Fillomino by Grant Fikes
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Theme: Eight Hearts
Author/Opus: This is the 164th puzzle from our contributing puzzlemaster Grant Fikes.
Rules: Standard Fillomino rules.
Answer String: For each cell in the marked rows/columns, enter the area of the polyomino it belongs to. Enter just the last digit for any two-digit number. Start with the 15th row, followed by a comma, followed by the 11th column.
Time Standards (highlight to view): Grandmaster = 14:00, Master = 22:00, Expert = 44:00
Solution: PDF
Note: Follow this link for other classic Fillomino. If you are new to this puzzle type, here are our easiest Fillomino puzzles to get started on.
1hr, 1min. Thanks for the great puzzle, Grant. Besides solving this, I think I’m equally impressed with myself for entering the answer string correctly on my first try.
I got it in correctly, for which I think I have to thank Croco-Puzzle. Years of brutally punishing my scores for mistakes on strings have finally made me careful.
Also, I definitely turned the puzzle sideways on my computer to make good use of monitor space, which suddenly meant I had to be careful about the 6’s and 9’s…
I loved this puzzle. Made me want to push the fave button even before i started solving. A great puzzle troughout and very rewarding 🙂
43:16 …Just in time to make the expert category…What a delightful puzzle!
A really enjoyable puzzle, despite messing up the 7s near the bottom middle in the same way three times before finally noticing that there was another choice there.
23:28.
Unfortunately not my cup of tea; a giant puzzle that is giant solely for size, not to express any particular idea or gimmick. No particularly memorable trick as well.
So I type in the answer string and I hit the “solved?” button and it goes “solved” and I’m like, wow, that’s an achievement, typing in the string with no mistake!!