# The "OOOOOOO OOOMIXINGOOO" riddle... **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [December 9, 2003, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ooooooo-ooomixingooo-riddle/218035 "2003-12-09T23:10:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![red\_dragon60](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ce73a5/32.png) [@red\_dragon60](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/red_dragon60)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2003, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ooooooo-ooomixingooo-riddle/218035/1 "2003-12-09T23:10:21Z")
Google searching turned up nothing. SD searching turned up nothing either. So I turn to you; what is the visual puzzle of “OOOOOOO OOOMIXINGOOO”? It came with one that was “EGSG”, which is “Scrambled Eggs”, to give an idea of the kind of riddle that it is. Anyone have an idea? Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2003, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ooooooo-ooomixingooo-riddle/218035/2 "2003-12-09T23:55:02Z")
These are called Wuzzles. Though this one has me temporarily perplexed, knowing the name might help you find the answer. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2003, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ooooooo-ooomixingooo-riddle/218035/3 "2003-12-10T00:01:49Z")
They are also called Dingbats ---
**Author:** ![glenathon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@glenathon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glenathon)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2003, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ooooooo-ooomixingooo-riddle/218035/4 "2003-12-10T00:46:14Z")
man…that’s a tough one. I _LOVED_ these types of puzzles growing up. If you ever find the answer, please post it! ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2003, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ooooooo-ooomixingooo-riddle/218035/5 "2003-12-10T00:54:34Z")
Mixing in the right circles! ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2003, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ooooooo-ooomixingooo-riddle/218035/6 "2003-12-10T01:03:34Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Mangetout \* > \*\*Mixing in the right circles! \*\* Oooo! I bet that’s it! Well done. ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2003, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ooooooo-ooomixingooo-riddle/218035/7 "2003-12-10T01:06:06Z")
Damn you. Obvious now, innit? ---
**Author:** ![KP](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a9adbd/32.png) [@KP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KP)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2003, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ooooooo-ooomixingooo-riddle/218035/8 "2003-12-10T01:56:23Z")
Man, was I off base! I’d been trying to convince myself that since things that are completely mixed and tangled are often referred to as ‘spaghetti’, that it might be “Oooooo Ooo Spaghetti Os” (but I just wasn’t buying it) ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2003, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ooooooo-ooomixingooo-riddle/218035/9 "2003-12-10T02:09:00Z")
Some cowokers had a list of these a few years ago, and I impressed the hell out of them by “solving” the harder ones. I had simply used Google, which they had not heard of yet. In most if not all cases, the answer was in the Google summary, and I didn’t even have to go to the page! Obviously, Google was no help in this case. But once this thread get indexed, this one will also be searchable. ---
**Author:** ![DarrenS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/977dab/32.png) [@DarrenS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DarrenS)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2003, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ooooooo-ooomixingooo-riddle/218035/10 "2003-12-10T06:09:50Z")
Also known as a [Rebus](http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?va=rebus). ---
**Author:** ![dakravel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/85e7bf/32.png) [@dakravel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dakravel)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2003, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ooooooo-ooomixingooo-riddle/218035/11 "2003-12-10T06:47:51Z")
Couldn’t that be considered a kind of plexer? I remember I did a lot of those kinds of things in 3rd grade, and I remember my teacher calling them plexers… But possibly you’re talking primarily about words and verbal puzzles, which I guess might be considered a different category.