Featured Puzzle Genres S-Z

Featured Puzzle Genres S-Z

This is a list of rules with examples for logic puzzles featured on this blog. This page covers genres starting with S through Z. For the rest, see this index.


Sashigane

Rules: Divide the grid into regions of orthogonally connected cells. Each region must be an L shape with a width of one cell. Arrows must lie at one end of an L and point toward the bend. Circles must lie at the bend of an L, and if one contains a number, the L it’s inside must contain the indicated amount of cells.

Example:

Sashigane Puzzle Example Sashigane Puzzle Example Solution

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Shikaku

Rules: Divide the grid into rectangular regions of orthogonally connected cells. Each region must contain exactly one circle. A number in a circle represents how many cells are in the region the circle belongs to.

Example:

Shikaku Puzzle Example Shikaku Puzzle Example Solution

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Simple Loop

Rules: Draw a non-intersecting loop through the centers of all empty cells.

Example:

Simple Loop Puzzle Example Simple Loop Puzzle Example Solution

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Rules: Connect some pairs of orthogonally adjacent dots to form a single non-intersecting loop. Clues represent the number of edges drawn surrounding the clue (up to four).

Example:

Slitherlink Puzzle Example Slitherlink Puzzle Example Solution

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Star Battle

Rules: Place stars into some cells such that each row, column, and outlined region contains exactly N stars. The value of N is given outside the grid. Stars may not touch one another, not even diagonally.

Example:

Star Battle Puzzle Example Star Battle Puzzle Example Solution

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Tapa

Rules: Shade some cells so that all shaded cells form one orthogonally connected area. Clues cannot be shaded, and represent the lengths of the blocks of consecutive shaded cells in the (up to) eight cells surrounding the clue. No 2x2 region may be entirely shaded.

Example:

Tapa Puzzle Example Tapa Puzzle Example Solution

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Yajilin

Rules: Shade some cells so that no two shaded cells are orthogonally adjacent and draw a non-intersecting loop through the centers of all the remaining empty cells. Clues cannot be shaded, and represent the number of shaded cells in a straight line in the indicated direction.

Example:

Yajilin Puzzle Example Yajilin Puzzle Example Solution

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