Link to original post : Pentominous Rules

Divide the grid into pentominoes such that no two pentominoes of the same shape are touching at a side. There will be some letters in the grid, that tell which shapes they belong. The 12 pentominoes and their names are given below. Notice that the pentominoes are still considered the same shape after being rotated and/or reflected.


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Link to original post : Puzzle 85 – Pentominous [HEXAGONAL]

This is a Thursday* pentominous, except, divide the grid into pentiamonds, which are groups of five connected equilateral triangles, instead of pentominoes, which are groups of five squares. Additionally, these pieces are now considered different shapes when reflected. The letters corresponding to the shapes are below. *The puzzles in this week are arranged not really by difficulty, but by […]


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Link to original post : Puzzle 86 – Statue park [HEXAGONAL]

This is a Friday* statue park puzzle using the full set of 12 hexiamonds shown below. Yay perfect antisymmetry! If you are wondering, there are 24 heptiamonds, which is just less than 26. Here is one person’s attempt at lettering them. *The puzzles in this week are arranged not really by difficulty, but by polyiamond size, ranging from diamonds […]


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