Skip to main content
added 2 characters in body
Source Link
Deusovi
  • 151.4k
  • 16
  • 538
  • 629

First,

there's only one way the 3 in the bottom left can be adjacent to three shaded cells.
enter image description here 
And what about the 3 above it? It can't go up by two to place its other two shaded cells, because that would block off a square on the left wall. So it must go right two: this places two more shaded cells.
enter image description here

Now, since every tromino must have exactly one clue in it,

the unshaded cell at the bottom must be part of the 1 on the right.
enter image description here
And likewise, the cell above it can't be part of the 3, or it wouldn't be able to touch 3 gray cells -- so it must be part of the ? clue instead.
enter image description here
And some more reachability logic gets us here:
enter image description here

Next we can look at a different area of the puzzle:

The 3 in the top left has only one way to satisfy it without putting two shaded cells by the 1 clue.
enter image description here

And finally, one argument finishes it off:

There are 17 clues; this means there will be 13 shaded cells in all. We have 11 of them, so the 3 on the right must touch one of our already-placed cells. This can only be the one in the second row.
And then, we can place one shaded cell with the top 3; the bottom 3 only has one place its other shaded cell can go, and the puzzle is solved!
enter image description here

First,

there's only one way the 3 in the bottom left can be adjacent to three shaded cells.
enter image description here And what about the 3 above it? It can't go up by two to place its other two shaded cells, because that would block off a square on the left wall. So it must go right two: this places two more shaded cells.
enter image description here

Now, since every tromino must have exactly one clue in it,

the unshaded cell at the bottom must be part of the 1 on the right.
enter image description here
And likewise, the cell above it can't be part of the 3, or it wouldn't be able to touch 3 gray cells -- so it must be part of the ? clue instead.
enter image description here
And some more reachability logic gets us here:
enter image description here

Next we can look at a different area of the puzzle:

The 3 in the top left has only one way to satisfy it without putting two shaded cells by the 1 clue.
enter image description here

And finally, one argument finishes it off:

There are 17 clues; this means there will be 13 shaded cells in all. We have 11 of them, so the 3 on the right must touch one of our already-placed cells. This can only be the one in the second row.
And then, we can place one shaded cell with the top 3; the bottom 3 only has one place its other shaded cell can go, and the puzzle is solved!
enter image description here

First,

there's only one way the 3 in the bottom left can be adjacent to three shaded cells.
enter image description here 
And what about the 3 above it? It can't go up by two to place its other two shaded cells, because that would block off a square on the left wall. So it must go right two: this places two more shaded cells.
enter image description here

Now, since every tromino must have exactly one clue in it,

the unshaded cell at the bottom must be part of the 1 on the right.
enter image description here
And likewise, the cell above it can't be part of the 3, or it wouldn't be able to touch 3 gray cells -- so it must be part of the ? clue instead.
enter image description here
And some more reachability logic gets us here:
enter image description here

Next we can look at a different area of the puzzle:

The 3 in the top left has only one way to satisfy it without putting two shaded cells by the 1 clue.
enter image description here

And finally, one argument finishes it off:

There are 17 clues; this means there will be 13 shaded cells in all. We have 11 of them, so the 3 on the right must touch one of our already-placed cells. This can only be the one in the second row.
And then, we can place one shaded cell with the top 3; the bottom 3 only has one place its other shaded cell can go, and the puzzle is solved!
enter image description here

Source Link
Deusovi
  • 151.4k
  • 16
  • 538
  • 629

First,

there's only one way the 3 in the bottom left can be adjacent to three shaded cells.
enter image description here And what about the 3 above it? It can't go up by two to place its other two shaded cells, because that would block off a square on the left wall. So it must go right two: this places two more shaded cells.
enter image description here

Now, since every tromino must have exactly one clue in it,

the unshaded cell at the bottom must be part of the 1 on the right.
enter image description here
And likewise, the cell above it can't be part of the 3, or it wouldn't be able to touch 3 gray cells -- so it must be part of the ? clue instead.
enter image description here
And some more reachability logic gets us here:
enter image description here

Next we can look at a different area of the puzzle:

The 3 in the top left has only one way to satisfy it without putting two shaded cells by the 1 clue.
enter image description here

And finally, one argument finishes it off:

There are 17 clues; this means there will be 13 shaded cells in all. We have 11 of them, so the 3 on the right must touch one of our already-placed cells. This can only be the one in the second row.
And then, we can place one shaded cell with the top 3; the bottom 3 only has one place its other shaded cell can go, and the puzzle is solved!
enter image description here