Open the puzzle pod

[cat]

My colleague brought a puzzle pod to work. This is basically a box with a combination lock of five letters.
One person fills it with chocolate and sets the word that is required to open it. Then everyone has to solve a puzzle to find the solution and get to take a piece out of the box.
Would you like to start puzzling here as well?

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Here is the current puzzle that I set up:


1. f3 e5
2. g4 (?)h4#



The rules:

• The answer is a 5 letter word
• Use spoiler tags for posting answers but also for posting ideas and theories
• Don't google the solution. However, you may use Wikipedia or Google to look up something, i.e. if you think the puzzle is about pigeons, you can read about the topic.
• The first person who solves the puzzle can create a new one

[Laura Hunt]

Spoiler

Are these musical notes? If this is the case, maybe it should be clarified that "H" in German-speaking countries is actually "B" in most other places (although B# wouldn't make much sense).

If they aren't notes, then forget I said anything

EDIT: I'm an idiot. These are not notes, obviously they are chess moves. But I don't know anything about chess, openings, tactics or any other stuff apart from how the pieces move, so I hope this is of use to somebody else!

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[dayowlron]

Spoiler

could the code word be Queen?
thanks to Laura mentioning Chess moves, an f3 e5 move, followed by an opponent making a g4 move the best move would be Queen to h4 which would lead to a quick checkmate i believe.

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[Mandle]

dayowlron, I have to ask...

Spoiler

Did you have to get out a chessboard or draw one or use one on the computer to figure that out, or can you just do those moves in your head?

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[cat]

Well done, dayowlron! You are correct! Feel free to set the next combination.

Spoiler

You also solved it the intended way - well done! My colleagues just checked which pieces have 5 characters and didn't bother to actually "replay" the moves.

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[Mandle]

Gotta make puzzles brute-force-proof!

[Stupot]

Cool idea. Should any future puzzles in this thread be 5-letter words?

[cat]

Of course! That's how long the combination is (and that way I can reuse the puzzles to test my colleagues )

[dayowlron]

I actually had a chess board set up that just stays that way for when my brother comes to town. Funny thing is we will start a game and talk then wherever it is left I will leave it out unless I have to put it away for some reason (cleaning, holidays, etc) and we will just start a new game next time so rarely finish an actual game.
Thanks again to Laura Hunt for giving me the idea to even try chess for the solution.

Next Puzzle: (may be easy or may be hard)(if it winds up being too hard I will add some more to the sequence)
Ip
Ohr
?
Uat

[Stupot]

Is it relevant to the puzzle that the first letters are capitalized or was that just normal automatic capitalization?

[Ben X]

Spoiler

amgis
(greek letters backwards)

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[dayowlron]

Spoiler

amgis
(greek letters backwards)

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very good. that is correct. I thought that might be too easy.

[Ben X]

David
Daniel
George
Pierce
Sean
Timothy

[lorenzo]

Spoiler

Is there a "Roger" missing in the list?

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[Laura Hunt]

Spoiler

Roger.

(It's a list of the actors who've played James Bond.)

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[Ben X]

lorenzo and Laura both got it!

[Laura Hunt]

lorenzo and Laura both got it!

You know a riddle is too easy if *I* can guess it Lorenzo answered first, so he can take over

[lorenzo]

You know a riddle is too easy if *I* can guess it

Haha, the same goes for me!

I couldn't think of a new puzzle, unfortunately.

[Sinusoid]

If it's okay, I'll post a puzzle:

9
E   6
ZI

[Stupot]

If it's okay, I'll post a puzzle:

9
E   6
ZI

Spoiler

clock

It's an upside down clock

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