Puzzle 17 · October 28, 2026 · Vehicles & transport · level easy
Hot air balloon: would you have recognised it under the tiles?
This photo was Unvil’s mystery photo of the day. It was fully hidden under a mosaic of tiles: every close word knocked some down until the answer, “Hot air balloon”， was found.
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Hot air balloon in a few words
Aerostat invented by the Montgolfier brothers in 1783: air heated by a burner makes the envelope lighter than the surrounding air. Here in Cappadocia (Turkey).
The hints
- It is a means of transport.
- It has neither engine nor wings.
- It was invented in France at the end of the 18th century.
- It rises thanks to air heated by a burner.
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