Saturday, 28 February 2026

Freddie Hand

Hello! I am here once again to inform you of the latest puzzle contest news. Round 2 of the WPF Puzzle GP has begun!! It features puzzles by Siniša Hrga, instructions booklet here. You will need to print out the puzzles, and have 90 minutes to do as many as you can. Feel free to claim a Bonus otter 🦦 if you do give it a go! Note that the puzzle GP is typically more challenging the LMI Puzzle Ramayan, but most rounds still contain a good number of easier puzzles.

In unrelated news, here's a Supersized Bhai Bahan.

Rules: The loop visits every circle. When two circles are orthogonally adjacent, the loop goes straight in one and turns in the other.
Consider the loop split into segments, alternating between segments where the loop turns in every cell and segments where the loop goes straight in every cell. Number clues indicate the length of the current segment.

I highly recommend trying the first instance of Bhai Bahan in GAPP if this is your first time seeing it. It comes courtesy of Walker: Archive: Thursday, 15 January 2026

GAPP 101: A 1 clue that turns acts like a black pearl in Masyu. Thinking about it in this way can help to see when the loop cannot exit the 1 clue in a particular direction, for example if it's one cell away from the edge of the grid.

Acquire a Speedy Sloth 🦥 by solving the puzzle in 8:00 or less!
Obtain a Quick Crab 🦀 by solving the puzzle in 16:00 or less!
And all solvers who complete the puzzle will be rewarded with a Sibling Siberian Accentor 🐦

Example (pzprxs), by Walker: https://tinyurl.com/bdz7vjav
Puzzle (pzprxs): https://tinyurl.com/bukvkwka (Landscape)
Puzzle (pzprxs): https://tinyurl.com/4ne6w39h (Portrait)