When Tetris was in its heyday on computers, I was in high school. I’m not sure how many games I’ve played, but I definitely got to the point where I started seeing tetrominoes everywhere. Maybe the inventor of Tetoron, Nishiyama Yukari, was also a fan. In this puzzle, you must divide the grid into tetromino shapes.
With as intense as things have been in the news, finding time to relax and reset matters more than ever. Today is Garden Meditation Day. Its exact origins may be unclear, but the idea of meditation surrounded by nature is hardly new. Popularized in Chinese and Japanese cultures, the beauty of a meditation garden gradually spread to the West. So take some time for yourself today, maybe enjoy a Tile Paint puzzle.
Avast, ye swabs! ‘Tis once again International Talk Like a Pirate Day! This grid hides a cold-hearted blaggard for ye to find.
Happy National Trails Day! The first Saturday in June is a day to celebrate your local trail system and go for a walk. Today, you must examine the signs in the grid and deduce the route the trail takes. I liked the Castle Wall puzzle created by Palmer Mebane in 2009, and re-themed it as Trail Signs.
In 2008, Amtrak wanted to raise awareness about the history and benefits of rail travel. They declared National Train Day to fall on the Saturday closest to May 10th each year. May 10th is the anniversary of the pounding of the Golden Spike in Provost, Utah, which completed the first transcontinental railroad. Amtrak discontinued their endorsement of the holiday in 2015, but rail fans continue to celebrate.
In a Train Tracks puzzle, you must connect the two stations with a single rail route, including all the given tracks.
I wanted to work at least one word puzzle in this month, so here’s a pretty simple one. Place all the letter pairs into the circles so that they spell six 6-letter words, reading across the line to the opposite colored circle. All of the words include the letters ON in the center.
I’ve included the first word to get you started. Happy Blonde Brownie Day!
Today is National Go Fishing Day! So get out there, bait your hook, drop a line, and catch a whopper! What? You forgot the bait? No problem – let’s dig some up right now! I see here a grid with a whole bunch of worm burrows.
Gummy bears were invented all the way back in the 1920s, but in 1981, an unusual variation appeared. While gummy candy had been all over Europe for over half a century, they didn’t make their way onto US shores until the early 80s. They became such a huge fad that the German company Trolli created Gummy Worms, based on the notion that they’d sell because of the shock factor. (We Gen-Xers were some sick puppies – don’t forget we were the original market for Garbage Pail Kids.)
Oh no! Your precious flock is being hunted by wolves! Place fences (lines) along the lines of the grid to create regions that each contain only sheep, or only wolves.
Oh no! Your precious flock is being hunted by wolves! Place fences (lines) along the lines of the grid to create regions that each contain only sheep, or only wolves.
