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Featured Puzzle: Koburin #1 – Winter Wonderland

ByJacob Valdez

What a lovely day for a walk in the park! Better yet, it’s time for the annual Snowman-Building contest! Of course, you don’t want to trample all over the designated snowman positions. Can you deduce where the snowman will be built, and then plan a route that circles the rest of the park?

  • Your path must be a single non-intersecting loop that passes through every cell without a snowman or tree.
  • Numbers in trees indicate how many snowmen are orthogonally adjacent to them.
  • Snowmen may not be orthogonally adjacent to each other.
  • Some snowmen might not be next to a tree.

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

Want to try it online? Click here!

Now we just need to find a magic silk hat…

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