Polyominous
Polyominous Puzzles
Trominos
The IL tromino labeling scheme is used.
Tetrominos
The ILOST tetromino labeling scheme is used, as conventional (as in the naming of LITS, LOTS).
This puzzle was made by PinkHoodie:
Pentominos
The FILNPTUVWXYZ pentomino labelling scheme is used, as below:
Hex
Trihexes
There are three trihexes, following the AIL labelling.
Tetrahexes
The CILOPSY tetrahex labelling, as in SLICY and Joseph Howard's CYCLOPS puzzle is used.
Pentahexes
The following labelling scheme for pentahexes is used:
This differs from Abaroth's prior scheme, in that 7 pentahexes were relabelled, the remaining 15 pentahexes coincide. The reason for change was so their assigned letters are easier to recognise and to keep in working memory while solving a puzzle (if not memorise for the long-term), thus hopefully smoothening the experience and reducing mistakes. The new assignment was tested by about a dozen puzzlers, using a unlabelled test picture (blind perception test) and/or via active feedback on the labelling scheme as such. It was subsequently refined, holistically, leading to adjustments to individual labels as well as their presentation (rotation, mirroring, superimposed letter shapes).
TBA.
Variants
Borders (edge-given
)
To make a "polyminous (borders)" puzzle, simply apply global variant edge-given
.
Acknowledgements and Changes
hex
Polyominous puzzle, and noticing that the edge-given
variant should be part of the recommendations (added). edge-given
) and a third rollout puzzle were sent by PinkHoodie, both on the hex
grid. Thank you! edge-given
) was sent by Anurag Sahay for rollout - thank you! polyominous
. polyominous
, detected by PinkHoodie, was patched (letters are now unrestricted, and it is up to the setters to pick the correct ones) edge-given
!