Sunday, 8 March 2026

bakpao

The tried and tested Sunday Tetrakis grid cheat code unfortunately let me down today. Instead we're going wall shading genre on a Cairo Pentagonal grid, which works so well that it makes me wonder why we've never done this combination before.

Today's GAPP is a Nurikabe on a Cairo Pentagonal grid!

Rules: Shade some cells so that all shaded cells form one orthogonally connected area and no internal vertex is entirely surrounded by shaded cells. Clues cannot be shaded, and every orthogonally connected area of unshaded cells contains exactly one clue, the value of which represents the size of the area.

Acquire a Speedy Sloth 🦥 by solving in 2:30 or less!
Obtain a Quick Crab 🦀 by solving in 5:00 or less!
All solvers who complete the puzzle will be rewarded with an Egyptian Egret 🐦!

Example (Penpa+): https://tinyurl.com/45rwfeza
Main (Penpa+): https://tinyurl.com/3zhruhj5