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Dueling Pentosnakes (Remix)

(Published on 10. September 2022, 08:00 by Nordy)

This puzzle is another remix of a previous idea. The first version of this puzzle was very, very bad—so bad that I am not going to provide a link.

For this remixed version, I am including a proof-of-logical-solution-path video (in English) which can be found on YouTube here (I am not a tomato, I just forgot to balance colors). I recommend reading the rules first as the video only provides an incomplete summary.

Apologies for posting such a bad puzzle many months ago. Please enjoy the remix!


Rules:

Snakes:

  • Draw two 1-cell wide snakes that do not touch themselves orthogonally, but may touch themselves diagonally.
  • The snakes do not cross or overlap, but they can touch each other (both orthogonally and diagonally).
  • Circles are the ends of the snakes. One circle has not been given. In the finished puzzle, two circles will belong to one of the snakes, and the other two circles will belong to the other snake.

Pentominoes:

  • All cells that are not part of a snake must be part of a pentomino.
  • Pentominoes do not touch other pentominoes orthogonally, but may touch diagonally.
  • A letter in a cell represents the pentomino shape that the cell belongs to.
  • Pentomino shapes of the same letter cannot be repeated in the grid (there cannot be two "L" pentominoes, for example).

Here are the standard free pentominoes for reference:


Solve online:

  • Penpa+ (answer check on grey pentominoes)


The puzzle:

Solution code: The length (number of cells) of the shorter snake, followed by the number of pentominoes in the grid.

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Solved by CJK, marcmees, h5663454, mathpesto, moeve, Jesper, Beanie, jessica6, rimodech, Xilentor, misko, Steven R, kjholt, saskia-daniela, ildiko, Mark Sweep, Jaych, yynb2022, ElChiglia, Piatato, Calesch
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Comments

on 19. May 2024, 00:49 by Piatato
Lovely!

on 1. October 2022, 18:54 by kjholt
I had no idea how this wasn't at least 4 stars difficulty... Then realized I totally missed the rule that pentominoes can't touch. Whoops!

on 12. September 2022, 12:18 by jessica6
Very good. Felt like a real duel for me ("No! *I* am going to this square!")

on 10. September 2022, 22:44 by mathpesto
Really fun puzzle! And the fact that there are two snakes makes it tricky enough to keep you on your toes! :)

Difficulty:2
Rating:94 %
Solved:21 times
Observed:4 times
ID:000B5U

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