Puzzles/8x8/Iron Grid

Iron Grid, a 8x8 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

Sixteen clues, and eight of them become 2x2 squares, which gives the board its riveted look. With so many small pieces the work is bookkeeping: each square has two or three spots, and placing one decides its neighbours. The one big piece is a shape-only wide clue in the middle with 48 possible patches; it resolves into a 5x2 band once the cell at its right end can only be its.

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