Puzzles/6x6/Velvet Corners

Velvet Corners, a 6x6 Patches puzzle

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How to play

Fill the grid with rectangles. Each rectangle contains one clue.

Drag to draw a patch. Tap a patch to remove it.

  • Square
  • Wide
  • Tall
  • Any rectangle

A number gives the area. Without a number, work out the size from the surrounding patches.

Keyboard shortcuts

Arrow keys move. Enter starts a rectangle; arrows resize it; Enter places it. Escape cancels. Delete removes a patch. Ctrl/⌘ Z undoes.

Arrow keys move. Enter starts a rectangle; arrows resize it; Enter places it. Escape cancels. Delete removes a patch. Control or Command Z undoes.

About this board

Four clues have only one possible patch from the start: the 6 down the right edge, the two squares, and the 4 running down the left side. Between them sits a small stack of horizontal pieces, including a shape-only wide clue that the square beside it boxes into just two cells.

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