Questions tagged [grid-deduction]
Puzzles such as Sudoku or Kakuro, where the final state of a pre-existing grid must be deduced logically through clues placed within and/or around the grid. For puzzles where you are given a list of clues which can be used to compose a grid to solve them logically, use the [logic-grid] tag instead.
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What's the next step in this Unequal (Futoshiki) puzzle?
I'm currently stuck on this puzzle from Simon Tatham's website (he calls it "Unequal", although the standard name according to Wikipedia is Futoshiki). My progress so far is:
I've even tried a few "...
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Quick Kurodoko Puzzle: Threes and Triples
Kurodoko (taken from Nikoli)
Colour cells black according to the following rules.
The numbers on the board show the number of white cells from the number to the nearest black cell or to the ...
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Nurikabe minicubes: the Headache, the Panache, the Apache
These are three-dimensional Nurikabe puzzles. In each case, the four squares represent the layers of a $4\times4\times4$ cube. The goal is to shade some cells in each layer so that the resulting space ...
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Piece de Resistance - Eight Doubled Tetrominoes Make a Tetronogram
Eight Doubled Tetrominoes Make a Tetronogram
This puzzle is part of the "Piece de Resistance" series. Go back to Part 1 (Ace) for the story.Ace Two Three Four Five Six Seven Eight ...
Time for ...
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Geisterbahn 2.0
This puzzle was inspired by the ruleset of Round 3 of the German Logic Masters 2019: Geisterbahn 2.0
Place the numbers 2 or 3 in some cells such that all the numbers are connected orthogonally, no ...
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Quick Shikaku Puzzle: Stars and Stripes
Shikaku (taken from Nikoli)
Divide the grid into rectangles with the numbers in the cells.
Each rectangle is to contain exactly one number and it's showing the number of cells in the ...
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Quick Nurikabe Puzzle: $4$s
Nurikabe (taken from Nikoli)
Fill in the cells with black under the following rules.
You cannot fill in cells containing numbers.
A number tells the number of continuous (adjacently) white ...
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Quick Ripple Effect Puzzle: $70$ Empty Cells
Ripple Effect (taken from Nikoli)
The areas divided by bold lines are called "rooms". Fill in all empty cells with numbers under the following rules.
Each room contains consecutive numbers ...
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Heyawake - why is this wrong solution
Dear people,
Why does this particular android game not accept the solution on the right side?
Rules in the app:
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1answer
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Quick Moon-or-Sun Puzzles: 2x1-Dominoes and 1x1-Checkerboards
Moon-or-Sun (adapted from Nikoli)
Draw a line to make a single loop.
Lines pass through the centers of cells, horizontally, vertically, or turning. The loop never crosses itself, branches ...
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Instructionless: Sieve of Eratosthenes
This is an instructionless puzzle: work out the rules and then solve the main puzzle. An example and its unique solution have been given to you, as well as two failed solutions with errors marked.
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Quick Slitherlink Puzzles: KPK and 123
Slitherlink (taken from Nikoli)
Connect adjacent dots with vertical or horizontal lines to make a single loop.
The numbers indicate how many lines surround it, while empty cells may be ...
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Quick Tilepaint Puzzles: Corridors and Corners
Tilepaint (adapted from Nikoli)
The areas enclosed by bold lines are called "Tiles" and color the tiles with the following rules.
The cells of a tile must all be colored with black or left ...
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Sandwich Sudoku: First 12 digits of pi
Sandwich Sudoku, or "Between 1 and 9 Sudoku", is a variant of Sudoku. A YouTube channel introduced this variation.
Rules:
Standard Sudoku rules. Place numbers from 1 to 9 in every row, column, ...
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Isometric Heyacrazy - Now In 3D!
This is a Heyacrazy puzzle on an isometric grid.
Rules of Heyacrazy:
Shade some cells of the grid.
Shaded cells cannot be orthogonally adjacent; unshaded cells must be orthogonally connected.
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Heyacrazier: Big Three
This is a Heyacrazier puzzle, a variant of Heyacrazy.
Rules of Heyacrazy:
Shade some cells of the grid.
Shaded cells cannot be orthogonally adjacent; unshaded cells must be orthogonally ...
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Toroidal Heyacrazy: Rainstorm
This is a Toroidal Heyacrazy puzzle.
