Questions tagged [masyu]
Masyu is a logic puzzle where the goal is to draw a single loop through every circle in a grid. A loop passing through a white circle must pass directly through it and make a turn on at least one side, and a loop passing through a black circle must make a turn inside the circle and continue straight on both sides.
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Unpainted Masyu
Exactly 3 of 7 circles here should be painted black to make the Masyu uniquely solved. Find them!
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Masyu keep making those 3D puzzles?
This is a three-dimensional Masyu puzzle. 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:
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Double feature: Russian desman
This puzzle is part 2 of the Double feature series (first part here). The series will continue in "Double feature: In concert".
Rules of Masyu1
Make a single loop which goes through ...
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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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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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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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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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Lazy puzzler's masyu
The creator of this masyu forgot to add the final stone, so the puzzle remains incomplete. Finish his job for him by placing one additional stone (either black or white) on the board so that the ...
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IBaNTsJTtStPMP! #2
IBaNTsJTtStPMP means "I'm Bad at Naming Things, so Just Try to Solve this Patterned Masyu Puzzle!".
The original Masyu rules apply.
Make a single loop with lines passing through the ...
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Masyu turned vanilla
Tried to make something clever, but it didn't work out so you're getting a vanilla masyu instead.
Normal masyu rules apply.
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A bicolour masyu
This is a bicolour masyu puzzle. Instead of making one continuous loop, the goal is to make two separate loops, one blue and one red. The coloured circles must be used for the loop of the same colour, ...
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Masyu-making game
Two players are playing a game on a $4\times4$ board. The players take turns adding either a white circle or a black circle into any empty square, so that the board makes a solvable masyu puzzle (with ...
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I'm Bad at Naming Things, so Just Try to Solve this Patterned Masyu Puzzle!
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The original Masyu rules apply.
Make a single loop with lines passing through the centers of cells, horizontally or vertically. The loop never crosses itself, branches off, ...
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Can you create a free-floating MASYU puzzle?
Rules of MASYU, for those unfamiliar: https://www.gmpuzzles.com/blog/masyu-rules-and-info/
Hey guys! So I just discovered this really cool puzzling site called the Puzzling Stack Exchange (puzzling....
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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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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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Try to design a uniquely solvable masyu
Warning: extreme difficulty
Does there exist a 6x6 masyu puzzle with one black pearl in each row/column (without any white pearls) which is uniquely solvable? What about for 7x7 grids? In fact, what ...
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Masyu jigsaw puzzle
Here's a masyu puzzle for you. The rules are as follows
Draw a single closed loop which does not cross or touch itself.
The sections of the loop run horizontally or vertically between the ...
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A Total Masyu puzzle
In a Total Masyu puzzle, one must draw a single loop through the centres of some cells according to the following rules:
The loop may only travel horizontally or vertically, never diagonally; all ...
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Broken Masyu: Quartered
Below is an 8x8 Masyu puzzle (rules can be found here), but the puzzle has been broken into four pieces! Can you put the pieces back together to make a proper Masyu puzzle with a unique solution? (The ...
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Wumpus-hunting Masyu
You are an explorer looking to capitalize on a cave you've discovered. The goal is to construct a pathway that visitors can take safely. The problem is that the cave is full of dangers, including a ...
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Can you solve this masyu puzzle?
Hey guys, enjoy this masyu puzzle!
For those unfamiliar with masyu, here are some instructions:
The goal of Masyu is to connect the circles on the grid via a line that closes itself and also does ...
