Circular Logic, or Ipso Facto?
(Published on 16. February 2026, 03:00 by Will Power)
Solution code: Column 2.
Comments
on 15. March 2026, 23:29 by ch3ka
That was fun. The bottom row filled in almost comically few seconds in.
on 26. February 2026, 23:46 by Bosco587
This was fun! I liked how it worked around the grid. Great setting!
on 24. February 2026, 17:26 by bugcat
Loved the way the logic wound around the grid! A really lovely 1 star.
@bugcat Thanks so much for playing and commenting. If you like, use the search function and input my name in the 'only by these authors' section.
Peace to you. -Will Power
on 22. February 2026, 23:08 by Logix
amazing logic
on 19. February 2026, 20:04 by D3M4R
couldn't figure out why it kept breaking until i read the rules and realized they aren't parity lines. love u bro but u gotta use standard colors
@D3M4R Thanks for playing and commenting. Please read the rules first when solving any puzzle, not just mine. I refer you to my comment to JVA, below. Regarding red being standard parity line for this site: Also, when using the search function, I find 15 total puzzles with the word 'red' combined with a 'Parity' rule, and only 1 total puzzle with the word 'red' and 'Parity Party' rule. There are 87 puzzles, published by me since 2023 that have the Dutch Whispers rule. Almost all use red for DW lines. Peace to you. -Will Power
on 18. February 2026, 13:25 by CrunchingManatee
I really loved the progression on this one, what a great puzzle! Fun from start to finish :)
on 17. February 2026, 23:20 by zimmicks
Thanks, kind of tricky middle game! Easy start and end lol
on 17. February 2026, 12:07 by supersim2000
Thank you so much for the puzzle. It really felt handcrafted, with a smooth solving path.
on 16. February 2026, 23:18 by wuc
I love to see puzzles for beginners here. Nice flow and very approachable thx.
on 16. February 2026, 23:01 by nomos
One of the smoothest solving, nicest puzzles I've done in ages!
on 16. February 2026, 21:59 by LGeuerHonig
Loved it! Thanks for the puzzle
on 16. February 2026, 13:38 by rojspencer
Fun approachable puzzle.
on 16. February 2026, 12:04 by zrbakhtiar
Very nice puzzle. No worry with your selection of red for Dutch Whisper constraint. I've solved a lot your puzzle to know that you are one of setters that first adopted the constraint.
@zrbakhtiar Thanks much for your comment and your grace on this subject. Peace to you. -Will Power
on 16. February 2026, 11:44 by Ragna
Fun puzzle! Thank you. :-)
on 16. February 2026, 09:32 by JVA
Just curious, why did you use red for the OW rather than the more standard orange, color-blindness concerns? It stumped me for a second because between reading the rules and getting to the lines my brain defaulted to red line = parity line.
Good puzzle regardless
@JVA Thanks so much for commenting. Everyone has accepted that green is typically a German Whisper Line. Confusion arises with the RENBAN Line, where the puzzle is magenta, which I register as pink, but people typically referred to it as purple. So, in 2022, I began to make my RENBAN Lines (actually) purple. When I began to use Dutch Whispers in March 2023, Dutch Whispers was not even a selectable variant on LMD. In fact, it still isn't in 2026 (today). Since many of my puzzles involve intricate pictures, and German Whispers sometimes could not work for me, I became one of the primary users of the Dutch Whispers Line. I have been using a red color since 2023 for it. Only in the last 6 months has anyone even hinted that another color was more accepted than my red. However, if my picture REQUIRES a different color for any line than I might typically use, I let my artistic license guide me. For example: You may even see a German whispers line that isn't green occasionally. Peace to you. -Will Power
on 16. February 2026, 05:11 by marajade
Very easy, but fun and lovely! I feel like this puzzle would be a nice one to recommend to someone who's a complete newcomer to these sorts of puzzles, because it's simple enough to be accessible, but it captures so much of the beauty of what makes these puzzles fun.
@marajade Thanks so much for playing and commenting. Peace to you. -Will Power