Rules of Heyacrazy:
Shade some cells of the grid.
Shaded cells cannot be orthogonally adjacent; unshaded cells must be orthogonally connected.
When the ...
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Yajilin minicubes: the Poppycock, the Balderdash, the Gobbledygook
These are three-dimensional yajilin puzzles. In each puzzle, the four squares depict the layers of a $4\times4\times4$ cube.
Shade some cells on each layer. The numbered cells show how many ...
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1answer
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Heyacrazy: Dissection
This is a Heyacrazy puzzle.
Rules of Heyacrazy:
Shade some cells of the grid.
Shaded cells cannot be orthogonally adjacent; unshaded cells must be orthogonally connected.
When the puzzle is ...
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1answer
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Heyacrazy: Empty Space
This is a Heyacrazy puzzle.
Rules of Heyacrazy:
Shade some cells of the grid.
Shaded cells cannot be orthogonally adjacent; unshaded cells must be orthogonally connected.
When the puzzle is ...
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Heyacrazy: No Diagonals
This is a Heyacrazy puzzle.
Rules of Heyacrazy:
Shade some cells of the grid.
Shaded cells cannot be orthogonally adjacent; unshaded cells must be orthogonally connected.
When the puzzle is ...
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Heyacrazy: Careening
This is a Heyacrazy puzzle, designed at request of testsolvers of previous puzzles who wanted to see how longer diagonals would work.
Rules of Heyacrazy:
Shade some cells of the grid.
Shaded ...
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Slitherlink Fillomino hybrid
This puzzle is a combination between a Slitherlink and a Fillomino.
You should put a number in each square and draw a single closed loop over the grid such that the following properties are satisfied:...
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Heyacrazy: “LMI”
This is a Heyacrazy puzzle, originally constructed for a test for Logic Masters India.
Rules of Heyacrazy:
Shade some cells of the grid.
Shaded cells cannot be orthogonally adjacent; unshaded ...
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Heyacrazy: Forks
This is a Heyacrazy puzzle.
Rules of Heyacrazy:
Shade some cells of the grid.
Shaded cells cannot be orthogonally adjacent; unshaded cells must be orthogonally connected.
When the puzzle is ...
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Ambitious Puzzler's Masyu
Contrary to the lazy puzzler, the creator of this masyu is too ambitious that he adds not only one but two extra stones, so the puzzle is unsolvable. Finish his job for him by removing those ...
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Heyacrazy: Crosses
This is a Heyacrazy puzzle.
Heyacrazy is an original genre, inspired by the "two border" rule of Heyawake and Heyawacky.
Rules of Heyacrazy:
Shade some cells of the grid.
Shaded cells cannot ...
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Heyawacky: Ace of Cups
This is a Heyawacky puzzle. The rules are the same as Heyawake, but non-rectangular regions are allowed.
Rules of Heyawake:
Shade some cells of the grid.
Shaded cells cannot be orthogonally ...
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Heyawake: An Introductory Puzzle
This is a Heyawake ("divided rooms") puzzle.
Rules of Heyawake:
Shade some cells of the grid.
Shaded cells cannot be orthogonally adjacent; unshaded cells must be orthogonally connected.
...
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2answers
615 views
Yajilin minicubes: the Hullabaloo, the Brouhaha, the Bangarang
These are three-dimensional yajilin puzzles. In each puzzle, the four squares depict the layers of a $4\times4\times4$ cube.
Shade some cells on each layer. The numbered cells show how many ...
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(10 of 11: Nurikabe) What is Pyramid Cult's Favorite Topic?
Dear PSE users and moderators,
I’m new here in PSE, but I really need your help. There was this person who gave me a black envelope consisting 10+1 pages of puzzles, and also a scribble saying: “Find ...
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(9 of 11: Shikaku) What is Pyramid Cult's Favorite Stationeries?
Dear PSE users and moderators,
I’m new here in PSE, but I really need your help. There was this person who gave me a black envelope consisting 10+1 pages of puzzles, and also a scribble saying: “Find ...
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1answer
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Mixed-breeds are puzzles too!
This is a three-dimensional mixed-breed puzzle. The five squares depict the five layers of a $5\times5\times5$ cube. The goal is to solve the odd-numbered layers as yajilin and even-numbered layers as ...
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(8 of 11: Ripple Effect) What is Pyramid Cult's Favorite Skill?
