Fillmaze
(Published on 5. November 2025, 21:35 by Calesch)
Fillmat: Divide the grid into 1xN rectangular regions of 1 to 4 cells. Regions of the same size cannot touch orthogonally, and region borders cannot form any 4-way intersections.
Nuri-Maze: Shade some cells such that each region is fully shaded or fully unshaded, and the unshaded cells form a single orthogonally connected area with no loops. No 2x2 area can be fully shaded or fully unshaded.
All clues must be unshaded. There is exactly one path through unshaded cells from the S (start) to the G (goal) without backtracking; circles must lie on this path, and triangles must not.
Solution code:
For row 11 (2nd from bottom), the sizes of unshaded regions from left to right (1 digit per region)
Last changed on on 5. November 2025, 21:37
Solved by Siebuhh, Mark Sweep, Jesper, webato, MaizeGator, Christounet, apiad, ns08, misko, puzzler05, Agent, Piatato, dogfarts, wisty, isajo4002, The Book Wyrm, Paletron
Comments
on 29. June 2026, 06:44 by wisty
Awesome puzzle! Really neat global implications of this ruleset, and a very elegant construction that combines them with some nice local steps that flow well as you get used to them.
on 3. April 2026, 09:33 by Piatato
Awesome!
on 9. November 2025, 10:29 by Christounet
Great fun! Thanks :)
on 8. November 2025, 17:17 by MaizeGator
Really, really fun combination
on 6. November 2025, 10:47 by Mark Sweep
Fun one! Very smooth once I got the hang of this combination