Patches · No. 155 · Wednesday edition
LinkedIn Patches #155 Answer (Aug 19, 2026)
Hint: Place the large numbered patches first — they have the fewest ways to fit.
Show Patches #155 answer as text
- Patch 1: R1C2–R5C2 (5 cells)
- Patch 2: R1C4–R3C6 (9 cells)
- Patch 3: R1C3–R4C3 (4 cells)
- Patch 4: R1C1–R6C1 (6 cells)
- Patch 5: R4C4–R4C6 (3 cells)
- Patch 6: R5C3–R5C4 (2 cells)
- Patch 7: R6C2–R6C4 (3 cells)
- Patch 8: R5C5–R6C6 (4 cells)
About Patches #155
- Patches #155 splits a 6×6 grid into 8 patches.
- Clue shapes: 1 wide, 1 tall, 6 free-form.
- It has 8 patches, fewer than the average of 11.3 across the previous 7 puzzles.
- Each patch is one rectangle holding exactly one clue, with the clue's shape and, where a number is shown, exactly that many squares.
- Only one free-form rectangle of 5 squares fits inside the grid around the free-form 5 clue at R1C2 without taking in another clue, so its patch must be the 5×1 block from R1C2 to R5C2.
- Only one free-form rectangle of 9 squares fits inside the grid around the free-form 9 clue at R1C4 without taking in another clue, so its patch must be the 3×3 block from R1C4 to R3C6.