Puzzle #03 ✦ Introductory

Defector

Only one door stands between you and the Dr.'s biolab. It's been three years since the arrogant scientist went rogue and fled to Russia to continue his bioweapon research. Now, thousands of man-hours from the CIA have led to this moment: finding the lab and creating the opportunity to infiltrate it. From a listening device previously planted on the Dr., you know it's six letters long. You carefully dust the keyboard to the access computer and shine your blacklight…

Keyboard with blacklight revealing fingerprints

A blacklight reveals fingerprints on certain keys. What's the six-letter password?

Think you have the answer?

Need a Hint?

Zoom in on the keyboard. Do you notice anything different about some of the keys? The passcode is a six letter word.

Looking closely at the keyboard, you'll see that six of the keys have defined fingerprints that are showing up under the blacklight. Can you think of a word that uses these letters? One that might fit with this criminal's opinion of himself?

The keys with fingerprints include: S, E, G, N, U, I. There is only one word that uses these six letters: "GENIUS", which also fits the ego of the subject.

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