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Featured Puzzle: Nondango #1 – Rubber Ducky Hunt

ByJacob Valdez

Happy Rubber Ducky Day! I swear, there’s an internet holiday for just about everything. The first patent for a rubber duck was by Landon Smart Lawrence in 1928. But the version we know and love today was designed in the 1940s by sculptor Peter Ganine. He sold millions, but of course, popularity really soared thanks to Ernie on Sesame Street.

Today, we’re retheming a Japanese puzzle called Nondango. Dango is a popular street food, small balls made from rice flour skewered on bamboo sticks. But I thought instead of simply shading circles, we could hide some rubber ducks.

  • Shade eggs that contain a rubber ducky.
  • There is exactly one rubber ducky hidden in each region.
  • Tic-tac-toe rules apply. Neither ducks nor eggs form 3 in a row in any horizontal, vertical, or diagonal direction.

This is a themed Nondango puzzle. Be on the lookout for a future Solving Guide.

Want to try it online? Click here!

Rubber ducky, you’re the one! You make bath time so much fun.

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