Sunday, 11 January 2026

jovi_al

Hi everyone! Lavaloid is away, so I'm filling in for her on this Strange-Shaped Sunday with a Barns (Hexagonal)! There's a GAPP 101 and an interface tip for today.

Rules: Draw a loop by connecting the centers of adjacent cells, passing perpendicularly over cell edges. All cells must be visited by the loop. The loop must not pass through thick borders. Blue cells indicate "ice." The loop must not turn on ice cells. The loop may intersect itself, but it must only do so on ice cells.

To earn a Speedy Sloth 🦥, solve today's puzzle in 5:00 or less!
To net a Quick Crab 🦀, solve today's puzzle in 11:15 or less!
All other solvers are welcome to their very own Soapy Snipe 🐦!

Example:
https://tinyurl.com/2ykotyss
Puzzle:
https://tinyurl.com/27fvw554

Interface tip: Diligently aux marking will be very very useful for this puzzle!

GAPP 101: Since the loop cannot turn on an ice cell, if you have an aux mark on one edge, you can mark the opposite edge. Inversely, when the loop enters an ice cell, it must leave on the opposite side. Since the loop must visit every cell, be careful not to leave an ice cell with only two exits that aren't opposite to each other.

If you solved in the last twelve hours, 5 minutes and 14 seconds were already on your timer when you started the puzzle. I'm very sorry about this! Anyone affected is of course welcome to readjust their time.