Nonogram
Each number is a run of filled squares in that row or column, in order. Fill the squares the clues force, cross the ones they rule out, and a little picture appears. Every one can be solved by logic alone — no guessing.
A nonogram — also called picross or griddler — is a logic puzzle that draws a picture. The numbers beside each row and above each column say how many filled squares run together in that line, in order. Every puzzle here can be solved by logic alone, with no guessing.
How to play Nonogram
- Read a clue: “3 1” means a run of three filled squares, then at least one gap, then a run of one.
- Fill the squares the clues force, and cross out the squares they rule out. A wrong one counts as a mistake and is put right for you, so the board never holds an error.
- Work row by row and column by column; each filled or crossed square gives the crossing line more to go on. A finished line has its other squares crossed for you.
- Easy is 5 × 5, normal 10 × 10 and hard 12 × 12. The daily puzzle is the normal size.
Scoring
- Each square filled is 10 points, and finishing the picture is 500 more.
- Each mistake takes 20 off and each hint 50; between equal scores, the quicker solve wins.
Tips
- Start with the big clues: in a line of ten, a run of eight must cover the middle six squares wherever it sits.
- A clue of 0 crosses out the whole line.
Play it with friends
- On your own, against the characters — each plays the game by its own rules the moment it starts, so there is always somebody to beat.
- With friends, each on their own phone or laptop: one of you shows a code, the others type it in, and everybody gets exactly the same game on the same Go.
- Taking turns on one device — pass it round, and each turn is scored against the turns before.
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