Puzzles with a soft sign. What does the word "rebus" mean? letter by letter
Hello everyone!
How about a mental warm-up? Do you like to guess crossword puzzles and think about logic puzzles in your spare time? People have been turning complex into fascinating for a very long time, drawing abracadabra and intricate schemes. Puzzles for deciphering hidden words, or in the common people - puzzles - this is a whole art that lives according to its own rules for compiling and unraveling.
Do you know how to solve puzzles or encrypted riddles for you - a dense forest? It turns out that there are techniques and techniques here that allow you to “turn on the brain”. So, let's get acquainted - a mysterious rebus.
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Where did the puzzle come from?
A bit of history. The logical training of the mind came to us from France. There they were solved with pleasure back in the 15th century, the Prussian King Frederick himself was not averse to straining his brain.
From Latin, the word is translated as "with the help of things." And indeed, it is with the use of pictures of all kinds of objects, letters and numbers that puzzle lovers make riddles.
In 1582, the French even published the first collection, which introduced the whole of Europe to entertaining logic in pictures. In our native Russia, puzzles appeared only by the end of the 19th century - we once had problems to solve! Thanks to the Rebus magazine, they became one of the entertainments for the inhabitants of that era.
It turns out that the modern Russian puzzle is already over a hundred years old, and it is still popular, and the improvement of the used methods of “hide and seek” is an endless and limitless affair. New riddles today - a wide variety of "taste and color", for too smart and simpler.
What are the puzzles?
words in logical riddles encrypted in different ways.
The simplest drawn puzzles usually hide one or two words at the most, they can be solved in “one-two-three”, but tasks of three or more elements are much more difficult to solve, but even more interesting.
Rebuses can even write down sayings and proverbs, phrases and quatrains! Imagine Pushkin's letter from Tatyana to Onegin in the form of pictures! That would be interesting! And what a masterpiece it would look!
And the puzzles will be great, beautiful and interesting addition for your school research projects. For example, like or .
Solving the unsolvable, or general rules for puzzles
If you combine all the rules for solving logical puzzles together, you get a special set that helps you choose the right path to a solution.
- Each hidden word is divided into parts, depicted by a picture or with the help of signs. These parts are usually read from left to right, but it happens that vice versa and even from top to bottom.
- The hidden lonely word is usually a noun in singular nominative case. There are exceptions to the rules, but hints are given for this.
- When a rebus is a whole sentence, then, of course, not only nouns live there, but also verbs and adjectives, in general, other parts of speech. For such puzzles, the compilers specifically make an indication like "guess the proverb."
- The puzzle must have one solution. If there are several of them, a reference is also made to this.
So, armed with a paper sheet with a pencil, we write out each guessed image, follow all the instructions for them, add the resulting parts. Voila! You have found the correct answer!
And now let's go through the main types of puzzles and how to solve them.
Pictures with letters and numbers
There are several methods that allow you to easily solve such problems:
Drawings with commas and signs.
Riddles with commas and pictures, as well as using other characters, they are also solved according to their own rules:
Letter puzzles
Often here the letters are drawn from different angles - inside each other, near, one under the other - all these are techniques that allow you to hide the hidden word:
Try your strength!
Have you studied the instructions for the order of guessing puzzles? Now put the theory into practice! Here's a proverb for you:
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Rebus(lat. rebus, with the help of things, thing, object) - a riddle in which the intended word or phrase is depicted by a combination of figures, drawings, letters, numbers, signs. For some reason, it is believed that puzzles were invented in France, although the images of puzzles were used earlier to convey the names of cities on Roman and Greek coins.
I suggest that you familiarize yourself with the basic (but not final) rules for solving puzzles:
1. The picture depicted in the rebus is read in the nominative case, with rare exceptions.
2. One picture can have more than one name, for example, Horse and Horse, Face and Head, etc. Also, pictures can have private or common name- fish - common name; pike, crucian carp, roach - a private name. The difficulty of puzzles lies precisely in the correct understanding of images in specific cases.
