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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Statue Park: Five
This is a Statue Park puzzle (originally constructed for the 2019 24-Hour Puzzle Championship, as part of a Tarot card themed set -- no prizes for guessing which rank this puzzle was).
Rules of ...
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A game of cricket
This puzzle is part 14 of Gladys' journey across the globe. Each part can be solved independently. Nevertheless, if you are new to the series, feel free to start at the beginning: Introducing Gladys.
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Untitled, for Now
As you step into the gallery, you notice an interesting piece of art hanging on the wall.
"I like the piece, but what's with the title?" you ask the docent. "I'm used to obscure titles in modern art, ...
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The Guys - Logic #3 - The Casino
Oh boy, the guys went to the casino..
Let's see what these three are up to tonight. I wonder if going to the casino was a good idea?? Maybe for a couple of them.
Start the two minute timer...
The ...
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The Guys - Logic #2 : Ways to work
So the guys are back. This time, they decide to change up their way to work. Let's see what they're up to...
Start the two minute timer...
1. Since Anthony and Charles weren't taking the bus today, ...
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Hexagonal Grid Filling
Fill in each blank white hexagon with a digit from 1 to 9. Each of the grey hexagons is the sum of the white hexagons around it, and all of the white hexagons that are around the same grey hexagon ...
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Fill the grid (pattern)
Can you guess what comes in place of the question mark?
Here's a text-based version of the table:
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Gerrymandering Puzzle - Rig the Election
The following graphic is a map of the country Mathlandia:
You are currently running for reelection, but the polls aren't exactly in your favor. Each square in this grid is a county. Counties with a ...
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SafeCracker #3 - We've Been Blocked [closed]
Our Last Safe To Conquer
Ok, team, this one might give us a little trouble. Nothing we can't handle though... let's go...
This safe model is "The NevaCrak 9000" - the most secure safe there is.
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SafeCracker #2 - The Mission Continues
Thanks to an alert StackE user, we were able to get the first safe open.
Mission Details
This next safe is in a former employee's house. He is gone for now, so we have no time to spare.
We weren't ...
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Virus Detected - Please execute anti-virus code
Virus Detected!!!
Your computer, which is represented by the grid pictured, has been infected. The bugs are clearly marked. It's your job to inject your awesome anti-virus code in the proper computer ...
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Can someone solve this kakuro?
Can someone solve this? Please tell me how you did it.
Source: Puzzle Page app
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3D Masyu - A Die
Fold this net into a cube and solve this 3D Masyu.
The original Masyu rules apply. In addition, question mark '?' should be replaced by either a black or white circle.
Side note: Yeah, it's almost ...
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Modified Intersection Puzzle
This is a slightly modified version of the Intersection Puzzle introduced by user477343 here.
In this case, you are given a $7 \times 8$ grid with circles and boxes provided in some of the cells.
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Square Spin #1: Sun and Moon
Defining Square Spin
Lets play a game!
The aim of this game is to transform one image into another using the least amount of moves possible. Here is what a move consists of:
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Swap — A Puzzle I Created
This puzzle is called Swap. Let's find out why!
Suppose you are given a random $\rm N\times N$ matrix (grid) with all the integers from $1$ to $\rm N^2$ each belonging in every grid square (a.k.a. ...
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Intersection Puzzle
I have invented a new puzzle called Intersection. Let's find out what it is!
Intersection
You are given an $n\times n$ grid with circles and boxes inside arbitrary squares. A circle cannot be in the ...
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Masyu puzzles with many circles
The rules of Masyu:
Make a single loop with lines passing through the centers of cells, horizontally or vertically. The loop never crosses itself, branches off, or goes through the same cell ...
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What in this world is she trying to say?
I happened to meet one of my friends after about a couple of years. Obviously we both were very happy, but still, she didn't leave her habit of challenging me to decipher what she was saying. I ...
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Triple (Almost) Gaps - Schezo's Edition
Today (Mar 16) is Schezo's birthday! Happy birthday my little creeper boi~ <3
Clarifications:
$C$ may or may not be equal to $1$.
The set actually tells you that at least one of $\{C,M,N,P,R,T\}$ ...
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How will you save Mike?
A direct hint: this question.
Question starts from here:
You are Dr. Nathaniel - a renowned archaeologist, and involved in a research about an ancient site. But, there is only one problem - the ...
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Albrecht Durer Inspired Magic Square
A magic square is an n-dimensional matrix in which each row, column, and main diagonal sums to the same 'magic number' (denoted by s). A normal magic square uses each of the numbers from 1 to n ...
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Distance Puzzle
The rules are:
1. Draw two circles (O) in the empty cells in every row and column.
2. The numbers in the black cells indicate the space between the 2 circles in the black cells' row or column, in ...
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Stuck in 6x6 skyscraper puzzle
I don't know how to continue, can anyone tell me which next number am I able to add? Here is the puzzle (there are clues at edges), and below are possibilities. Feel free to tell me if I made mistake, ...
