Monday, 10 August 2026

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No winners today unfortunately! It was admittedly a hard one to predict. Keep your guesses coming though, you might be the winner of the next bonus otter 🦦👀!

Today's GAPP is an Omino Tree! This is a brand new genre, making its debut in Nikoli's Puzzle Communication vol. 195 which came out just last month! It's pretty much Evolmino in region division form and it immediately caught my eye. I think it's super fun and I hope like many other new Nikoli genres before it, this one too will catch on!

Rules: Divide the grid into regions such that all regions connect to at least one arrow. Arrows separate two different regions and point towards the larger region, which must be exactly the same shape as the smaller region touching the same arrow, without rotation or reflection, plus one additional square. A number indicates the size of the region that contains it.

Acquire a Speedy Sloth 🦥 by solving in 2:15 or less!
Obtain a Quick Crab 🦀 by solving in 4:30 or less!
All solvers who complete the puzzle will be rewarded with a Fierce Shearwater 🐦!

The puzzle today comes in two presentations. The first link matches Nikoli's presentation, but can be a bit hard to read with the grey arrows not standing out that much. It also requires borders on arrows to be drawn. The alternate presentation uses smaller black arrows and has the borders on arrows already drawn.

Example (Penpa+): https://tinyurl.com/y3fyefhz (alternate presentation https://tinyurl.com/3ukzfed6)
Main (Penpa+): https://tinyurl.com/2u44fmtf (alternate presentation https://tinyurl.com/22nxunvj)