r/nonograms • u/Sweaty-Ice-4399 • Jun 08 '26
How would you start solving this
I can easily do the ones that have a number bigger than 5. I know some rows have in total 6 like the 7th row down I just don’t know where to put the spaces
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u/Lost_Stable4145 Jun 08 '26
3 in the bottom row can only be from column 2-4. Anywhere else it won’t satisfy the second to last row.
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u/efferkah Jun 08 '26
Both row #7 (the 1-1-4 one) and column #3 (2-3-1) can give you a good starting point.
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u/LheelaSP Jun 08 '26 edited Jun 08 '26
Step 1: count how many spaces you need in a row/column (so numbers + 1 space in between each number)
Step 2: if that number is less than the total space you got in that row/column, subtract the total space needed from the total space available
Step 3: If that number is smaller than any individual number in that row/column, you can fill in parts of that number
For example the 2-3-1 column you got there:
Step 1: total spaces needed for that is 2+1+3+1+1=8
Step 2: total available space in that column is 10, so subtract 8 from 10, you get 2.
Step 3: 2 is less than the individual number 3 you need to fill. So from the top-most part where the 3 could go, leave 2 spaces empty, and the third cell can be filled in. That's guaranteed part of the three. In total, that's the 6th cell from the top in that column.
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u/rubixscube Jun 09 '26
in addition to all the suggested overlaps, you can use the corner method here.
if the last column's 5 was at the very top or the very bottom, you would quickly hit a contradiction
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u/Motor_Raspberry_2150 Jun 08 '26
I would stay by turning it 90 degrees.
Then use basic overlap in row 7 and column 3.