Puzzles/6x6/Pattern Lock

Pattern Lock, a 6x6 Patches puzzle

Ironclad6x6·11
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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

Six of the eight clues show only a shape, and three of those are squares, so their sizes have to be read from the space around them. The only fixed patch is a wide pair in the top-right corner. From there the 8 and the 4 settle, the squares stack down the middle, and the tall clue in the bottom-left corner is the last to fall, three rounds in.

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