Scientists have been going round and round for decades about whether eggs or good for you, or if you should eat them in moderation. All I know is that I’m a sucker for a plate of deviled eggs, or a whole lot of over-easy fried eggs. Today is National Egg Day, in case you missed Egg Month in May. Of course, there’s always World Egg Day on October 11th, so you have another chance to enjoy this delicious staple.
Fillomino is another popular Japanese puzzle. Divide the grid into polyomino regions that each contain a single number, ranging from 1-9.
Fillomino is a popular Japanese puzzle. Divide the grid into polyomino regions that each contain a single number, ranging from 1-9.
Fillomino is a popular Japanese puzzle. Divide the grid into polyomino regions that each contain a single number, ranging from 1-9.
One common Christmas decoration, especially in the southern United States, is the poinsettia flower. In honor of that, today’s puzzle is Flower Sudoku. This is five overlapping Sudoku grids, in which the central grid is completely covered by the four outer grids.
Sure, most people are celebrating Earth Day today, but a fun lesser-known holiday is National Jelly Bean Day! (By the way, google “national jelly bean day” – I was pleasantly surprised when I did.) I couldn’t find any details on the origin, though. My guess is that It started as an internet meme excuse to gorge on leftover Easter candy.
Anyway, today’s puzzle is Fobidoshi, using jelly beans on a grid, of course! I’ve started you with a few.
When I was a kid, origami was a hobby I delved into with a passion. All these years later, and I just discovered that November 11th is World Origami Day! Today’s puzzle, originally named Yokibunkastu (“container dividing”), is themed around folding, so I thought it would be appropriate for the occasion. Draw walls to form pentomino (5-cell) regions around the paper cranes.
Boxing Day is celebrated in many countries around the world, usually the day after Christmas. Originally, it was the day that alms boxes were opened, and the contents distributed among the poor. Today, some of that spirit remains, but it’s also a shopping holiday similar to Black Friday. Naturally, it seemed a good fit for a Fold-a-Box puzzle. Draw walls to create pentominoes to box up the various gifts.
You’re the coordinator for this year’s Secret Santa party. Each of your seven guests brought a present for each of the others. You mixed in the gifts from you, and arranged them in a neat grid, with one present for each guest in each row and column. No idea why – you just liked the arrangement. But then the labels fell off of most of them! Fortunately, you were able to remember a bit about how they were arranged. Can you deduce the rest of the labels?
In Futoshiki, your goal is to fill the grid with numbers from 1-7, without repeating a digit in any row or column. Inequality symbols between cells always point to the smaller number.
