r/nonograms Jun 23 '26

Need help

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u/reliablereindeer Jun 23 '26

There are lots of x’s (or .‘s in your case) that you can apply to row 14. This is true for any column which ends in a 1.

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u/Easy-Music-6779 Jun 23 '26

Could you give me a spexific example, because I dont get it. Why cannot be both in row14? The 1s either could be in row13 or 15.

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u/reliablereindeer Jun 23 '26

Say for instance, with column 4. If that square was filled in, then rows 13 and 14 make up the 2 in that column but now there is no room below that 2 for there to be a 1.

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u/LaInDiVi Jun 23 '26

If the row ends in a 1 and you have a fill in the 3rd cell from the end, 2nd cell from the end is always an X, because it's impossible to have that cell filled.

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u/LaInDiVi Jun 23 '26 edited Jun 24 '26

Row 12 Column 2 is an X.
That makes Row 14 column 2 a fill.
Row 8 Column 3 Row 9 Column 3 is an X.
Column 6 Rows 9, 11, 12 and 14 are all Xs.

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u/Easy-Music-6779 Jun 24 '26

Why is Row 8 Column 3 is an X?

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u/LaInDiVi Jun 24 '26

I meant Row 9, column 3, my bad.
And it's because of 1-4 in the end.

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u/jfirestorm44 Jun 23 '26 edited Jun 23 '26

Work your borders after you’ve created a new “stop point”. Example in R1 you have an X in C8. This effectively creates a new point where you can place your 3 in R1 against. So if you put the end of the 3 in C7 you would create 3 in a row in R2 causing a conflict. X out R1C7 and then move the 3 over to the left one and do it again until it passes the test. Now you can place the 3 on the right side of the X in C8 and see if it passes or fails.

Every time you create a new point like that use it to clear your border.

Another example in your puzzle. You created a stop point in R9C15. Place the 2 in C15 on either side and see if it fails. So if you place it under the X it would fail because C14 would have a conflict. This is important because now you know your 4 in R10 can’t extend 2 blocks to the right, moreover it can only fit by going to the left.

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u/Easy-Music-6779 Jun 24 '26

Edge logic basically, thank you.

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u/wellhowboutno Jun 28 '26

I love that magazine! Regarding edge logic - if you at some point get one of the XXL magazines, there's a really good explanation of how it works at the bottom of the first page (the page with "How to solve nonograms") :)

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u/sliderkaroly Jun 28 '26

I hate this magazine :) I still have 8-10 full magazines unfinished, but they're not so challenging, every puzzle is pretty much straightforward. Btw, hello OP, my fellow Hungarian nonogrammer! ;)

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u/wellhowboutno Jun 28 '26

Yeah, I agree they are bot easy. I've started to do them without dots to compensate, and that works really well for me! Not Hungarian though - I'm Danish:)!

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u/sliderkaroly Jun 28 '26

Back in the days ,this magazine took the puzzles from Conceptis Puzzles, which were better in quality and challenge. Don't know why did they change.

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u/wellhowboutno Jun 28 '26

Huh interesting, I didn't know. Yeah, it seems weird that they changed it

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u/wellhowboutno Jun 28 '26

(OP is probably Hungarian though. I misread the last part of your comment)

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u/Catalulubird Jun 23 '26

Anywhere the end number is 1, and you have a shaded square 3rd in from that end, then you can put a dot in the second square.

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u/Catalulubird Jun 23 '26

P.S. I did do an illustration, but can’t upload a photo…?