Pathway 5, Subject 5

Fifty – Fifty

Solution: ZERO

Fifty minus fifty equals ZERO.

Author's notes

Author: Dan

I thought that this puzzle would serve as a bit of a palate cleanser towards the end of a relatively intensive puzzle hunt. The idea of leaving a puzzle page entirely blank and having solvers thrown off-track by whatever tricks their puzzled minds had decided to play upon them brought me infinite joy. In the end, it was all about the only element of this puzzle that was present, the title.

An initial draft version of this puzzle included the troll piece of flavour text “Can you spot the difference?” as well as a title that used a hyphen rather than a dash to better conceal “the difference”. Ultimately, Allen decided this was too much of a troll and the puzzle was edited to its current form.

(Allen's note: smh tfw the Author's notes are longer than the actual puzzle... Also, being in charge of the website comes with the Right of Final Edit, which I applied liberally.)

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Guess log

Frequency	Guess
24	ZERO
6	FIFTY
5	HEADS
4	FIVE
4	GUESS
3	COIN
3	COINTOSS
3	DYSARTHRIA
3	HALF
3	TAILS
2	CHANCE
2	CUPID
2	NIHSS
2	NIHSTROKESCALE
2	NOTHING
2	ONE
2	PATHWAY
2	PUZZLE
2	STROKESCALE
2	SUBJECT
2	TEN
2	THANKS
1	A
1	ABSENCE
1	AHUNDRED
1	ANSWER
1	APHASIA
1	APPRECIATE
1	APPRECIATIE
1	APPRECIATION
1	ATTRAKT
1	AUTOSOMALDOMINANT
1	BEFAST
1	BETHANKFUL
1	BETTER
1	BLACK
1	BLANK
1	CLUE
1	CORRECT
1	DASH
1	DECADE
1	DIFFERENCE
1	DRHENRIETTATHEDWIGHT
1	DUAL
1	DYSARTHRIAWORDS
1	DYSPHASIA
1	EDDIEFLYNN
1	EMDASH
1	ENDASH
1	ERYTHEMAINFECTIOSUM
1	EVEN
1	EVENSTEVEN
1	FAST
1	FFFF
1	FIFTHDISEASE
1	FIFTYFIFTY
1	FIFTYPERCENT
1	FIRE
1	FONT
1	FOUR
1	FREE
1	GENE
1	GEORGEDUPONT
1	GIVEANDTAKE
1	GIVETHANKS
1	HAWKING
1	HEMINEGLECT
1	HEREYOUGO
1	HETEROZYGOUS
1	HINT
1	HIPHOP
1	HUCKLEBERRY
1	INCORRECT
1	KPOP
1	LIFE
1	LIFEANDDEATH
1	LIFEDEATH
1	LINE
1	LISTEN
1	LUCK
1	M
1	MEDICINE
1	MYPLEASURE
1	NEGATIVE
1	NEUROLOGICALIMPAIRMENT
1	NO
1	NOPE
1	NOTHANKS
1	NUMBER
1	ODDS
1	OLIVERSACKS
1	ONEHUNDRED
1	PHINEASGAGE
1	PLEASURE
1	PROBABILITY
1	PS
1	PSFF
1	QUESTION
1	REPEAT
1	REPETITION
1	SAME
1	SCHRDINGER
1	SCHRDINGERSCAT
1	SLAPPEDCHEEK
1	SLAPPEDCHEEKSYNDROME
1	SPINALCANCER
1	SPOT
1	STEPHENHAWKING
1	STEVECAVANAGH
1	STROKE
1	TAIL
1	TALK
1	THANKLESS
1	THANKSBUTNOTHANKS
1	THANKYOU
1	TIPTOP
1	UNGRATEFUL
1	WEAL
1	WEAN
1	WEAR
1	WEBS
1	WEEK
1	WEEP
1	WEFT
1	WEIR
1	WELD
1	WELL
1	WENT
1	WHITE
1	WORD
1	YEAR
1	YES
1	YOUREWELCOME
1	YVONNECOSSART
1	YVONNEEDNACOSSART