LEARN TO SOLVE
How to play nonograms
A nonogram — you may know it as Nonogram — hides a picture in a grid, and the numbers tell you which squares to fill. Five quick lessons and you can solve any board.
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Read a clue
A clue counts the filled squares in its line. Count this row, then fill.
One row, one clue
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When a clue fills the whole line, nothing is left to choose.
Left-click fills a square — click it again for ×, once more to clear it.
Right-click marks a square you know is empty. Optional — it just helps you keep track.
Hold and drag with either button to paint a whole run at once.
Controls
Big puzzles are wider than a phone screen. The clue numbers stay pinned to the edges while you move around, so you never lose your place.
- Fill or cross a square
- Touch Tap to cycle fill → cross → emptyMouse Left click to fill, right click to cross
- Paint a whole run
- Touch Press and drag across the lineMouse Click and drag across the line
- Move around a big board
- Touch Drag with two fingers, or drag either strip of clue numbersMouse Drag either strip of clue numbers, or scroll (hold Shift to go sideways)
- See the whole puzzle at once
- Touch Pinch, or tap ⤢ on the zoom controlMouse Use − / + / ⤢ on the zoom control
- Cross off a clue number you have finished
- Touch Tap the numberMouse Click the number