Dear PSE users and moderators,
I’m new here in PSE, but I really need your help. There was this person who gave me a black envelope consisting 10+1 pages of puzzles, and also a scribble saying: “Find ...
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Volcanic 3D masyu
This is a three-dimensional masyu puzzle. The six squares depict the layers of a $6\times6\times6$ cube. The goal is to make a single loop in 3D space which fulfills the following properties:
The ...
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(7 of 11: Fillomino) What is Pyramid Cult's Favorite Shape?
Dear PSE users and moderators,
I’m new here in PSE, but I really need your help. There was this person who gave me a black envelope consisting 10+1 pages of puzzles, and also a scribble saying: “Find ...
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Statue Park: Apollo 11
This is a Statue Park puzzle, made in honor of the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission.
Rules of Statue Park:
Shade some cells of the grid to form the given set of pieces. Pieces may be ...
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(6 of 11: Yajilin) What is Pyramid Cult's Favorite Places?
Dear PSE users and moderators,
I’m new here in PSE, but I really need your help. There was this person who gave me a black envelope consisting 10+1 pages of puzzles, and also a scribble saying: “Find ...
8
votes
1answer
372 views
(5 of 11: Slitherlink) What is Pyramid Cult's Favorite Person?
Dear PSE users and moderators,
I’m new here in PSE, but I really need your help. There was this person who gave me a black envelope consisting 10+1 pages of puzzles, and also a scribble saying: “Find ...
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1answer
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(4 of 11: Hitori) What is Pyramid Cult's Favorite Fruit?
Dear PSE users and moderators,
I’m new here in PSE, but I really need your help. There was this person who gave me a black envelope consisting 10+1 pages of puzzles, and also a scribble saying: “Find ...
9
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1answer
212 views
A Difficult Rhombicosidodecahedron Slitherlink
This is the evil older brother of this puzzle. I'm posting it more out of scientific curiosity than because it is a fun puzzle, because it is not a fun puzzle. It's just really hard. I wrote a ...
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Yajisan-Kazusan: Diagonal Arrows
This is a Yajisan-Kazusan puzzle.
Rules of Yajisan-Kazusan:
Several numbered arrows are given in the grid. Shade some cells so that:
no two shaded cells are adjacent
unshaded cells form ...
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(3 of 11: Akari) What is Pyramid Cult's Favorite Car?
Dear PSE users and moderators,
I’m new here in PSE, but I really need your help. There was this person who gave me a black envelope consisting 10+1 pages of puzzles, and also a scribble saying: “Find ...
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Introducing Tetronogram - Beginner's Version
Introducing Tetronogram! (named by @MrPie)
The puzzle is made of a grid like a nonogram.
Notations are along the axes like a classic nonogram but numbers are replaced by the names of the ...
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3D Statue Park: Daggers and dashes
This is a three-dimensional Statue Park puzzle.1 The five squares in the below image depict the five levels of a $5\times5\times5$ cube. The goal is to fit inside it the eight pieces shown in the ...
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(2 of 11: Moon-or-Sun) What is Pyramid Cult's Favorite Camera?
Dear PSE users and moderators,
I’m new here in PSE, but I really need your help. There was this person who gave me a black envelope consisting 10+1 pages of puzzles, and also a scribble saying: “Find ...
6
votes
2answers
394 views
3D Statue Park: U shapes
This is a three-dimensional Statue Park puzzle.1 The five squares in the below image depict the five levels of a $4\times4\times5$ cuboid. The goal is to fit inside it the four three-dimensional ...
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(1 of 11: Numberlink) What is Pyramid Cult's Favorite Activity?
Dear PSE users and moderators,
I’m new here in PSE, but I really need your help. There was this person who gave me a black envelope consisting 10+1 pages of puzzles, and also a scribble saying: “Find ...
11
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1answer
241 views
Brain-breaking 3D masyu
This is a three-dimensional masyu puzzle.1 The five squares depict the layers of a $5\times5\times5$ cube. The goal is to make a single loop in 3D space which fulfills the following properties:
The ...
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A Sincere Nurikabe Puzzle
So here's a standard Nurikabe puzzle.
I'll be using the final (solved) grid for my upcoming local puzzle competition logo as it will spell the abbreviation of the competition name. So, what does it ...
