Sunday, 15 March 2026

Freddie Hand

Today we have a Puddle Walk (Hex). It's a small twist on Water Walk that was born out of necessity (it turns out that water walk is quite hard to make unique on a hex grid...)

Rules: Draw a non-intersecting loop through the centres of some cells which passes through each numbered cell. The loop must pass through exactly 2 water cells in a row each time it visits water. A number indicates how many cells make up the continuous non-water section of the loop that the number is on. (Note: The loop can't cross itself anywhere, including on water cells.)

Here's a little GAPP 101 that you might find helpful: Every visited water cell connects to exactly one water cell and one ground cell.

Here's a few of the most recent Water Walks in GAPP.
Lava: Archive: Sunday, 7 December 2025 (triangular)
bakpao: Archive: Wednesday, 20 August 2025

Acquire a Speedy Sloth 🦥 by solving the puzzle in 2:30 or less!
Obtain a Quick Crab 🦀 by solving the puzzle in 5:00 or less!
And all solvers who complete the puzzle will be rewarded with a Wading Waigeo Brushturkey 🐦

Example (Penpa+): https://tinyurl.com/59jva52p
Puzzle (Penpa+): https://tinyurl.com/t2ersbm7