Tuesday, 21 October 2025

Freddie Hand

If you're a GAPP OG, you might remember a certain four-color tiles by Eric Fox Archive: Tuesday, 17 May 2022. This Four-Colour Tatami is fairly similar, and also has the correct spelling of hue.

Rules: Divide the grid into tatamis that are 1x2 or 1x3 in shape, and write a number from 1-4 in every cell. All cells in a tatami contain the same number, and tatamis containing the same number cannot touch orthogonally. There cannot be any four-way intersection of tatami borders.

Notation: I recommend switching between sudoku mode (to input numbers) and composite mode (to draw edges). Answer check only requires numbers. You are welcome to colour as well, but you will need to put in the numbers afterwards.

Acquire a Speedy Sloth 🦥 by solving the puzzle in 4:00 or less!
Obtain a Quick Crab 🦀 by solving the puzzle in 8:00 or less!
And all solvers who complete the puzzle will be rewarded with a Matted Matinan Blue Flycatcher 🐦

Example (Penpa+): https://tinyurl.com/2zchf26h
Puzzle (Penpa+): https://tinyurl.com/4n7bs4e3