Hints

Plot-hole #167 · September 2, 2026 · Today

Difficulty: Easy · 100% of 12 players solved it.

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Hint 1 — One-word hint

"Obsession"

Hint 2 — The Setup

The San Francisco Bay Area over several decades.

Hint 3 — The Character

A serial killer taunts police and newspapers with coded letters.

Hint 4 — The Conflict

A cartoonist at a newspaper becomes obsessed with solving the case.

Hint 5 — The Twist

The killer is never definitively caught.

Final hint (names names)

Jake Gyllenhaal hunts the Zodiac killer in this David Fincher film.

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Zodiac

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