Daily puzzle

Put The Gold-Bug back in order

Seven beats from our edition of The Gold-Bug by Edgar Allan Poe, shuffled. Drag them, or use the arrows, until the story runs straight. No account, no streak to lose.

  1. The strange find Legrand discovers an unusually heavy, gold-colored beetle on the beach of Sullivan's Island.
  2. Signs of madness Legrand grows obsessive and secretive, and the worried narrator suspects his friend has gone insane.
  3. The hidden writing Heat applied to the parchment that wrapped the bug reveals a death's-head and a coded message.
  4. Breaking the cipher Legrand decodes the substitution cipher using letter frequency, uncovering Captain Kidd's directions.
  5. The expedition Legrand leads Jupiter and the narrator into the hills, dropping the bug through a skull's eye to mark the spot.
  6. The first failure Jupiter mistakes the skull's left eye for the right, and the first dig turns up nothing.
  7. The treasure and the explanation A corrected measurement unearths the vast treasure, and Legrand reveals his full reasoning.