Wednesday, 5 March 2025

Freddie Hand

This Nuritwin is hot off the press from the pzprxs genre factory. And with that, the nuri- prefix is now tied with yaji- for making the most appearances in pzprxs genres. Of course, if Norinuri were named Nurinori instead (which it should be), it would be winning...

Rules: Shade some cells such that all shaded cells form one orthogonally connected area. Within each region, there are exactly 2 connected groups of shaded cells, which must have the same size. A number indicates the size of each connected group inside that region. The shaded cells cannot form a 2x2 square.

Here's a little GAPP 101: When you have a large low-number region, there may only be one way to "escape" and keep everything connected.

Acquire a Speedy Sloth 🦥 by solving the puzzle in 2:15 or less!
Obtain a Quick Crab 🦀 by solving the puzzle in 4:15 or less!
And all solvers who complete the puzzle will be rewarded with a Paired Paint-Billed Crake 🐦

Example (pzprxs) from pzprxs rules page: https://tinyurl.com/2zenap8h
Puzzle (pzprxs): https://tinyurl.com/mr3hne7m