Wet Assignment of Cells Puzzle
(Published on 21. November 2025, 17:43 by ChinStrap)
My first nurikabe! I hope you all enjoy. Thanks to all that tested!
For solution checking the shading, use the Penpa link and shade with grey.
RulesNurikabe:
- Shade some cells as wet, such that all wet cells are orthogonally connected and no 2x2 group of cells is fully wet. Each connected group of unshaded cells ("dry" cells) contains exactly one clue, and the value of that clue is the number of cells in that dry region.
Mad Fold-In:
- When columns 4-8 are removed from the 11x11 grid, the remaing 11x6 grid also forms a valid Nurikabe.
There's Some Fours In This House:
- Clues with a ? have value either 4 or 14. The value of each ? may be different, but for each ? the value stays the same on both the folded and unfolded grid.
All feedback (positive or critical) appreciated!
Solution code: The length of the blocks of consecutive shaded (wet) cells in row 10 of the unfolded grid, followed by row 11.
Comments
on 13. January 2026, 18:05 by ScatterBrain
Great example of a MAD magazine! Just to be clear, not only is the folded version a valid nurikabe, but all shaded and unshaded cells match the unfolded version. For example: if column 1 row 11 is wet, then it is wet in both versions. Also columns 9 to 11 of unfolded match every wet and dry cell of columns 4 to 6 of the folded version.
on 28. November 2025, 10:51 by MagnusJosefsson
Very fun idea and good execution!
on 25. November 2025, 05:41 by PhysicistFromFunen
What a great ass(ignment of cells) puzzle!
on 24. November 2025, 08:50 by MSDOS
Lovely setting, this flowed really nicely!
on 23. November 2025, 09:42 by Christounet
Great fun! Thanks :)
on 22. November 2025, 16:34 by Piatato
Fun!
on 22. November 2025, 03:37 by Calvinball
Man Objectively Incredible Setting This-is.
on 21. November 2025, 20:47 by mellowrobinson
Wonderful. Absolutely Phenomenal.
on 21. November 2025, 18:10 by MaizeGator
My fold-up game is weak...
on 21. November 2025, 18:07 by ChinStrap
Fixed solution code description
on 21. November 2025, 18:05 by sfushidahardy
Great puzzle! I also appreciated having the folded grid.
