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They Usually Say Hotel

Nonogram · Puzzle No. 108 · ThePuzzleSolver.net

Easy

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 1	15	15	15	1 3 1	3	3	3	3	3	1 3 1	15	15	15	1 1
5 5
3 3
3 3
3 3
3 3
3 3
13
13
13
3 3
3 3
3 3
3 3
3 3
5 5

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. A row or column clue close to the full width tells you the whole line is nearly 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 15×15 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.

Six full columns. Columns 2, 3, 4 and 12, 13, 14 all have a clue of 15. Fill all six top to bottom. That's 90 squares, the biggest head start in the whole series.
The tall sides. Rows 2–6 and 10–14 each have a clue of 3 3. Those two runs are already sitting there in columns 2–4 and 12–14. Mark everything else in those ten rows blank.
The middle columns. Columns 6 through 10 each have a single 3. Rows 2–6 and 10–14 are blank now, so the 3 can only be rows 7, 8 and 9. Fill those, and mark rows 1 and 15 blank in these columns.
Top and bottom rows. Rows 1 and 15 have a clue of 5 5, and columns 6–10 are blank. The runs must be columns 1–5 and 11–15. Rows 7–9 (13) must include columns 2 through 14, which uses up all 13 squares. Done.

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Columns 1 and 15 only have a 1 1, a single square at each end. The clues for rows 1 and 15 (5 5) tell you why those corner squares are filled.

Why It's Rated Easy

This is the easiest grid in the series. Six complete columns give you 90 squares on your very first move, and every other line is just a matter of seeing what's left. It's also a mirror image left to right and top to bottom, so there's nothing tricky hiding anywhere. A great warm-up.

Spoiler: what does this puzzle hide?

They Usually Say Hotel is part of our Phonetic Alphabet series (based on the NATO phonetic alphabet), where every puzzle hides the letter behind its call sign — and Hotel stands for a bold capital H. Two thick, flared columns anchor the top and bottom, tapering into slender stems through the middle before a solid crossbar locks the two sides together. It picks up the phonetic-alphabet thread right where Trot Like a Fox left off.

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They Usually Say Hotel

How to Solve This Nonogram

Walkthrough: Your First Four Moves

Why It's Rated Easy

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