Flexible Counters by hutthutthutt




	
[Flexible Counters] can be seen as a mashup of [Nurikabe loop] and [Geradeweg|https://puzz.link/rules.html?geradeweg], with the added difference that not all areas require a number.

The genre name was suggested by @thejonymyster.


## [flexible-counters] puzzles
### Newest submissions 

### @hutthutthutt

This is the original [flexible-counters] set by @hutthutthutt

W=5x5&L=(2)0(1)4(2)1(2)5(2)5(2)5(3)4&G=flexible-counters&A=hutthutthutt&D=2023-07-15
W=5x5&L=(1)2(2)5(3)5(4)5(5)5&G=flexible-counters&A=hutthutthutt&D=2023-07-15
W=5x5&L=(3)5(3)4(3)6(2)4&G=flexible-counters&A=hutthutthutt&D=2023-07-15
W=5x5&L=(4)3(1)6(1)3(2)3(3)6&G=flexible-counters&A=hutthutthutt&D=2023-07-15
W=5x5&L=(3)2(2)16(4)2(2)2(2)2&G=flexible-counters&A=hutthutthutt&D=2023-07-15
W=5x5&L=(6)4(5)15&G=flexible-counters&A=hutthutthutt&D=2023-07-15
W=5x5&L=(2)1(3)8(2)6(1)3(3)6&G=flexible-counters&A=hutthutthutt&D=2023-07-15

### site.author
W=5x5&L=(1)4(3)2(2)7(4)2&G=flexible-counters&A=Pedro&D=2023-07-16&K=dohz&T=Example

### @PinkHoodie

W=16x6&L=(2)0(2)1(2)1(1)2(1)1(1)5(1)1(2)8(2)1(2)1(2)1(2)1(2)4(3)7(3)1(3)1(3)4(3)2(3)4(3)4(3)1(3)17(3)6(3)1(3)3(3)2(3)1(3)5&X=s78o7&X-E=x128x5x1x3x2x4x5x2x11&SS=83LLLLDLULLLDDDLUULLULDLDRRDLLDDRRURRDRURURURRRURDDDLLLDRRRRURUUURDDDRUUUULL&G=flexible-counters&A=PinkHoodie&D=2025-04-23&F=2&T=16x6_1
W=16x6&L=(1)1(1)1(1)1(1)1(1)1(1)3(1)1(1)1(1)1(2)10(2)1(1)1(2)4(1)3(1)4(1)1(1)1(1)1(1)3(1)1(2)1(2)1(1)9(1)1(2)1(2)1(2)3(2)1(2)1(2)1(2)4(1)3(2)4(1)1(1)1(2)10(2)1(2)1(2)1(2)3(2)1(2)1(2)1(2)1&X-E=x12x5x19x1x6x3x1x21x3x1x3x4x8x10x1x6x6x1x4x1x1x5x10x7x9x6x11&SS=13RUURRDLDDRURURDDRRUURURDRDLDRRURRUULLURULLDLULLDDLULULDLULDLLULDLDRDLDRDRU&G=flexible-counters&A=PinkHoodie&D=2025-04-23&F=2&T=16x6_Extra_1
W=7x7&L=(2)0(2)1(2)2(2)1(2)1(2)1(2)1(2)1(2)6(2)1(2)1(2)3(2)2(2)1(2)1(2)3(2)2(2)1(2)1(2)3(2)3(2)1(2)1(2)1(2)1(2)6(2)1&SS=41RDDLLDRRDDDLUULLDDLLUULUURRDRUULLURRRR&G=flexible-counters&A=PinkHoodie&D=2024-03-26&F=2&O=Enigmarch_2024&T=Clue_For_2
W=7x7&L=(5)0(5)1(1)1(1)1(1)1(1)1(1)1(5)1(1)1(1)1(1)1(1)1(1)1(1)1(5)1(1)1(1)1(7)1(7)1(1)1(1)1(5)1(1)1(1)1(7)1(7)1(1)1(1)1(1)1(1)1(7)1(7)1(7)1(1)1(1)1(1)1(1)1(1)1(1)1(1)1(1)1(3)1(1)1(1)1(1)1(1)1(1)1(3)1(3)1&SS=10ULURURDRURDRDRDLDRDLDLULULDLULUR&G=flexible-counters&A=PinkHoodie&D=2024-03-26&F=1&O=Enigmarch_2024&T=Clue_Overload
W=7x7&L=y2(2)1(1)2(1)2y1(2)3(2)2y1(1)3y4(2)6y4y3(2)1(1)2(2)3(2)1(2)2(1)2y1&SS=19ULLDRDDRDLLDDRURDRURDRRUULURULUULLDDLU&G=flexible-counters&A=PinkHoodie&D=2024-03-26&F=2&O=Enigmarch_2024&T=Clue_Unknowns
W=7x7&L=(5)9(4)6(3)1(6)8(1)3(2)21&SS=47DDDDDLLLLLLUUUUUURDDDDDRRRRULLLUUURURDRR&G=flexible-counters&A=PinkHoodie&D=2024-03-26&F=2&O=Enigmarch_2024&T=Clue_Counts

## Variants

### ´´hex´´
V=hex
W=4x4x4&L=(3)2(2)2(1)3(2)6(4)2(3)5(3)2(4)5y3y5&SS=26ULDDDWUUUUWWWDDRUEDDDEEEURUL&V=hex&G=flexible-counters&A=PinkHoodie&D=2024-03-26&F=2&O=Hex&T=Inifodos

## Acknowledgements and Changes
**2023-08-12** Thanks to @dohz and @IHNN for noticing the relation of this mashup to its component genres, and to @hutthutthutt for feedback.
**2023-08-30** Thanks to @KuchiwoTsugumi and @EliDoris for suggesting rule clarifications, and an extra aux mark
**2024-03-26** Question marks added to flexible counters, after a clever observation by @PinkHoodie
**2024-03-27** @PinkHoodie redid the panels for [flexible-counters] in the [Modern Format|../panels#modern] - thank you!.
**2024-02-12** Missing colours in the palette caused a critical bug detected by @PinkHoodie, now fixed.
**2025-04-27** :::puzzletters @PinkHoodie made 2 [flexible-counters] (classic) puzzles - gracias!