Placement Puzzle 3
(Published on 27. December 2021, 05:27 by karencarpenter)
Fill in all the blue squares with X's or hyphens such that:
1. The numbers in the green squares/rectangles denote how many X's are in its row(s) and column(s).
2. Those squares without an X are marked with a hyphen.
3. No guessing is required.
(Only hard puzzles will be seen from now)
Solution code: Enter the number of X's in each row, then each column, yielding 14 digits.
Last changed on on 27. December 2021, 05:38
Solved by jessica6, ropeko, Jesper, ffricke, CHalb, Nothere, Dandelo, CJK, saskia-daniela, Dina, SudokuExplorer, cornuto, Raistlen, misko, moss, Mody, Mark Sweep, moeve, ildiko, sandmoppe, Realshaggy, zorant, ... amitsowani, Yoshi Baroshi, Al Fresco, Hatseflats, Playmaker6174, TJReds, King_Pusher, BenceJoful, Zzzyxas, CometovArt, Fw1728, Skinny Norris, Kekes, Keagan, uvo, Kansuke, Jorava, LinusS, CareBaer
Comments
on 26. December 2022, 16:22 by King_Pusher
Now, we're talking.
Last changed on 5. January 2023, 00:23on 21. December 2022, 08:53 by TJReds
Here's another penpa link: https://tinyurl.com/2qvxd4nl
Nice puzzle, getting harder!
on 19. October 2022, 11:14 by Playmaker6174
Whether intended or not, I was shocked when I found out that this actually has a logical path, but it's really well hidden.
on 29. December 2021, 03:25 by karencarpenter
Well done! I actually didn't think of this method... I used 5 iterations of contradictions to solve this...
on 27. December 2021, 10:22 by karencarpenter
That's exactly why this puzzle is harder.
on 27. December 2021, 05:38 by karencarpenter
numbering