NONOGRAMs

25 More easy
Puzzles

By Jeanette Goodman

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 About this Book Introduction
This book contains 25 more easy nonogram puzzles suitable for
beginners or for children. There is also a section of clues which tell What are nonograms?
what each picture is. And all the answers are available full-size in the Nonograms are logic puzzles which, when completed, reveal a
back of the book. hidden picture made up of black and white squares. When you are
solving a nonogram puzzle, your goal is to figure out which squares
Every puzzle in this book is a multiple of 5. Puzzles sizes start from (or cells) in the grid are black and which are white.
10x10 and go up to 20x20. And every puzzle in this book has a
unique solution. Nonograms are also called griddlers, picross, Hanjie, or paint by
numbers.

The numbers around the sides of the grid are clues to help you know
How to use this book how many blocks of cells in a row or column are black. Each number
represents a block of black cells. Subsequent numbers represent
You won't need to print out every page of this book unless you want subsequent blocks. These blocks are always in the order shown and
to. Just print out the blank puzzle pages (pages 8-17). there must be at least one white cell between blocks. The blocks do
not necessarily start in the first square in the row / column.
Read the sections Tips for Solving Nonograms and Methods for
Solving Nonograms on the next few pages. For example: This row has a block of three cells, a block of two
cells, and a block of one cell(in that order), with at least one white
Try to complete the puzzles, starting with the smallest ones. I cell in between blocks.
recommend using a pencil in case you make a mistake.
3 2 1
Enjoy!
Clues in the columns also work in the same way, but up and down
instead of across.
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Tips for Solving Nonograms Methods for Solving Nonograms
Every nonogram puzzle in this book has one unique solution which
can be found using logic – no guessing should be necessary. Overlaps
Say you have the following row in a puzzle:
The white cells in the picture are just as important as the black. If you
know a cell is a definite white, mark it in some way. I like to put a dot 8
in my known white cells.
If the clue number (eg 8) is more than half of the row (which is 10
First fill in any lines with all black cells or all white cells.
long in this example), there will be an overlap regardless of where
the block is positioned. So count in from either side to see where the
Next, fill in any lines with the big number clues.
block would go if it was positioned as far left or right as possible.
You could mark with a light slash so you can see where the overlap
I like to use a pencil in case I make a mistake.
is. If there is an overlap for the block, we can know for sure that the
cell must be black.
Whenever you fill in a cell (either black or white), check how it
affects other rows or columns.

You may find it helpful to cross out clues as you complete them. 8 \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \
Here's a partially solved row.
8 \ \ X X X X X X / /
2 3
X 1 • •
↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓
8
Look at this example (the dots signify a white cell): And sometimes you will have a black cell already marked. In the
example below, the black cell must be included in the block of 5
4 • • • • since it is the only block in this row. I have marked the options for
the block of 5 with crosses so that the black cell is included.
So the unknown block of cells is small enough for the block of 4 to
create an overlap. 5

4 • • • \ \ \ \ • 5 \ \ \ \ \

4 • • • \ \ X X / / • 5 X X X X /
↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓
4 • • • • 5

We can use the same technique when there are more clues in the row.
Remember to allow for at least one white cell between blocks.

52

52 \ \ \ \ \ \ \

52 \ \ X X X / X / /
↓ ↓ ↓ x

52

Notice that there is an overlap between the block of 5 and the block
of 2 above, but we can only mark the cell black when the same block
overlaps. In this example, there is overlap in the seventh cell, but it is
from different blocks, so we cannot be sure whether or not the cell
will be black.
Spaces around blocks Out of range
We know that there must always be at least one white space around a Sometimes you can determine that certain cells will be out of range
block, so once a block is complete, you can mark the known white of the block.
spaces on either side.
3
131
Think about how far the block of 3 could extend both ways. There are
131 • • some cells where the block cannot possibly reach. Again, I have
marked them with dots because they will be white.

Known white squares 3 3 2 1

In the example below we have determined where the block of 3 goes.
We know that is the rightmost block, so all the cells to its right must 3 1 2 3
be white. So I will mark them with dots.
↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓
13 • • 3 • • • • •

13 • • • • •
Space too small Joining and splitting

23 • • 223

The fifth cell in this row lies between two known white cells, so we In this example, the third cell cannot be black, else it would make a
know that neither the 2 nor the 3 can fit there. So we can conclude block of 3 (and the block of 3 should not be first). So it is must be
that this also must be a white cell. white.

23 • • • 223 •

Now we are left with two unknown sections. Neither section is big So now we know where the two blocks of 2 go.
enough to fit both the 2 and the 3 blocks, so the 2 block must go on
the left and the 3 block on the right. Then using the overlap technique
from above, we can fill in some black squares.
← →
223 •

23 • • •
And we can also conclude that the eighth cell must be black, joining
the two other blacks to make the block of 3.

223 •

Always make sure to fill in all the known whites in the line as you
go.

223 • • •
Puzzles
No. 1 No. 2 No. 5 No. 6

No. 3 No. 4 No. 7

No. 8 No. 9
 No. 11
No. 10
No. 12 No. 13
No. 14 No. 15
No. 16 No. 17
No. 18 No. 19
No. 20 No. 21
No. 22 No. 23
No. 24 No. 25
 Clues
1 Elephant
2 Baby stroller
3 Donut
4 Genie in a bottle
5 Thumbs up
6 Log cabin
7 Ship
8 Ice skate
9 Porcupine
10 Owl

Answers
11 Vine
12 Giving flowers
13 Biplane
14 Teapot
15 Elephant
16 Horse
17 Candelabra
18 Deer
19 Girl with ponytail
20 Kitchen utensils
21 Platypus
22 Walrus
23 North and South America
24 Graduation
25 Hamburger
 No. 5 No. 6
No. 1 No. 2

Thumbs up
Baby stroller
Elephant Log cabin

No. 3 No. 7
No. 4

Donut
Ship

Genie in a bottle
No. 8 No. 9

Ice skate Porcupine

No. 10 No. 11

Vine
Owl
No. 12 No. 13

Biplane

Giving flowers
No. 14 No. 15

Teapot Elephant
No. 16 No. 17

Horse

Candelabra
No. 18 No. 19

Deer
Girl with ponytail
No. 20 No. 21

Kitchen utensils

Platypus
No. 22 No. 23

Walrus
North and South America
No. 24 No. 25

Hamburger

Graduation
More Nonograms 101 Easy Nonogram Puzzles Book 1
100 Nonogram Puzzles for Beginners
This book contains 101 nonogram
100 nonogram puzzles starting with puzzles. They are all at an easy level, so
very easy and progressing to more you can have fun exercising your brain
complex. without getting stuck on too many of
them! And once you get more confident,
Have fun exercising your brain as you you will be able to do these quite
solve these puzzles. quickly.

These puzzles range in size from 15x15

to 20x20. So there are no tiny puzzles
here.

This is a great book to do after you have

mastered the beginner level books.
100 Nonogram Puzzles for Beginners
Book 2

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All unique puzzles, they are perfect for
helping you become more fluent and
confident at solving nonograms.