3. Commas. Commas to the left of the word mean how many letters to remove from the beginning of the word (left side of the word). The commas on the right indicate how many letters to remove from the end of the word (the right side of the word).
In fact, there are still many different rules for commas, there are also inverted commas, and each author has his own troubles about this - I personally don’t worry and don’t suffer from such nonsense, in extreme cases, you can always search the Internet for additional rules for solving puzzles.
4. Crossed out letters above (below) the figure / word, so they need to be deleted from the word. Important: all letters included in the word are removed. Sometimes, instead of letters, there are crossed out numbers - in this case, you need to cross out only the letter with the corresponding number.
5. To replace letters within a word, an equality of the type "A=E" is used, which means that all the letters "A" of the word should be replaced by the letter "E". To replace one, specific letter, an equality like 5=E is used, which means that the fifth letter of the word should be replaced by the letter "E"
6. Sometimes only a few letters are taken from a word. In this case, their numbers are listed above the word.
7. The picture turned upside down indicates that the word should be read backwards, i.e. from right to left. (CAT - TOK, MOLE - TORK)
8. A frequently used technique in compiling puzzles is the arrangement of letters relative to each other (in, under, above, on, at, by, from, behind, etc.). For example, in the figure below, the letter "O" contains the letters "YES", we get v-o-yes, i.e. WATER. Although in some cases it can also be read as YES-V-O (davo) - you need to look at the meaning of each specific rebus.
A rebus is a word or phrase encrypted using pictures, numbers, letters or signs. The rebus is read from left to right. Solve the rebus, best of all, armed with paper and a pen, so as not to forget the previously guessed.
Here are the basic techniques for compiling puzzles.
+ If the picture turned upside down, means that this word is read "back to front". For example: inverted nose - sleep.
+ commas to the right or left of the picture means that in the word conceived with the help of the picture, you need to remove as many letters as there are commas. At the same time, commas to the left of the picture indicate that you need to remove the initial letters, and commas to the right of the picture show how many letters to remove at the end. For example: "dove" with three commas behind, means that you need to remove the last three letters - GOL.
+ If there is one or more letters to the right of the picture, this means that these letters should simply be added. Sometimes they are preceded by a "+" sign. Below, in the picture, the name "CARL" is encrypted.
+ If above the picture is strikethrough letter, and there is another one nearby, then this letter in the word must be changed to this one. If one or more letters are simply crossed out, then they must be removed from the given word.
+ Sign "=" also serves to replace one of the letters with another.
+ Arrow The picture may indicate what exactly to look for.
+ Numbers next to the picture are used to number the letters in the word. The number indicates the position of the letter in given word, and the order in which the numbers are written determines the new location of this letter. If there are fewer numbers than letters in a word, then not all letters of the word are used, but only data. For example, in this way, from the word "TIGER" we get the word "THREE".
1, 4, 2
+ horizontal bar between pictures or letters standing one under the other, it serves to encrypt letter combinations using the prepositions "ON", "OVER", "UNDER". For example:
---- (Canada)
+ Can be used instead of a picture numbers(usually 100, 2, 3, 5, 7).
For example: 100L (table)
Several identical letters in a row mean that you need to count them and combine the number with the letter. For example:
szhzhzh (with three g), yayyyyyy ( seven I)
+ Often in the rebus there is a combination of pictures with a letter rebus. used image of letters relative to each other (one after the other, one inside the other, some “run” to the others, some “leave” the others, etc.). This serves to encrypt letter combinations using prepositions, conjunctions, etc. : "I", "B", "K", "U", "FROM", "FOR", "FROM", "TO", "TO", "BEFORE" and others. For example, the word "WATER", and vice versa, "YES TO O". See what fits.
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The imposition of letters on top of each other when they look out from behind each other or stand in front of (behind) each other, leaning against each other, are used to encrypt "BEFORE", "FOR", "OVER", "UNDER", "THROUGH" .
One or more letters are inscribed in another - this is read as "B" (for example, the letters "TA" are inscribed in the letter "A" - this is "VATA").
