Guides

Short reads on the puzzles behind Nounogram, written for anyone meeting them for the first time.

• What is a nonogram? Picross, griddlers, and hanjie explained

  A nonogram is a grid puzzle where numbers beside each row and column give the runs of filled squares. The same puzzle goes by picross, griddlers, hanjie, and paint by numbers.

• How to solve a nonogram: strategy for beginners, no guessing

  Nonogram strategy from the first move: overlap, edges, gaps too small to fill, and finished lines solve any nonogram by logic. With a note on how words make the same moves stronger in Nounogram.

• Nonograms with words: the puzzle between picross and crossword

  Looking for a nonogram with words, or a picross with letters? Nounogram is that puzzle: nonogram number clues on a crossword grid, so every number narrows the words and every word narrows the numbers.