The final answer is a 12-letter word and is confirmed by the title.
Other applicable tags: visual, enigmatic puzzle, rebus (stage 2)
Stage 1 of 2:
Mark the correct cells black in the 5 grids below and put the results together to move to Stage 2 of 2. The grids are completely independent and can be worked on independently, in any order. Grid #2 is probably the easiest, followed by #5 and #4. Grids #1 and #3 are probably the toughest.
Grid #1:
Start on the black square marked "start" and move through the grid according to the clue, marking the cells on the path black.
Theme: Word property
Clue: Adjacent (including diagonally) r _ _ _ _ _ i c
Text version of Grid #1:
A 7-row, 5-column grid with the following values:
42, 28, 73,106, 54
67,105,150,116,109
17, 78, 10,146,160
41, 74, 92, 65,111
70, 39, 30, 59,115
44, 90, 8, 5, 11
51, 13, 62, 6, 80
Grid #2:
Start on the black square marked "start", but no need to path through the grid as in grid #1. Instead, based on the start cell, mark all cells matching the clue black.
Theme: Mathematics
Clue: f a c _ _ _ _
Text version of Grid #2:
A 7-row, 5-column grid with the following values:
11, 56, 19, 44, 14
144, 22, 13, 64, 76
9, 12, 30, 8,121
60, 32, 36, 80, 40
6,100, 48, 7, 20
10, 82, 16, 90, 15
17, 5, 24,120, 18
Grid #3:
Mark all cells matching the clue black.
Theme: Word property
Clue: l i p _ _ _ _ _ with an "I" (the character in quotation marks is an uppercase I, not a lowercase l)
Text version of Grid #3:
A 7-row, 5-column grid with the following values:
6, 4, 10,103, 50
74,153, 63, 16, 12
122, 84,156, 69,131
184, 23,172,140,105
29, 65,116, 83, 24
120, 95, 48, 52, 2
46, 41,102, 7,191
Grid #4:
Mark all cells matching the clue black.
Theme: USA geography
Clue: _ a n d _ _ _ _ _ d
Text version of Grid #4:
A 7-row, 5-column grid with the following values:
WA,NM,MN,OK,OR
AR,AK,TX,MT,PA
CO,VA,AZ,HI,VT
KS,SC,MI,FL,UT
KY,CA,ID,NC,WY
WV,NE,AL,ME,OH
NY,ND,TN,NV,GA
Grid #5:
Mark all cells matching the clue black.
Theme: Word property
Clue: P _ _ i _ _ _ _ _ e
Text version of Grid #5:
A 7-row, 5-column grid with the following values:
BEG,OAR,KEY,DOT,ICE
HUB,PUN,AGE,GOT,CRY
EVE,NUN,DID,PEP,EYE
SAT,NIP,FUN,AHA,URN
LEG,RUG,YAY,TOY,MET
WHY,WOW,EAR,JOG,VEX
POP,BIB,SIS,MOM,DAD
Stage 2:
(Easy)
This stage will provide the final answer, which is a 12-letter word.