THE COAT CHECK / A WRITING DESK

Make a
different evening.

Six coats are here. Invent six fictional guests and leave enough evidence to get everyone home in the right one.

Use the coat features and the structured clauses below. The desk checks all 720 complete sets of returns. This does not say how hard the puzzle will be or replace a test with another person.

AT THE WRITING DESK

The six coats, before you write.

Inspect their outside, lining and pockets while your evening is unfinished. This reference does not start a test or change your names and clues.

Coat A.

The coat fastens with a belt.

Six fictional guests.

Give each guest a different name, up to 20 characters. Names identify the guests; they do not add a clue.

Guest 1Guest 2Guest 3Guest 4Guest 5Guest 6

Leave evidence.

18 / 24 clauses

Every clause below is checked. Compare a guest with a feature, or compare two guests with each other. There is no hidden interpretation of names or prose.

Ada’s coat has a striped lining.
Ada’s coat fastens with three buttons.
Ada’s coat has a key in its pocket.
Mina’s coat has a pencil in its pocket.
Mina’s coat fastens with three buttons.
Mina’s coat has a striped lining.
Leon’s coat fastens with three buttons.
Leon’s coat has a checked lining.
Leon’s coat has a key in its pocket.
Tess’s coat fastens with a belt.
Tess’s coat has a striped lining.
Tess’s coat has a pencil in its pocket.
Oren’s coat has a key in its pocket.
Oren’s coat fastens with a belt.
Oren’s coat has a checked lining.
Kit’s coat has a checked lining.
Kit’s coat fastens with a belt.
Kit’s coat has a pencil in its pocket.

Add a clause.

KindGuestFeatureConditionValue

Ada’s coat fastens with three buttons.

One matching returnExactly one way to return all six coats fits the evidence.

Keep an unfinished evening.

A working copy keeps the six names exactly as typed and every added clause, even when there is no single matching return or the names still need work. It leaves out the unadded clause form, test choices and editing history.

Open a working copy (JSON)

Choose a file up to 16 KiB. It is read on this device, without uploading or automatically changing the desk. Keep names fictional: the file contains all six names and added clues. This is a draft for this site, not an offline game. Keep a new file to carry later changes; nothing autosaves.