Nonogram maker

How to play

1. Each row has numbers on its left, and each column has numbers above it.
2. Each number is a run of filled squares. Two runs in the same line always have at least one empty square between them.
3. Read the numbers in order: the first number is the first run from the top or the left.
4. Fill in every square the numbers force, and mark squares you know are empty with a dot or a light cross.
5. Keep going until the picture appears. A 0 means the whole line stays empty.

Tips

• Start with the longest numbers, since they leave the least room for choice.
• Mark empty squares with a dot so you do not have to check them again.
• Print the answer key on its own sheet so a classroom or family can check work later.
• Large print gives one puzzle per page for comfortable reading.

Where it comes from

Picture logic puzzles like these were devised in Japan in the late 1980s, and they are often associated with the names Non Ishida and Tetsuya Nishio. In other places they are also known as Hanjie or Griddlers.

Played in: East Asia

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