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Suspence · Daedalian Member

Too bad the old Quickies threads have died off, or I would have used this there. The above puzzle will result in a one word answer.
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HAMMOS · Icarian Member

Answer: MOONWALK

Everyone else* · Guest

Spoiler please?

Lepton* · Guest

It looks like each pair of dice (or die), shows 3 digits that clue to a single letter. Working backwards -- like the moonwalk dance -- seems to be important too. I'm not sure how the indices work.

Zag · Unintentionally offensive old coot

I never would have seen this without the answer that HAMMOS gave, because I was focused on the single die, which I can only explain in hindsight. But looking only at the numbers facing us and reading downwards per number, you have:

66, 65, 6, 54, 63, 62, 62, 64

And assuming

K = 66
L = 65
M = 64
N = 63
O = 62
...
W = 54

That gives you KL?WNOOM, reversed is MOONW?LK.

If we assume that the lack of a die means a 7, then the third number is 76, which is what A would be in the progression.

Trojan Horse · Daedalian Member

Or, more simply:

What's on the back of the dice?

Lepton* · Guest

Ah, there it is. Nice catch, Trojan Horse.

Zag · Unintentionally offensive old coot

D'oh. Nicely done, TH, and Suspence. Great puzzle.

Huh?* · Guest

A bit more of a spoiler please.

Lepton* · Guest

If you look at the number of dots on the backs of the stacks of dice, you'd find these numbers (opposite a 6 is a 1, opposite a 5 is a 2, etc):

1/1, 1/2, 1, 2/3, 1/4, 1/5, 1/5, 1/3

Read these as 11, 12, 1, 23, etc.