Questions tagged [slitherlink]
Slitherlink is a logic puzzle where the goal is to draw a loop so each number has that many edges of the loop adjacent to it. Use with [grid-deduction] and [logical-deduction].
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Slither-Yajilink: A match made in Hades
This puzzle is part of the Monthly Topic Challenge #13: Variety Slitherlinks.
This is a Slitherlink-Yajilin hybrid. Shade some cells in the grid and draw one non-crossing, non-branching line ...
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A Watery Slitherlink
This puzzle is part of the Monthly Topic Challenge #13: Variety Slitherlinks.
A watermill is going to be built next to a cozy town. You are the designer of the aforementioned mill/slitherlink, and ...
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Double trouble - When slitherloops collide
This puzzle is part of the Monthly Topic Challenge #13: Variety Slitherlinks.
What happens when you're working on a couple of puzzles for the Monthly Topic Challenge and try to merge them?
Well, in ...
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Walking a twisted path on a donut - a Möbius Slitherlink
This puzzle is part of the Monthly Topic Challenge #13: Variety Slitherlinks.
Have you ever wondered why there has to be an "inside" and an "outside" to every slitherlink loop?
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Slither-Numberlink: A monstrosity nature never intended
This puzzle is part of the Monthly Topic Challenge #13: Variety Slitherlinks.
Rules of hexagonal Slither-Numberlink:
Some numbers in the grid are slitherlink clues, some are numberlink clues. Zeroes ...
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An X x X Slitherlink related to X
This puzzle is part of the Monthly Topic Challenge #13: Variety Slitherlinks.
The final answer is a six letter word.
Prefer no partial answers.
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SlitherLITS: Don't colour outside the lines
This puzzle is part of the Monthly Topic Challenge #13: Variety Slitherlinks.
Adding a bit of colour to enhance the loopy goodness of a traditional Slitherlink.
Draw a single, non-intersecting loop ...
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An oddly coloured slitherlink
This puzzle is part of the Monthly Topic Challenge #13: Variety Slitherlinks.
I find something strangely satisfying about a well designed slitherlink puzzle, even one which is oddly coloured and ...
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Slitherlink? I hardly know her!
This puzzle is part of the Monthly Topic Challenge #13: Variety Slitherlinks.
Rules of hexagonal Slitherlink:
Draw one continuous loop in the grid along dotted lines. The line cannot cross itself or ...
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The Metaslitherlink
This puzzle is part of the Monthly Topic Challenge #13: Variety Slitherlinks.
Below is a grid containing multiple small slitherlinks. These can be independently solved to form clues for the large ...
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Help with slitherlink honeycomb [closed]
This is the best I can do:
It makes me think that I'm missing some simple detail.
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Next step in this Slitherlink puzzle (Honeycomb)
I have applied all of the techniques that I know of, and can't figure out the next logical step. I even turned on the visual clues, but it didn't help.
What would be the next move without resorting to ...
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PSE Advent Calendar 2022 (Day 5): The Double Slitherlink Experiment
This puzzle is part of the Puzzling Stack Exchange Advent Calendar 2022. The accepted answer to this question will be awarded a bounty worth 50 reputation.< Previous DoorNext Door >
'Twas the ...
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Next step in this Slitherlink puzzle?
I am playing this Slitherlink app on Android, and get stuck on this puzzle at the following state:
I made a lot of progress on the right side, but after this I couldn't find anything that I can do, ...
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Is the "rocket" pattern inversible?
The rocket pattern in slitherlink is when a 3 sees a 1 in a diagonal, with two crosses (the exhaust) on the opposite side.
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Two Day Slitherlink [closed]
I recently learned what a Slitherlink puzzle is; from here, so I tried my hand at making one! This is a normal 7x7 slitherlink, but with the added restriction that the loop must form the number 2 in ...
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Slitherlink #1 - Very Simple [closed]
This is a simple slitherlink, which is very easy.
The rules are as follows (suggested by @bobble and @PuzzlingFerret):
There can be multiple loops.
The final solution should be a shape.
Congrats to ...
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Slitherlink with a 4
Yesterday, I got my pen-pal to teach me the rules of Slitherlink. I had to use a translator to understand what she wrote though, and as a result I suspect I've misunderstood some of her points. I've ...
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How to get started on this Slitherlink (No Swiss)?
This is a puzzle from Round 4 of WPF's Puzzle Grand Prix this year.
It's a Slitherlink with the additional rule that "Every Swiss cross-shaped arrangement of five cells must contain at least one ...
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Slitherknot (Double Slitherlink)
This is a variation on the classic Slitherlink Puzzle. However, instead of creating one loop, you must create 2 separate loops.
The two loops can not share any edges, however they can cross or meet on ...
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9x9 Sudoku Slitherlink Hybrid
I previously created a combined slitherlink and sukoku puzzle, but I was unsatisfied because the grid was smaller then a regular sudoku. So I made another, larger one.
