Pōns Amōris
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A young man has loved her for a long time, though he has never said so. Today, on the bridge where the roses grow thickest, he means to tell her — and to give her something more than words.
Seven puzzles stand between you and that meeting. Solve one, and you move a little closer — until, at the end, one final word reveals what burns between them.
Crossword — the vocabulary of love and the river it crosses.
Anagrams — unscramble seven words from the wider city and its dangers.
Cipher — decode a message, then answer the riddle it asks.
Matching — one verb, dīligō ("to cherish, to hold dear"), active and passive, in every tense you know.
Picture Count — reassemble a scattered scene, then count what you see.
Odd One Out — find the mismatched word in each row to reveal what happens, then answer questions about it.
Final Rebus — one clue from every lock. Their first letters, rearranged, spell the final word.
Every answer box checks itself instantly. Spelling and capitalization are forgiving — macrons are never required.
Fifteen words of love, and the river it crosses. Every clue gives the English meaning; you supply the Latin. Fill the grid — every crossing letter must agree both ways. Five cells are marked in red: once the grid is solved, their letters unscramble into one more word.
The grid is correct. Unscramble the five red letters:
Seven words from the wider city and its dangers. Unscramble each one.
A message has been shifted 3 letters forward through the alphabet. Shift each letter back 3 to decode it — the message speaks for itself. Answer the question it asks, in Latin.
Decode the message — it already asks its own question at the end.
One verb, dīligō, dīligere, dīlēxī, dīlēctus ("to cherish, to hold dear") — active and passive, in every tense you know. Drag each English meaning onto its matching Latin form.
The picture below has been scattered into 24 pieces — click two to swap them. Each piece locks in place once it's correct. When the whole picture is assembled, five counting questions will appear — in Latin, they ask quot ("how many") of each thing you can find.
Click two pieces to swap them. Correct pieces lock in place — keep going until the whole picture is assembled.
In each row, three tiles belong together and one doesn't. Drag out the odd tile. Find all 15 to learn what happens.
Now that the story is whole, answer these in Latin:
One clue from every lock you solved. Answer each in Latin — the first letter of each answer will reveal itself, in the order the locks appeared.
You're almost there! Arrange these letters to make a word.
The password was:
ardēre — "to burn." He has said it at last, and the garland is hers, and the whole bridge seems to glow.