The image of the letters holding hands is read - "I", "C". For example: the letter "M" by the hand with the letter "G" is "M" and "G" is MIG; or "O" with "A" - OSA).
Letters running away from each other, running towards each other, coming from somewhere, entering somewhere, climbing something, and so on - are used to encrypt "FROM", "FROM", "KA", "TO", "ON", "B", etc.
The arrow can also indicate direction and represent "TO" or "FROM".
As you can see, there is nothing complicated. Solving puzzles is not only interesting. but also good for the mind.
The date: December 19, 2015 how to solve puzzles
These are the basic rules that will help you learn how to solve puzzles. They are shown in the next short cartoon, and are also discussed in more detail below in the text.
Examples of puzzles increase when clicked.
1. Picture, geometric figure, a number or a musical note means that in order to solve it, you need to read the name of what is depicted. For example, the number "100" together with the letter "L" turns into "TABLE", the note "SI" with the addition of the syllable "LA" gives us the word "POWER", and the figure "Rhombus" with the last letter taken away and the letter "G" standing in front "turns into the word" thunder ":
How to solve puzzles. The rebus reads as: STO + L. You can guess how the TABLE. Rebus-1
How to solve puzzles. The rebus is read as SI (note) + LA. You can guess how POWER. Rebus-2
How to solve puzzles. The rebus reads like G + ROM (a rhombus figure without last letter). You can guess like THUNDER. Rebus-3
2. A comma means that you need to remove the extreme letter (at the beginning or at the end) from the picture, next to which there is a comma. Two commas mean the removal of two letters. The direction of the tail of the comma points towards the picture from which the letter must be subtracted. Rebuses containing an element with a large number of commas are undesirable because they smear the meaning of the element used. Below is an example where the word "FENCE" with the subtraction of the first two letters, is unraveled as "BOR" - a coniferous forest:
How to solve puzzles. Rule-2. Rebus-4
3. A crossed-out letter or number above the child's picture means that in order to solve this word, this letter or the letter with the indicated number is removed, and in some cases they are changed to another letter. For example, the word "KIT" turns into the word "CAT", "TABLE" turns into "CHAIR":
How to solve puzzles. Rule-3. Rebus-5
How to solve puzzles. Rule-3. Rebus-6
4. Letters, numbers or pictures can be in each other, one on top of the other, hide behind the back of another, consist of one another, then “IN”, “TO”, “FOR”, “FROM” are added to the solution of the problem. For example, the letter “O”, inside which there are the letters “YES”, turn into the word “WATER”, the letters “KA”, standing on the letter “U”, turn into the word “science”, the letter “C”, standing behind the letter “ I", you can solve as the word "HARE", and the big letter "A", consisting of small letters "B", you need to guess, like the word "HUT":
How to solve puzzles. Rule-4. Rebus-7
How to solve puzzles. Rule-4. Rebus-8
How to solve puzzles. Rule-4. Rebus-9
How to solve puzzles. Rule-4. Rebus-10
It is necessary to say separately about puzzles, in the solution of which fragments “ON” and “OVER” appear, as well as about puzzles in which there is a variability “OVER” - “UNDER” and “BEFORE” - “FOR”. The example shows that the letters “ZhDA” standing on the letters “DE” are unraveled as “HOPE”. The same solution is obtained when "WAD" hangs over the letter "E". The mirror version in the case of letters “hanging” over each other may imply the position “UNDER”, as in the rebus “BASTERN”. Similarly, there is a mirror solution in the case of setting some letters after others, then the rebus can be solved by varying the substitutions "FOR" and "BEFORE", as in the rebus "ALTERATION".
