Patches · No. 177 · Thursday edition
LinkedIn Patches #177 Answer (Sep 10, 2026)
Hint: Place the large numbered patches first — they have the fewest ways to fit.
Show Patches #177 answer as text
- Patch 1: R1C1–R1C4 (4 cells)
- Patch 2: R1C5–R3C6 (6 cells)
- Patch 3: R2C3–R3C4 (4 cells)
- Patch 4: R4C3–R4C6 (4 cells)
- Patch 5: R2C1–R6C2 (10 cells)
- Patch 6: R5C3–R6C6 (8 cells)
About Patches #177
- Patches #177 splits a 6×6 grid into 6 patches.
- Clue shapes: 6 free-form.
- 2 clues show no size, so those patches can be any area.
- It has 6 patches, fewer than the average of 9.7 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.
- Every rectangle that fits the free-form 6 clue at R1C6 covers R1C5, R2C5, and R2C6, so those squares belong to its patch.
- Every rectangle that fits the free-form 10 clue at R6C1 covers R5C1, R5C2, and R6C2, so those squares belong to its patch.