How to solve Patches
ヒントに従って盤面を長方形に分割。
LinkedIn のデイリーゲームで人気になったパズル Patches を、もう一局遊びたくなったことは？ ここなら無制限。無料の盤面がその場で生成され、3段階の難易度と一意の解が保証されています。
遊び方： Patches
- 盤面全体を長方形に分割します。
- 各長方形にはヒントがちょうど1つ。数字は面積、枠の形は正方形・横長・縦長を表します。
- マスからドラッグして長方形を描き、タップで削除します。
- ヒントに合わない長方形も置けますが、赤い枠で表示されます。
How to solve Patches: techniques that work
Every clue is an area, and areas factor. A 7 can only ever be a 1×7 or 7×1 strip; a 4 might be 1×4, 4×1 or 2×2. Start with primes and large numbers — their shapes are the most constrained, and on small boards a 5 or 7 often has a single legal placement once you check what stays in bounds and avoids other clues.
Remember that each rectangle must contain exactly one clue. That cuts both ways: a candidate rectangle that would swallow two numbers is illegal, and a cell that can only be reached by one clue's possible rectangles must belong to that clue. Scanning for these "orphan cells" is the strongest move in the game.
Work the frontier. Once a rectangle is placed, the cells alongside it lose options, and neighbouring clues often collapse to a single shape. Solved regions propagate — Patches boards tend to fall in an accelerating cascade.
Common mistakes
Assuming a number sits inside its rectangle centrally or in a corner: the clue can be anywhere inside its rectangle. What matters is only that the rectangle contains it, stays in the grid, and overlaps nothing.
Forgetting the exhaustive rule: the rectangles must tile the whole board with no gaps. If two leftover cells can't be covered by any remaining clue, an earlier rectangle has the wrong shape.
From easy to hard
Bigger boards mean more composite numbers with several viable shapes, so you'll hold two or three candidate placements in mind at once. The factor-first habit (primes, then large composites) keeps hard boards manageable. Patches is our take on the Japanese classic Shikaku.
FAQ
- LinkMyPzzl の Patches は無料・無制限ですか？
- はい。Patches の盤面はブラウザ内でその場で生成されます。アカウント不要・無料で、好きなだけプレイできます。
- 毎日の Patches パズルと何が違いますか？
- LinkedIn で人気になったデイリー版は1日1問だけ。LinkMyPzzl は盤面を無制限に生成し、難易度も選べます。
- Patches の盤面には必ず一意の解がありますか？
- はい。ソルバーが生成された全盤面を検証します。解は常にただ1つです。
- Can a rectangle contain two numbers?
- Never. Each rectangle contains exactly one clue, and that clue equals the rectangle's area. A placement that would enclose two numbers is illegal even if the area matches.
- Does the whole grid have to be covered?
- Yes — the rectangles must tile the board perfectly, with no gaps and no overlaps. Leftover cells always mean an earlier rectangle has the wrong shape or position.