Saturday, 14 March 2026

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Some local puzzle friends of mine got together for Puzzled Pint, but I couldn't go because of work.

"Hey, how were the puzzles?" I asked.

"Pentominous," one replied.

"...Puzzled Pint did a Pentominous set? That's surprising," I said.

"No, he just means that the puzzles were really good. He's started saying 'Pentominous' as a stand-in for 'awesome'."

"Oh... okay..."

We've featured Pentominous several times, so I'm not including a shape bank with today's puzzle. If you need it, grab it from the last time we featured it: Archive: Wednesday, 25 February 2026

Rules: Divide the grid into regions of edge-adjacent cells such that there are five cells in every region. A region containing a letter must be that shape. No two edge-adjacent regions may be the same shape, counting rotations and reflections as the same.

To earn a Speedy Sloth 🦥, solve today's puzzle in 4:00 or less!
To net a Quick Crab 🦀, solve today's puzzle in 9:00 or less!
All other solvers are welcome to their very own Pentominous Australian Crake 🐦!

Example (pzprxs): https://tinyurl.com/34nrwne2
Puzzle (Landscape) (pzprxs): https://tinyurl.com/2vtms5na
Puzzle (Portrait) (pzprxs): https://tinyurl.com/4n284bpc