Country Whispers (6x6)
(Published on 12. November 2022, 18:16 by mathpesto)
Rules:
Place the digits 1–6 once each in every row, column, and region. Draw a non-intersecting loop through the centers of some cells which passes through each region exactly once. Orthogonally adjacent cells across a region border may not both be unvisited by the loop. Adjacent digits on the loop differ by 3 or more. The digit in the circle equals the amount of cells visited by the loop in that region. The digit in the square equals the sum of the cells visited by the loop in that region.
Solve:
Solution code: Going left to right, enter the digits on the loop in Rows 4, then 5, then 6.
Comments
on 21. July 2023, 08:22 by zrbakhtiar
please rephrase 'Orthogonally adjacent cells across a region border may not both be unvisited by the loop'
For each pair of orthogonally adjacent cells across a border, at least one of them must be visited by the loop
on 17. March 2023, 20:46 by Schwupel
Since the rules dont mention that the loop has to be orthogonally connected I thought diagonal connections were allowed.
Thought I was missing something obvious because I couldnt solve a 2 star puzzle until I restricted the loop to orthogonally connected cells. Everything fell into place really nicely after.
So you might want to consider adding that to the rules.
on 13. January 2023, 05:26 by glum_hippo
Very original, very pretty & elegant.
on 2. December 2022, 09:56 by h5663454
VERY NICE!!!
on 26. November 2022, 21:41 by wooferzfg
This was really fun! It was very rewarding to see the minimal setup lead to such an elegant solve path.
on 14. November 2022, 16:51 by MagnusJosefsson
Very nice little puzzle! Larger/harder version coming perhaps?
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@MagnusJosefsson:
Thanks so much! I have trying to set a 9x9 version, but so far it has seemed impossible to avoid breaking! -Math Pesto
on 13. November 2022, 01:09 by Perladel
At first, not being experienced, I didn't fully understand this part of the ruleset:
"Orthogonally adjacent cells across a region border may not both be unvisited by the loop"
But then everything made sense.
Very cool little puzzle
on 12. November 2022, 20:36 by Jesper
Very nice, good concept, that was fun.
on 12. November 2022, 19:50 by kjholt
Very nice! Once I got the break-in this was smooth as butter. Or smooth as pesto?
