🖼 A hidden picture is waiting inside the grid. Use the numbers above each column and beside each row to work out which squares to fill in — the answer key sits at the bottom, fold it backward along the dotted line before you start.
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.
1
3
5
8
10
8
5
5
5
5
8
4
4
2
0
0
2
2 1
4 1
4 1
13
10
10
9
7
2 1
2 1
2 1
0
0
15 columns × 15 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. The 13 in row 6 fills almost the whole width — the dog's back — so mark that line first and anchor everything off it.
Use the long column. The 10-run column near the middle is more than half the height, so its overlap cells are forced — fill those before guessing.
Save the thin bits for last. The single stray squares up top and along the right (the ear tip and the tail) fall into place once the solid body is done.
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 edges. Rows 1, 14 and 15 have no clue, and neither does column 15. Mark them blank.
Row 6 (13). In 14 squares, there's 1 square of wiggle room, so columns 2 through 13 are filled.
Column 5 (10). It has 12 rows to work with (rows 2 to 13), so 2 squares of wiggle room. Rows 4 through 11 are filled.
The body rows. Rows 7 and 8 (10) give you columns 5 to 10, and row 9 (9) gives you columns 6 to 9. Row 10's run of 7 has to include column 5, so columns 6 and 7 are filled too.
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Rows 11, 12 and 13 all have the same clue (2 1), and they solve the same way. Get one right and copy it down.
Why It's Rated Easy
One near-full row and one tall column give a solid start, and the body rows fall into place right after. A nice, friendly 15×15.
Spoiler: what does this puzzle hide?
Rex stands in profile — a pricked ear, a stubby snout, a solid body and tail held high. A friendly, readable shape that makes a good first step into picture nonograms.
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