Wrapping Paper Hints
Below are staggered hints for the puzzles on the 2022 Enigmailed wrapping paper.
Please be warned, that if you click on the solution, the answer is immediately revealed.
Hexagon Jigsaw
Hint 1
All the pieces fit in the larger blank grid.
Hint 2
Start by placing the U in the middle. The word is a compound word, (5,4).
Hint 3
The order the pieces can go in, using logic, are: pink, blue, blue, orange, orange, green, green, green, pink.
Backwords
Hint 1
Find all the parts, and pair them up, so they are the same number as the letter length of Paranoid, Antidote or Bartered.
Hint 2
Isolate the middle section of each word by using the middle numbers of the cracker.
Hint 3
Reverse each of these trios to formulate a word.
Sphere String
Hint 1
Complete the clues and fill in the letters.
Hint 2
Starting with the filled dot, follow the string, collecting the letters.
Hint 3
When you have arrived at the end, you will have your word.
Buried treasure
Hint 1
Find all the half-buried letters
Hint 2
Identify what each letter is.
Hint 3
Anagram the solution
Crossblock
Hint 1
Add the letters from the bow into the letters below to make a word.
Hint 2
There is a shared letter. Collect this.
Hint 3
Put the shared latters together ot form a word.
Net Maze
Hint 1
'Capture' the letters within each colour region, so all the red letters in the reds starred region for example.
Hint 2
You will find two sets of letters.
Hint 3
Combine the two sets to make your solution
Antlerbet
Hint 1
Using the example, collect the letter which would land on the reindeer's face.
Hint 2
Where the letter is backwards, you should treat the alphabet as such.
Hint 3
Anagram your solution.
Tree Gift
Hint 1
The A and Z give you a clue. Count all the items on and under the tree.
Hint 2
Each represent a letter.
Hint 3
Collect the letters in the order shown.
Michael Bauble
Hint 1
Each bauble holds a letter.
Hint 2
Collect the letters.
Hint 3
Anagram them together.
Star Crossed
Hint 1
All the words are Christmas related.
Hint 2
Collect only the letters which are shared.
Hint 3
Anagram your solution.
Holly Wood
Hint 1
Find the symbols which shows that the holly is an arrow.
Hint 2
Follow all the arrows.
Hint 3
Uncover the hidden word.
Poppers
Hint 1
Seek out all the poppers.
Hint 2
Match the letter parts to the popper itself.
Hint 3
Reassemble the letters and anagram your solution.
Solutions
Hexagon Jigsaw
Fruitcake
Backwords
Tradition (TRA DIT ION)
Sphere string
Nutcracker
Buried Treasure
Yuletide
Crossblock
DECORATE
Net Maze
Jingle Bells (Top left, Green net, Bottom, Blue net)
Antlerbet
pinecone
Tree Gift
Rudolph
Michael Bauble
PRESENTS
Star Crossed
STOCKING
Holly Wood
Mistletoe
Poppers
Tinsel