Featured Puzzle – Hashi #4
Connect all of the numbered islands into a single group, using a series of bridges. No more than two bridges may connect any pair of islands.
Connect all of the numbered islands into a single group, using a series of bridges. No more than two bridges may connect any pair of islands.
Can you solve a jigsaw sudoku puzzle with invisible walls? The sudoku part might be easy enough – fill in the grid with numbers and don’t repeat them in any row or column. However, you also can’t repeat them in an irregular region that you can’t see!
It’s the spooky season, and what’s more spooky than a darkened hallway? Place jack o’lanterns to light up every cell in the grid. Use the mirrors to your advantage.
Spring is coming, a time of renewal. So why not introduce a new puzzle? Today, we have Tetroid, a grid division puzzle. It’s a little like L.I.T.S., except that there are no predefined regions, and you’re using all 5 tetromino shapes.
Place light bulbs in the grid in such a way to illuminate all of the unlit cells in the grid, using number clues and walls. Numbers on the walls indicate how many bulbs are placed orthogonally adjacent to them. Walls also block light.
One of the most iconic romantic moments in fiction is the balcony scene in Romeo and Juliet. When I saw the layout of this 2-grid Sudoku puzzle, I knew I had to use that as the background image. There are more ways to overlap a pair of Sudoku grids, but this one just feels right. Enjoy the solve!
Place light bulbs in the grid in such a way to illuminate all of the unlit cells in the grid, using number clues and walls. Numbers on the walls indicate how many bulbs are placed orthogonally adjacent to them. Walls also block light.
Draw a single loop which passes through every cell of the grid. Naturally, you have a few restrictions, in this case, required turning.
Ah, the delicious avocado, full of healthy fats, and staple of the keto diet. In 2017, a meal delivery service, Model Meals, declared July 31st to be National Avocado Day, celebrating the peak of the California production season. Sadly, Model Meals is gone, but the holiday lives on. Go enjoy a delicious avocado today!
In honor of the holiday, I’ve reskinned an Alternate Corners puzzle with cute little avocados. Draw a single loop which passes through every cell of the grid.
Johnny Appleseed, born John Chapman, is an American folk hero. During his lifetime, he championed natural conservation, and introduced apple trees across much of the northern United States. Interestingly, this is one of two holidays celebrating Johnny – the other is in September. Naturally, this is a great reason to play another Apple Tree puzzle! Draw lines to connect all apples in the tree with the trunk.