Below is a 9 by 9 grid. This is ...
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Sudoku + Slitherlink
I like combinations of puzzles, so I decided to combine a Sudoku and a Slitherlink.
Below is a 6 by 6 grid. This is filled in with numbers based on the usual rules of sudoku. All of the numbers from 1 ...
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Slitherlink: Around the W0rld
Rules of Slitherlink:
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 surrounded by any number ...
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Slitherlink with a message
An entry in Fortnightly Topic Challenge #48: Unusual tag mix
After pondering what my next puzzle would be about I decided to change my base towards the realm of slitherlink puzzles.
I found this ...
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Slitherlink - A0, B1, C2, D3
The standard Slitherlink rules apply. However, first replace $A_1$, $A_2$, $B_1$, $B_2$, $C_1$, $C_2$, $D_1$, and $D_2$; such that the Slitherlink is uniquely solvable.
Moreover, these equations must ...
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A slitherlink with only 3's
As we know, 3's seems to be very rare in slitherlinks. This is the slitherlink with only 3's.
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Lost in this Loopy puzzle
I got this Loopy (Cairo) puzzle, but got stuck here:
I have no idea how to proceed without guessing with backtracking. Are there any local deductions possible here?
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Next step/strategies for an Area 51 (Slitherlink variant) puzzle
I've been doing quite a few Slitherlinks recently (and puzzles containing Slitherlink elements, such as Area 51). I'm familiar with all the patterns described in the Wiki article but I feel like there'...
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How to solve this Loopy puzzle efficiently with little backtracking?
I would like to solve this Loopy (Cairo) puzzle:
But I would like to do so with as little backtracking as possible. By this I mean that I want to have at most one pending guess at a time; I do not ...
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What's going on with this puzzle?
What is going on with this slitherlink puzzle with clues $2^3$?
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Suko-kulink (Sudoku, Suko and Slitherlink tri-brid)
Rules:
The lower part of the puzzle is a sudoku. Basic sudoku rules applied.
The upper and right of the puzzle are suko puzzles.
The numbers in circle and to the selected square has the same number ...
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Maserlink - A Masyu-Slitherlink Hybrid
Both Masyu and Slitherlink puzzles have as their target a single closed loop that does not touch or intersect itself. So it seems natural to create a hybrid that uses both Masyu and Slitherlink clues. ...
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Slitherlink (Sheep & Wolves)
Apply Slitherlink rules. In addition, all sheep must be inside the loop and all wolves must be outside the loop.
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This new puzzle type needs a name {EXTREME EDITION}
A companion puzzle to the 'This new puzzle type needs a name' series, and inspired in part by @JeremyDover's answer to a recent question.
Usually, puzzles in this series comprise a mash-up of two ...
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Another logic study
I'm working on another idea for a combination logic puzzle, and as before I've been gearing up by creating some studies. This first one came out decently, I think, so I figured I'd share it. This ...
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Q: What kind of logic puzzle would you like? A: Yes
A recent post and Stiv's answer provided inspiration for a new puzzle. I posted a study for this puzzle earlier; this is the bigger effort envisioned. I hope you enjoy!
This puzzle consists of four ...
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Nurikabe-Slitherlink
Yesterday's post and Stiv's answer provided inspiration for a new puzzle. What I envision will be a big effort, so I spent part of yesterday creating a study, a sample part of the bigger puzzle to get ...
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How to union a slitherlink and a nonogram?
I would like to union two puzzles in one. The first puzzle is a slitherlink, the second is a nonogram.
The main idea is: the slitherlink's solution is the entrance for the rows of the nonogram.
In the ...
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A Chromolink puzzle
Here's a variant of a slitherlink puzzle. Each color (yellow, orange, green, blue) represents one of the numbers 0, 1, 2 or 3. Enjoy!
Bonus: Can we be sure there is only one solution?
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It's all in the 2's follow-up question
This is in regards to the solution in Slitherlink - It's all in the 2s
I know it may seem dumb, but I don't understand the logic behind the second 2 chain in the solution. To help provide clarity ...
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I'm stuck on this game of Slitherlink
I'm stuck on this game of Slitherlink. What deduction (or deductions) can be made from here? Am I missing something obvious?
I verified that everything I have so far is correct by looking at the ...
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A Sincere Slitherlink Puzzle
So here's a standard Slitherlink puzzle. Feeling Déjà vu?
Rules (adapted from Nikoli):
Connect adjacent dots with vertical or horizontal lines to make a single loop.
The numbers ...
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3D Slitherlink (Slithersurface)
Here is a 5 x 5 x 5 cube filled with numbers.
It's a 3D adaption of standard slitherlink puzzles.
You must create a solid 3D object such that the number in each sub-cube matches the number of adjacent ...
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Double feature: Health shakes
This puzzle is part 10 of the Double feature series (first part here). The series will continue in "Double feature: Computer problems".
Rules of Slitherlink1
Draw a single continuous ...
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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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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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(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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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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