{"id":5299,"date":"2015-11-11T09:00:50","date_gmt":"2015-11-11T17:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/blog\/?p=5299"},"modified":"2022-12-27T09:28:23","modified_gmt":"2022-12-27T17:28:23","slug":"easy-as-pentomino-by-serkan-yurekli","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/blog\/2015\/11\/easy-as-pentomino-by-serkan-yurekli\/","title":{"rendered":"Easy as Pentomino by Serkan Y\u00fcrekli"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/images\/puzzles\/151111-EasyAsPentomino.png\" alt=\"Easy as Pentomino by Serkan Y\u00fcrekli\"><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/images\/puzzles\/151111-EasyAsPentomino.pdf\">PDF<\/a><\/p>\n<p>or <a href=https:\/\/gmpuzzles.com\/s\/151111Easy>solve online<\/a> (using our beta test of Penpa-Edit tools).<\/p>\n<p><b>Theme:<\/b> Clue Symmetry and Logic<\/p>\n<p><b>Author\/Opus:<\/b> This is the 84th puzzle from our contributing puzzlemaster Serkan Y\u00fcrekli.<\/p>\n<p><b>Rules:<\/b> Place the twelve pentominoes into the grid, rotations and reflections allowed. Pentominoes cannot touch each other, not even diagonally. Letters outside the grid indicate the first pentomino seen in that direction. Some cells are blackened and cannot be used by any pentomino.<\/p>\n<p>Or see this example:<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/images\/puzzles\/151111-EasyAsPentomino-Ex.png\" alt=\"Easy as Pentomino by Serkan Y\u00fcrekli\"><\/p>\n<p><b>Answer String:<\/b> Enter the length in cells of each of the pentominoes from left to right for the marked rows, starting at the top. Separate each row&#8217;s entry from the next with a comma.<\/p>\n<p><b>Time Standards (highlight to view):<\/b> <span style=\"color:white;background-color:white;\">Grandmaster = 3:30, Master = 6:15, Expert = 12:30<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Solution:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/images\/puzzles\/151111-EasyAsPentomino-soln.pdf\">PDF<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Note:<\/b> Follow this link for other puzzles involving <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/blog\/tag\/pentomino\/\">Pentominoes<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PDF or solve online (using our beta test of Penpa-Edit tools). Theme: Clue Symmetry and Logic Author\/Opus: This is the 84th puzzle from our contributing puzzlemaster Serkan Y\u00fcrekli. Rules: Place the twelve pentominoes into the grid, rotations and reflections allowed. Pentominoes cannot touch each other, not even diagonally. 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