EdgekinThis nonogram tutorial explains how to play Nonogram from the clues rather than guessing the picture. Compare the possible positions of a run, fill cells they share, and then try the full practice board.
The clue 5 means one run of five filled cells. It could begin at this end. This is one possible position, not a conclusion.
A small teaching example. Use the full practice board below for an actual game.
First possible position
The run could also finish at the opposite end. Compare both positions. The clue stays beside a horizontal line or above a vertical line.
A small teaching example. Use the full practice board below for an actual game.
Last possible position
Cells 3, 4 and 5 belong to every possible five-cell run in a line of seven. Fill these three. The four outer cells remain undecided.
A small teaching example. Use the full practice board below for an actual game.
Only the middle three are proven
In this completed 2, 1 example, a two-cell run and a single cell have empty space between them. Once all runs are complete, mark the remaining cells empty.
A small teaching example. Use the full practice board below for an actual game.
A completed line, including empty cells
Use the row and column clues to reveal a picture.
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A number gives the length of one uninterrupted run of filled cells. Several numbers describe separate runs in the same order, with at least one empty cell between them. A clue of 2, 1 is not a single run of three: the two-cell run and the single cell must stay separate.
For a run of five in a line of seven, the start can be at the first, second or third cell. The first and last possible positions both include cells 3, 4 and 5, and so does the middle position. Those three cells are certain even though the four outside cells are not.
An undecided cell is different from a cell you have proved empty. Mark an empty cell only when the clues justify it. Once all runs in a line have been completed, the remaining cells are empty. Keeping the distinction visible helps you read intersecting clues without accidentally ruling out a valid position.
Every filled or empty cell is part of both a row and a column. After learning something in one direction, check what it changes in the other. A completed run may fix a gap, and that gap may limit a perpendicular run. Repeat this process instead of expecting one clue to solve the entire picture.
The union of possible positions is not the same as their overlap. A five-cell run in seven cells can reach either end, but that does not mean all seven cells are filled. Only the cells shared by every valid position are certain at that point.
The small example isolates one clue. The real Nonogram board above combines all row and column clues. Its information button explains how to fill and mark cells on your device. Expanding preserves the same puzzle and existing marks. The practice session needs a connection and does not change your island progress.
