# Thoughts on Puzzle 38: Hidden Messages **URL:** \ **Category:** General\ **Created:** [September 22, 2022, 12:17am UTC](https://community.rapyd.net/t/thoughts-on-puzzle-38-hidden-messages/57549 "2022-09-22T00:17:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![KreherFA](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.rapyd.net/kreherfa/32/12655_2.png) [@KreherFA](https://community.rapyd.net/u/KreherFA)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2022, 12:17am UTC](https://community.rapyd.net/t/thoughts-on-puzzle-38-hidden-messages/57549/1 "2022-09-22T00:17:22Z")
Do the words that are used for the hidden words all have to be one after the other? ---
**Author:** ![mich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7bcc69/32.png) [@mich](https://community.rapyd.net/u/mich)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2022, 12:41am UTC](https://community.rapyd.net/t/thoughts-on-puzzle-38-hidden-messages/57549/2 "2022-09-22T00:41:23Z")
If I’m understanding the question correctly, yes - the letters of each hidden word all appear consecutively, except for the single extra letter that’s inserted somewhere in the middle. ---
**Author:** ![AlexM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@AlexM](https://community.rapyd.net/u/AlexM)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2022, 2:09am UTC](https://community.rapyd.net/t/thoughts-on-puzzle-38-hidden-messages/57549/3 "2022-09-22T02:09:53Z")
so far i found 22 hidden words lol. I thought there were suppose to be 12. I guess 12 that are related somehow to each other? ---
**Author:** ![Yvette7](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.rapyd.net/yvette7/32/3616_2.png) [@Yvette7](https://community.rapyd.net/u/Yvette7)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2022, 2:31am UTC](https://community.rapyd.net/t/thoughts-on-puzzle-38-hidden-messages/57549/4 "2022-09-22T02:31:39Z")
This one was ultra easy, particularly after puzzle 37 which I found difficult. The 12 words are all related, of a particular theme. ---
**Author:** ![mich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7bcc69/32.png) [@mich](https://community.rapyd.net/u/mich)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2022, 6:31am UTC](https://community.rapyd.net/t/thoughts-on-puzzle-38-hidden-messages/57549/6 "2022-09-22T06:31:26Z")
Yes, the instructions specify that there will be a particular theme. ---
**Author:** ![igorgetmeabrain](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.rapyd.net/igorgetmeabrain/32/14926_2.png) [@igorgetmeabrain](https://community.rapyd.net/u/igorgetmeabrain)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2022, 7:25am UTC](https://community.rapyd.net/t/thoughts-on-puzzle-38-hidden-messages/57549/7 "2022-09-22T07:25:12Z")
Scanning the text over my morning coffee, I’ve spotted several related words already… This one shouldn’t take too long I hope! Then I’ll have to go back to yesterday’s puzzle, cos I will not be defeated! ---
**Author:** ![MarcinJ13](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7c8e57/32.png) [@MarcinJ13](https://community.rapyd.net/u/MarcinJ13)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2022, 7:46am UTC](https://community.rapyd.net/t/thoughts-on-puzzle-38-hidden-messages/57549/8 "2022-09-22T07:46:23Z")
Yep, this one was simple. Once you spot one word and have the theme, it is easy. ---
**Author:** ![xand](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/9de0a6/32.png) [@xand](https://community.rapyd.net/u/xand)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2022, 8:20am UTC](https://community.rapyd.net/t/thoughts-on-puzzle-38-hidden-messages/57549/9 "2022-09-22T08:20:45Z")
I got nervous after yesterdays and just started with a script rather than eyeballing, fun little exercise! ---
**Author:** ![Binyamin\_Ben\_Dor](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.rapyd.net/binyamin_ben_dor/32/2723_2.png) [@Binyamin\_Ben\_Dor](https://community.rapyd.net/u/Binyamin_Ben_Dor)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2022, 9:14am UTC](https://community.rapyd.net/t/thoughts-on-puzzle-38-hidden-messages/57549/10 "2022-09-22T09:14:56Z")
got 2 words with the wrong theme and couldn’t find more. wrote a script and got the right theme, from there it was easy ---
**Author:** ![michel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ea666f/32.png) [@michel](https://community.rapyd.net/u/michel)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2022, 9:35am UTC](https://community.rapyd.net/t/thoughts-on-puzzle-38-hidden-messages/57549/11 "2022-09-22T09:35:27Z")
I was lazy, so I also got the theme and the solution by writing a script. ---
