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Owl

Nonogram · Puzzle No. 61ThePuzzleSolver.net

Medium

A logic-grid picture puzzle (also called picross or griddlers). Use the number clues to fill in the correct squares and reveal the hidden image.

Each number tells you how many squares in a row to fill in that line, in order. A clue of 2 2 means: fill 2 squares, leave at least one blank, then fill 2 more.

	2	2 4	3 3 4	3 3 4	3 1 6	3 6	12	12	3 6	3 1 6	3 3 4	3 3 4	2 4	2



2 2
4 4
10
8
4
2 2 2
3 2 3
2 2 2
2 4 2
14
12
12
10
6
1 1

20 columns × 20 rows

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Solution

How to Solve This Nonogram

Nonograms (also called picross, griddlers, or hanjie) are logic puzzles that hide a picture inside a grid of numbers:

Start with the biggest clues. A row or column clue close to the full width tells you the whole line (or most of it) is filled — mark those first.
Watch for lone single clues. A clue of just 1 sitting between two solved lines can often be pinned down early using the cells already fixed above and below it.
Work the overlap. When a clue number is more than half the line's length, the middle cells must always be filled no matter how the run shifts — mark those immediately.

This puzzle is a 20×20 grid. For the full method, edge logic, and tougher techniques once you're ready to level up, read our complete guide to nonograms and advanced nonogram techniques.

Walkthrough: Your First Four Moves

Not sure where to begin? Here's exactly how Mr. Puzzle opens this grid. Rows are numbered top to bottom and columns left to right.

Clear the border. Rows 1–3, 19 and 20 have no clue at all, and neither do columns 1–3 and 18–20. Mark them all blank. The owl lives in the middle, in a working area 14 squares wide (columns 4 to 17) and 15 tall (rows 4 to 18).
The body. Row 13 has a clue of 14, exactly the width of the working area, so fill columns 4 through 17. Rows 14 and 15 (12) give you columns 6 through 15, and row 16 (10) gives you columns 8 through 13.
The centre columns. Columns 10 and 11 each have a clue of 12 in that 15-row working area. Using the overlap trick, rows 7 through 15 are always filled.
The wing tips. Columns 4 and 17 have a clue of just 2, and row 13 is filled in both. The run is either rows 12–13 or 13–14, so everything else in those two columns is blank.

Stuck? Click for a nudge

Almost the whole owl falls out line by line, but near the end a few squares in rows 12 and 18 can look like they go either way. Pick one and ask "what if this square is filled?" Follow it through, and if a clue breaks, you know it has to be blank. This puzzle has exactly one answer, so the clues will always settle it.

Why It's Rated Medium

It's a 20×20 grid, but the big empty border and long body rows make the start easy. What makes it Medium is that small "what if" moment near the end, where simple line-by-line logic isn't quite enough. It's a gentle introduction to the contradiction technique from our advanced techniques guide.

Spoiler: what does this puzzle hide?

This owl steps up the detail with pointed ear tufts, a pair of round hollow eyes, and a small triangular beak sitting above two clawed feet — a good next challenge once the 15x15 puzzles feel comfortable.

Puzzle Pack: Animals & Nature

Owl

How to Solve This Nonogram

Walkthrough: Your First Four Moves

Why It's Rated Medium

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