Featured Puzzle: Shirokuro #1 – Find the Ancestors
Día de los Muertos is almost here, and some people still need to connect with their ancestors. Draw a vertical or horizontal line to connect each of the living with one of the dead.
Featured Puzzle: Shirokuro #2 – Time for Pie!
Everyone knows pumpkin pie just isn’t the same without a giant dollop of whipped cream. Draw vertical or horizontal lines to match each serving of pie with that delicious dose of sugar.
Featured Puzzle: Shirokuro #3 – The Birds & the Bees
It’s the first day of Spring! A time of renewal, when we start seeing beautiful wildflowers, and a lot of young animals. I hear this has something to do with the birds and the bees, so that seems as good a theme for a puzzle as any.
Draw horizontal and vertical lines to match each bee with a bird.
Featured Puzzle: Snake #1 – Escape the Zombie Horde!
Your town has become the latest target of the zombie horde! Make your getaway through the sewer tunnels! You know the manholes where you will enter and exit, but you need to figure out the correct path to take.
Featured Puzzle: Snake #2
When they’re not in your boot, snakes are often found sunning themselves in some peaceful place. In this grid, you can see the head and the tip of the snake’s tail. Can you safely uncover the rest of its body?
Featured Puzzle: Snake #3
When they’re not in your boot, snakes are often found sunning themselves in some peaceful place. In this grid, you can see the head and the tip of the snake’s tail. Can you safely uncover the rest of its body?
Featured Puzzle: Word Sleuth – Chocolate Haul
My favorite type of Halloween candy is the definitely the chocolate. Today’s puzzle is a Word Sleuth. It’s similar to a Find-a-Word puzzle, but to make it challenging, I’m not giving you the list. Oh, and the words aren’t in a straight line.
Featured Puzzle: Worms #1 – Need Some Bait?
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.
Featured Puzzle: Worms #2 – Digging up Gummy Worms
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.)
How to Solve Gokigen Puzzles
Place diagonal lines in every cell so that there are no closed loops. Circled numbers indicate how many lines touch that intersection.