The Point Mystery Cache
WeBeDnD: Very unlikely this will be accessible ever again. Bye-bye.
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The cache is not at the posted coordinates.
Solve the puzzle to determine the real coordinates of the cache.
"POINT" is a fairly popular and flexible word. Case in point: One on-line dictionary lists 37 different definitions, and no less than 35 specialty applications for "POINT." Of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English, "POINT" is used roughly 39,000 times. "POINT" is also frequently used in product names, business names, geographical location names, etc. (There is no need to go to any online references to solve the puzzle. All the clues you need are below.)
Now more to the point. You must determine the coordinates of the cache by utilizing just a few of the numerous definitions and applications of the word "POINT" listed below.
- (noun) The object of an activity
- (noun) The precise location of something - a spatially limited location
- (noun) A very short period of time
- (verb) Intend something to move towards a specific goal
- (noun) A linear unit used to measure the size of type
- (noun) Unit of counting when scoring a game or contest
- (verb) Indicate a direction or a thing
- (verb) Be oriented
- (noun) A promontory extending out into a large body of water
- (verb) Be a signal for or a symptom of
- (verb) Direct the course or determine the direction of travelling
- (noun) A punctuation mark (a.k.a. period) placed at the end of a declarative sentence as an indication of a full stop
- (noun) A geometric element that has position but no extension
- (noun) The sharp end
- (quote) Our opinions become fixed at the point where we stop thinking. -- Ernest Renan
Note 5/12/04: Upped difficulty to 3 stars based on feedback.
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
[PUZZLE] Bar = abar. Svir = bar. (Jung n pbvapvqrapr, guvf vf nyfb gehr jura rapelcgrq.)
[CACHE] Nobir 5 ZCU, ohg gung'f orfvqr gur cbvag.