How to solve puzzles. Rule-4. Rebus-18
How to solve puzzles. Rule-4. Rebus-19
How to solve puzzles. Rule-4. Rebus-20
How to solve puzzles. Rule-4. Rebus-21
5. Several identical letters in a row when guessing mean adding a numeral forward - by the number of these letters. For example, the seven letters "I" mean "FAMILY":
How to solve puzzles. Rule-5. Rebus-11
6. An inverted picture or part of a word - means that the rebus must be solved by reading the word in reverse. For example, an inverted picture of a cat turns into the word "CURRENT":
How to solve puzzles. Rule-6. Rebus-12
7. Inserting a checkmark means that you need to insert an additional letter in the word to which this checkmark is directed. For example, if this sign is above the number "2", and with the numbers "1" and "2" on the sides, then the indicated letter must be inserted into the word "TWO" - in our case, "I" - between the first and second letters. And since after the deuce there is also the letter “H”, then the whole rebus can be solved as “SOFA”:
How to solve puzzles. Rule-7. Rebus-13
The above rules are the main ones, besides them there are some “fuzzy” additional rules: multiple selection of letters from the name of the element (when multiple numbers are indicated above the element); pointing with an arrow to a fragment of an element; fuzzy mutual setting of elements (playing on the prepositions "U", "S", "OT", "PO").
But these additional rules dilute the meaning of the rebus puzzle, turning it into a multiple-choice problem. If in puzzles for an older age these rules are sometimes applied, then in puzzles for children their use is undesirable, because children first of all need to master the solution algorithms themselves, and this should be done based on clear rules.
The following are examples of "fuzzy" puzzles:
How to solve puzzles. Fuzzy rule. Rebus-14
How to solve puzzles. Fuzzy rule. Rebus-15
How to solve puzzles. Fuzzy rule. Rebus-16
How to solve puzzles. Fuzzy rule. Rebus-17
Also, sometimes in puzzles, a nesting technique is used, denoted by brackets. In this case, the rebus consists of other puzzles nested in it. This technique is sometimes used in puzzles for an older age. For children, such puzzles are undesirable, since children should first be given basic solving algorithms. An example of such a puzzle is shown below:
How to solve puzzles. Acceptance of investment. Rebus-22
Rebuses (including and along with other tasks), when used correctly, are an effective tool for teaching children. By offering a child puzzles of the appropriate class, one can purposefully develop the "hardware" of the brain, consistently teaching him algorithms for solving problems and skills of speculative construction.
Text and illustrations: A. Fokin.
Rebus is an exciting puzzle game that develops ingenuity, logic and the ability to find the unusual in a picture. These puzzles will be of interest to both adults and children, as some of them are very high level difficulties. They are used in schools to teach a child to quickly use data, process it and arrange it in the right position. Often the rebus of letters or words has several spellings and you need to choose the most appropriate sound, which allows you to develop memory and vocabulary. Only the child who has enough words in his memory so that he can recognize and understand them can take up the solution of puzzles. Simpler tasks are given to children from the second grade, when they already know the alphabet and numbers well, baby younger age just don't understand how to solve it. You need to start with picture tasks, they are considered simpler, letter puzzles and note puzzles will be more difficult. They will only be possible for a child with special knowledge.
Rebuses have a rich history, they appeared even before writing. After all, it was with the help of pictures that ancient people tried to convey to others the meaning of some events. Nowadays, puzzles are used as entertainment and a game that will captivate the whole family. In order to solve them, you need to remember a number of rules in order to understand what is read and in what order.
What can be a rebus?
A rebus is a picture that can be depicted:
- letters;
- numbers;
- arrows;
- Pictures;
- fractions;
- notes;
- commas and dots.
They can be upside down, be in each other and in different positions in the picture. All such puzzles are divided by difficulty level. The simplest ones can be read very easily, for example - "Bumblebee" and "Table":
More complex pictures will have to think about.
And there are those for which you will have to be patient with a pen and paper.
But for all of them there is certain rules on which puzzles are solved. If you figure it out, even the most complex proverb puzzles will succumb and become understandable.
How to read a rebus?
The rebus itself is a whole picture, before you start solving it, you need to understand if there are any special rules for reading it. If they are not, then the words or phrases are read as usual, from left to right, but if they are, then this must be taken into account. There are two main characters:
Arrows from right to left indicate that a word or several words should be read the other way around: from right to left.