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Slitherlink failure - help needed
I have player "slitherlink" (or "Loopy" as it is sometimes called) generally on a 20x25 grid, so I don't finish too quickly.
However I have come across a puzzle (seed was not recorded), that MUST be ...
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Sum in a sudoku with sum total of 15 and 45
I have created a sudoku puzzle with the following restrictions:
Each row and column sum to $45$.
Each row and column in the nine $3$ by $3$ sub-grids sum to $15$.
Is such a sudoku unique?...
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Does it exist a way to solve visually by using a grid or to find the truth among a set of five people telling different statements?
I am having problems with trying to solve this riddle therefore I am looking for help. The situation is as follows:
At a semiconductor laboratory in Hsinchu a security guard caught five
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Fixing a Binairo Mistake
The rules of Binairo are simple:
1) Each row and column must have an equal number of black and white circles.
2) There can be no horizontal/vertical line of three like-color circles.
Starting ...
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The Terrible Twos of Slitherlink Part Deux
Please read and understand my first question before proceeding. This one should be worse.
pdf files I uploaded to Dropbox:
Slitherlink of Twos
Their solutions
These puzzles were generated by ...
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Word Rectangle #2
As with my previous puzzle, this is an unfinished word rectangle:
Can you fill in the blanks?
When completed, every row will contain a common English word with five letters, and every column will ...
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The Terrible Twos of Slitherlink
This question is aimed at people who have a really good grasp of standard Slitherlink puzzles.
This is a standard, square cell, 10x10 Slitherlink puzzle I designed. It isn't what I would call a "...
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Incomplete Word Rectangle
This is an incomplete word rectangle:
When completed, every row will contain a common English word with four letters, and every column will contain a word with five letters. All of these are common ...
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Heyawake - how to continue?
Can you help me find the next move. (The cells marked with dots must be white).
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Oriental HAISU - An unoriginal grid-deduction challenge
TheGreatEscaper comes up with several inventive (and original) grid-deduction genres, so I thought I'd try my hand at combining two of them.
HAISU
The rules are simple - draw a path from the O to ...
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Heyawake - help continue puzzle
This is my first try on Heyawake and I am stuck. Can you give a hint for the next move. The cells marked with dots must be white.
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Which number goes in the square with the question mark?
My friend, who loves puzzles as much as me, gave me this image this afternoon.
My friend game me a hint: Skyscraper, which, as Daniel Mathias pointed out in the comments, is a type of grid puzzle.
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Fill $N$ by $M$ grid with numbers in such a way that any given cells' neighbors are different
Create an $N$ by $M$ grid with numbers in such a way that satisfies following conditions:
numbers should be integers that range from $1$ to $r$.
for any cell $C$, all its adjacent neighbors (i.e. ...
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Diabolical Deceptions: A 333rd Birthday Tribute to J.S. Bach
Johann Sebastian Bach is one of the most famous composers from the Baroque period. If he was still alive today, he’d be 333 years old. So, let’s celebrate 3 of his most famous works with a 33x33 loop ...
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Academic Snake Pit
One day, you get lost in the corridors of your new school and accidentally wander into a pit full of venomous snakes. Unfortunately, the pit is deep and you have hurt your leg in the fall, so there is ...
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A new 4 x 4 arrow puzzle
Can anyone help me with solving this puzzle:
Draw arrows in all fields around the diagram in a way that every arrow is pointing at least one number inside. The numbers inside the boxes equal the ...
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Can someone, please, help me to solve this level of the game „Flow Mania”?
It's very hard for me to solve this level. I just can't figure it out!
Rules: Draw a lines to connect like-colored dots. A complete solution will utilize every empty square in the grid.
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Where did my uncle go?
That damned uncle of mine! Running out without telling us has become too commonplace in our house. I did manage to find these two nonograms and a note this time though.
"Fear not nephew! I am ...
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Election Day is upon us!
Some election mayhem! Any puzzlers here or regulars excited?
This is a picross or nonogram, for information about it and how to approach, please go here.
Wanted to make my first short and easy ...
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5 subjects and their marks
The following partially-filled table shows the marks scored by 5 students named A, B, C, D and E in five different subjects, namely P, C, M, B and S. The marks scored by all students in all subjects ...
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Color Star (Semi - Instructionless Sum - Star)
Color Star - a semi-instructionless variation of Sum Star
Known Rules of Sum Star
Fill cells with numbers and shade all remaining cells such that
Each dodecagon contains the numbers 1-9 exactly ...
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Statue Park (Loop)
Place each of the twelve pentominoes into the grid once, with rotations and reflections allowed. No two pentominoes can overlap or be orthogonally adjacent, and all cells not occupied by the ...
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A “Find the Path” Puzzle
I invented a puzzle, inspired by Simon Tatham's Portable Puzzle Collection. Is there anything that it could improve on? Was it too easy, or was it too hard? Anything I could add? What must I call it?
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