Sunday, 30 March 2025

Freddie Hand

We've almost reached the stage where hexagonal grids are pretty ordinary for a Sunday. This Fillomino-Kurve bring the arc full circle with a rectangular grid, and nothing weird going on at all.

Rules: Divide the grid into regions of orthogonally connected cells. Two regions of the same size may not share an edge. Clued cells must belong to a region containing the indicated number of cells. (A region may contain any number of clues, including none at all.)

Variant: Two cells are orthogonally adjacent either if they are adjacent in a sub-grid or if they are connected with a grey line.

In case you need a refresher on Fillomino, here's the last classic puzzle in GAPP, courtesy of Menderbug: Archive: Monday, 18 September 2023

Solving Note: Answer check is enabled for both edge and number, but solving with number is strongly recommended, since regions can become difficult to track otherwise (and it's easy to miss a stray border).

Acquire a Speedy Sloth 🦥 by solving the puzzle in 3:15 or less!
Obtain a Quick Crab 🦀 by solving the puzzle in 5:45 or less!
And all solvers who complete the puzzle will be rewarded with an Arcing Arctic Warbler 🐦

Example (Penpa+): https://tinyurl.com/24opaad9
Puzzle (Penpa+): https://tinyurl.com/2ctzqkqs