Rebus solving rules
The image itself includes letters, numbers and pictures that must be read and combined in a certain order. Therefore, they look not only at what is drawn, but also how it is done. If there is a picture in the rebus, they select a word that matches it, here you need to turn on the imagination and remember that sometimes it can be a jar, and sometimes what lies in it. All other elements are "read" in order, subject to some rules:
Numbers, signs and commas
Very often, the image is accompanied by commas, equal signs, minus signs, or a row of numbers. This tells you what to do with the letters that make up the word. All actions can be considered from the pictures below, on which a “flower” is drawn, which must be turned into a “current”.
If there are commas near the picture, you need to see where they are and count them. When they stand before a word, the first letters are subtracted, if after it, then the last, in the amount that there are commas.
Sometimes crossed out letters are written near the picture, this indicates that they should be removed from the word.
And when “=”, “+” or “-” stand side by side and additional letters or a picture, this indicates that you need to do this action with the word. Add letters either before the word or at the end. But sometimes "+" or "-" indicates that you need to add "to" or "from". This must always be remembered.
The numbers next to the word indicate in what order and what letters to take.
Large numbers and signs
Large numbers and signs drawn in a rebus the size of the main pictures are perceived as a word or action. When they are present, different letters or syllables are added to the word.
- a large "+" indicates that you need to add "to", "s" or "and";
- a large "-" indicates that you need to add "from";
- the number adds those letters that are in the word that means it.
For example, there are three pictures above: P + C = rice, ok-mol = hammer, 100l = table.
How to solve puzzles from letters?
Sometimes the rebus consists of only letters that are drawn in different form and position. These include the same decision rules:
- if the letter is drawn in the letter, then it is added: "in";
- if the letter is above the letter, it is added: “above” or “on”;
- if the letter is under the letter, “under” will be added;
- if letters are drawn from letters, this should be indicated by adding "from".
For example:
In the letter “O” we have “rona” written, that is, it must be read as “crow”.
The letters "C", "D" and "T" took hold of the handles together, so the letter "and" is added between them - and we get the word "sitting".
This suggests that you need to add "on" to the sentence.
The letters “TKE” sit in the letter “E”, that is, it is read as “in + e + tke” - “branch”.
It remains only to connect all the words and get: the crow is sitting on a branch. Letter puzzles allow you to develop your imagination well and learn how to quickly compose words.
How to solve puzzles with notes
Rebuses with notes are designed for those children who are engaged in music and it is not difficult for them to determine which note is drawn in the picture. To unravel, take seven notes and use their names.
this is the note "do" and "m", read as "house".
And this is “fa” and “salt”, that is, “beans”.
Such puzzles help to quickly remember how notes are written and quickly, subconsciously use them.
How to solve complex puzzles from pictures, letters and numbers?
Puzzles are divided according to the level of difficulty. They mean not only words, but also phrases. If the picture seems too complicated, do not be shy to take a pen and paper and break it down into its components. When you need to guess not one word, but a proverb or famous phrase, then usually the author necessarily writes about it. Take, for example, the puzzle:
and try to figure it out. We remember that rebuses are read from left to right like words in a book, if there are no additional icons, and there are none in this rebus, then it’s worth starting on the right.
The letters “la” move out from the letter “E”, that is, the whole picture must be read as “c + e + la”, oh, we get the first part: “village”
here we see that the letters “ha” are holding the letter “m” in their hands and we get the following combination “m + y + ha”. Of course, you can still read "u + ha + m", but, in my opinion, the fly is still better.
This is a big jar delicious jam, since there are no commas, numbers or signs next to it, this indicates that the whole word must be used in its entirety, without changes.
And this indicates what is being added - “on” or “above”. In our case, “on” is more suitable.
As a result of the fact that a complex picture was decomposed into simple elements, we got a simple rebus of the words: village + fly + jam + on. As a result, we get the phrase: "A fly sat down on jam."
In each case, it is worth turning on the imagination and learning how to quickly use the rules - and then complex puzzles will not be so difficult. The main thing is to always be careful and not lose any elements.
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