LEVEL 43 • 8×8 GRID
Nonocross Puzzle 43 Answer: Rain
Solved Picture Grid
■ Filled square · Empty square
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Puzzle at a Glance
- Grid size
- 8×8
- Filled squares
- 36
- Empty squares
- 28
- Clue-valid grids
- 4
- Fixed cells
- 56
- Changeable cells
- 8
Puzzle 43, “Rain,” uses an 8×8 Nonocross grid with 36 filled squares in the displayed answer. Its clues allow 4 valid arrangements. The board above is the stored reference solution; 56 cells are identical across all valid grids, while 8 cells can change.
Reading the Answer
■ = filled square. · = empty square. Fill the marked squares in the game; an X, where supported, only marks a square that stays empty.
Row Clues and Answer Patterns
Read each row from left to right. The clue numbers give the lengths of consecutive filled-square groups, with at least one empty square between separate groups.
| Row | Clue | Solved pattern |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | ···■■··· |
| 2 | 4 | ··■■■■·· |
| 3 | 6 | ·■■■■■■· |
| 4 | 8 | ■■■■■■■■ |
| 5 | 8 | ■■■■■■■■ |
| 6 | 1, 1, 1 | ·■··■··■ |
| 7 | 1, 1, 1 | ■··■··■· |
| 8 | 1, 1 | ··■··■·· |
Column Clues and Answer Patterns
Read each column from top to bottom. The completed column must contain the same filled-square groups, in the same order, as its clue.
| Column | Clue | Solved pattern |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2, 1 | ···■■·■· |
| 2 | 4 | ··■■■■·· |
| 3 | 4, 1 | ·■■■■··■ |
| 4 | 5, 1 | ■■■■■·■· |
| 5 | 6 | ■■■■■■·· |
| 6 | 4, 1 | ·■■■■··■ |
| 7 | 3, 1 | ··■■■·■· |
| 8 | 3 | ···■■■·· |
Check Two Clues in This Grid
Row 6 has the clue 1, 1, 1. In the completed picture, that row reads ·■··■··■. Its uninterrupted groups of filled squares match the clue in the required order.
Column 1 has the clue 2, 1. Reading downward gives ···■■·■·. The filled-square groups match the column clue, confirming that this part of the picture is consistent.
Check Your Own Grid
Want to check the squares you filled? Mark each cell as filled or empty, then compare your completed grid with the row and column clues. This checker accepts any arrangement that satisfies the clues, even when the puzzle has more than one valid solution.
Why Several Grids Fit These Clues
This puzzle has 4 clue-valid arrangements. Across those arrangements, 56 cells keep the same filled or empty state, while 8 cells can differ. The stored grid shown above satisfies every clue, but the clues alone do not force that exact picture.
Highlighted cells mark positions where another clue-valid arrangement may differ. They are not errors in the displayed answer.
View all 4 clue-valid grids
These arrangements all satisfy the recorded row and column clues. The first is the stored reference grid. An alternative clue-valid arrangement is not necessarily accepted as the picture answer by the game app.
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