Shade

A quiet deduction puzzle. Shade out cells until no number repeats among the unshaded cells in any row or column — while keeping two rules: shaded cells never touch side by side, and all the unshaded cells stay connected. There's always a valid solution. Bigger grids each level.

• Logic
• Hard
• about 5 min

How to play

1. Tap a cell to shade or unshade it. Red cells show a number repeated in a row or column.
2. Goal: no number repeats among the unshaded cells of any row or column.
3. Two shaded cells may never touch side by side, and the unshaded cells must all stay connected.

Play free in your browser — the first levels need no account.

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