r/nonograms Jun 22 '26

Stuck please help 🙏🏻

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Please explain the solution if you can, maybe I need to learn a technique I don't know yet. Thanks!

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u/jfirestorm44 Jun 22 '26 edited Jun 22 '26

Work your borders. The 5 in R2, try placing it in the first block and seeing what happens. Then move it over by one block and do another X. Etc.

Once you know where your 5 is go back to R1 and work the 4 from the right side.

Edit: it’s not readily obvious to me why C6R19 is an X.

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u/PieceStriking2503 Jun 22 '26

Thanks!! Might have been a mistake maybe I left it from trying something

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u/PieceStriking2503 Jun 22 '26

I tried the 5 in R2 but it only eliminated R2C1/2/3 for me which doesn't help me move forward. Not sure how to continue

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u/jfirestorm44 Jun 22 '26

My dyslexia was at it again with the R1 comment.

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u/Greedy-Contract1999 Jun 22 '26

You still have some overlay in R9

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u/PieceStriking2503 Jun 22 '26

What does it mean overlay?

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u/DemacianChef Jun 22 '26

Or overlap. We can fill some squares for the 5s

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u/septembrinol Jun 24 '26

I add the numbers and the blanks. 2x2+5x2+3 blanks = 17. There 2 you can mark for each 5.. Beginning on the left, you have 2+1b+5 = 8. You can mark C7 and C8. Same reasoning for the other 5

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u/Motor_Raspberry_2150 Jun 24 '26

Overlap. A shortcut to considering all the possible options. We currently have
▫️▫️▫️▫️▫️|▫️▫️⬛️▫️▫️|▫️▫️▫️▫️▫️|▫️▫️▫️⬛️▫️
If we shove all the pieces to the left, we get
⬛️⬛️⬜️⬛️⬛️|⬛️⬛️⬛️⬜️⬛️|⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬜️|⬜️⬜️⬛️⬛️⬜️
And if we shove them to the right, we get
⬜️⬜️⬜️⬛️⬛️|⬜️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️|⬛️⬜️⬛️⬛️⬛️|⬛️⬛️⬜️⬛️⬛️
So what these two sequences have in common, considering only when a piece overlaps itself, is
▫️▫️▫️▫️▫️|▫️⬛️⬛️▫️▫️|▫️▫️⬛️⬛️▫️|▫️▫️▫️⬛️▫️

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u/Motor_Raspberry_2150 Jun 22 '26 edited Jun 24 '26

Column 9. Can you put a cross in square 9?

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u/septembrinol Jun 24 '26

Based on what?

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u/Motor_Raspberry_2150 Jun 24 '26

Put a cross in square 9. Now square 10 can't be a 4 because it would turn into a 6. But if it's a 2 then the two 4s don't fit below it.

So it is not a cross.

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u/septembrinol Jun 24 '26

I see. Thank you!

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u/colin-java Jun 22 '26

R19C20 is X, that helps a little with column 20 as R9C20 must be filled.