Nounogram

Part nonogram, part crossword.
Deduce the grid and solve the words.

Use the number clues to find the solid squares, then fill the rest with words from the list. Everything you work out from the numbers narrows the words, and the other way around. Three fresh puzzles every day, free.

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Easy 5×5 Medium 8×8 Hard 12×12
How to play Design your own

What is a Nounogram?

A Nounogram is a grid where every square is either solid or holds a letter. You read the numbers along the edges to work out which squares are solid, just like in a nonogram. Then you spell words into the runs of letter squares, across and down, with crossing words sharing a letter, just like in a crossword.

The two halves help each other. A number clue shows you where a word can't go. A word you place shows you which squares around it must be solid. Every puzzle has exactly one answer, and you can reach it by logic alone. You never need to guess.

3 1 2 0
0 K N E W
1 1 O O
3 R
1 B E D
  • KNEW
  • WORD
  • BED
  • NO
A 4 by 4 Nounogram. KNEW across the top, WORD down the right, NO and BED in between.

Six ways to play

Each style changes what the edge numbers count and how you get the words. You play three of them in the daily puzzles, and you can unlock three more in the app.

  • Nounogram: Classic nonogram logic with words between solid squares (daily)
  • Picrossword: Edge numbers count solid squares, edge letters fill the letter squares (daily)
  • Granonoum: Nonogram logic with scrambled words (daily)
  • Crossword: Place a list of words in the positions the edge numbers describe
  • Word Search: No word list, figure out the words using letters on the edges
  • Anagrams: Words in the list are scrambled

See all six game styles

Three Nounogram puzzles from one day: a 5 by 5 easy grid, an 8 by 8 medium grid, and a 12 by 12 hard grid with letters along its edges, each with its star rating.

How to play

You can read the rules on one page, or learn them by playing a small tutorial puzzle one step at a time.

How to play Play the tutorial

Free, everywhere

Play three new puzzles every day, in your browser or in the app. Design your own grid, check that it has one answer, and print it with a watermark. Play every puzzle a friend sends you, as many as you like. No ads, ever.

One purchase, in the app

Generate a new puzzle whenever you want, play every past day back to the start, use all six game styles, and print clean sheets with an answer key. One purchase in the app, and it is yours. No subscription.