" but in the hint you should have written it like "A" and that is all i need to say
i love to jumbal letters up in to riddels so i got it right away,but at first i thought the hint was a typo.
pretty easy...
O.K I got it AFTER i looked @ the answer. 2 thumbs up !!! But a piece uv advice... it was confusing when you put the colon : it looked like the word "hint" wasn't part of the teaser!
I understand it, but work on something a bit more productive!!
I liked that one! It was very clever and original. Nice job!
I liked that one! It was very clever and original. Nice job!
very clever and nicely done
Am I the only dummy out of 54 who DIDN'T GET it...shame on me
This is too cool for school.
Good one
I am with "Sputnik." Will someone please explain to me why it was so great and clever. I still do not understand how we were supposed to know what to do. The whole thing makes no sense to me. Help!!
Babe, if you take the letters in the word "HINT" and replace them with the letter "A" it spells Alabama
H L I B N M T
A L A B A M A
H L I B N M T
A L A B A M A
Almost gave up on this one then it hit me.
Spectacular teaser. Absolutely spectacular. Very creative. Should be rated MUCH higher and should be getting MANY, MANY more comments now. ??
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I'm With LittleGreenMan on this one, but will point out that there seems to be some connection between having been able to dope out one of these more difficult puzzles, and deeming the puzzle to have been "clever," and likewise between having failed to dope the puzzle out, and deeming the puzzle to have failed at some level or other.
Very clever teaser. I had no idea, but had to look at the answer. Had a good laugh.
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