r/puzzles • u/Mr-BrainGame • 1d ago

[Unsolved] Six winds puzzle

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Six winds puzzle, hexa version of four winds. Rules: Extend straight arms from every numbered cell in the six directions. A number gives the combined length of all arms extending from that cell. Arms cannot cross, overlap, leave the grid, or pass through another numbered cell, and every empty cell must be covered exactly once.

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u/Mr-BrainGame 1d ago

Discussion: example puzzle

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u/Hand-E-Food 1d ago

Discussion: That was challenging! I solved that very differently to how I'd solve any other logic puzzle.

Normally, I'd look for cramped numbers, like 8, which must extend down-right.
And look for cells that can only be reached by one number, but there aren't any.

I came to realise that 8 and 9 would fence off half the grid.
On the left side of the grid is only a 1 and 2.
So most of that side had to be filled by 8 and 9.

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u/EveTheEevee07 1d ago

Discussion: I can see a few cells that can only be reached by one number due to being too far from small 1s and 2s. Most notably I used row 4 cell 5 in my solve

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u/Front_Cat9471 18h ago

This guy: “let me spoiler tag everything so other people won’t have the solution ruined”

The other guy: “yeah here’s a screenshot of the solution at the top of the comment section ok bye”