**Author:** ![sibebleuze](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.rapyd.net/sibebleuze/32/15144_2.png) [@sibebleuze](https://community.rapyd.net/u/sibebleuze)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2022, 9:59am UTC](https://community.rapyd.net/t/thoughts-on-puzzle-38-hidden-messages/57549/12 "2022-09-22T09:59:18Z")
I got 11 out of 12 words, but some of these I’ve had to look up because I’m not a native speaker. But now I’m stuck on this last word and based on the letters I have I think I know roughly where to look but I really need this last letter, I can’t seem to guess it. ---
**Author:** ![slymonke](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.rapyd.net/slymonke/32/19772_2.png) [@slymonke](https://community.rapyd.net/u/slymonke)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2022, 1:01pm UTC](https://community.rapyd.net/t/thoughts-on-puzzle-38-hidden-messages/57549/13 "2022-09-22T13:01:37Z")
Funny, but since I’m not a native speaker I had to use a list of related words that I found on wikipedia, after detecting what the topic was… hahaha 🤪 ---
**Author:** ![slymonke](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.rapyd.net/slymonke/32/19772_2.png) [@slymonke](https://community.rapyd.net/u/slymonke)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2022, 1:12pm UTC](https://community.rapyd.net/t/thoughts-on-puzzle-38-hidden-messages/57549/14 "2022-09-22T13:12:20Z")
I found out what the last related word was after determining what the extra letter was. There were only two possible words with those letters for the solution. ---
**Author:** ![JaiinaK](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.rapyd.net/jaiinak/32/18733_2.png) [@JaiinaK](https://community.rapyd.net/u/JaiinaK)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2022, 1:31pm UTC](https://community.rapyd.net/t/thoughts-on-puzzle-38-hidden-messages/57549/15 "2022-09-22T13:31:47Z")
The first word I found led me to two possible themes. I solved it in 20 minutes, using Wikipedia to have a full list of the right theme. Now, I have time to try to solve the two previous puzzles again 😁 😭 ---
**Author:** ![marinamvt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8491ac/32.png) [@marinamvt](https://community.rapyd.net/u/marinamvt)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2022, 1:36pm UTC](https://community.rapyd.net/t/thoughts-on-puzzle-38-hidden-messages/57549/16 "2022-09-22T13:36:55Z")
I was prepared with a wikipedia list too, but still couldn’t get past the first word… So then I manually wrote out the whole thing in lowercase without spaces or punctuation and realised real quick I had the wrong theme 😅 I may carry on with my life now. ---
**Author:** ![Kaido\_Tarma](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.rapyd.net/kaido_tarma/32/5104_2.png) [@Kaido\_Tarma](https://community.rapyd.net/u/Kaido_Tarma)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2022, 4:16pm UTC](https://community.rapyd.net/t/thoughts-on-puzzle-38-hidden-messages/57549/17 "2022-09-22T16:16:01Z")
Instead of writing it down manually, next time try some online OCR engine. For example, I used this one: [https://www.onlineocr.net/](https://www.onlineocr.net/) Just upload a picture (preferably cropped to the text only) and it gives the output in text. ---
**Author:** ![marinamvt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8491ac/32.png) [@marinamvt](https://community.rapyd.net/u/marinamvt)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2022, 4:27pm UTC](https://community.rapyd.net/t/thoughts-on-puzzle-38-hidden-messages/57549/18 "2022-09-22T16:27:17Z")
Thank you, I could’ve also coded it myself, but in this case I needed to go over it manually to see things, because I was too focused on a wrong theme 🥲 ---
**Author:** ![AlexM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@AlexM](https://community.rapyd.net/u/AlexM)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2022, 4:38pm UTC](https://community.rapyd.net/t/thoughts-on-puzzle-38-hidden-messages/57549/19 "2022-09-22T16:38:18Z")
so far i found 25 words some related to a them other to each other. still trying to figure out the puzzle ---
**Author:** ![InkEssence](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.rapyd.net/inkessence/32/3394_2.png) [@InkEssence](https://community.rapyd.net/u/InkEssence)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2022, 5:44pm UTC](https://community.rapyd.net/t/thoughts-on-puzzle-38-hidden-messages/57549/20 "2022-09-22T17:44:33Z")
enjoyed this one, took a bit of time but was satisfying 🙂 good luck! ---
**Author:** ![Language](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.rapyd.net/language/32/18287_2.png) [@Language](https://community.rapyd.net/u/Language)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2022, 5:49pm UTC](https://community.rapyd.net/t/thoughts-on-puzzle-38-hidden-messages/57549/21 "2022-09-22T17:49:48Z")
I have the theme and I have 10 confirmed words… but the last two make up something i don’t understand [Next page](https://community.rapyd.net/t/thoughts-on-puzzle-38-hidden-messages/57549.md?page=2)