How to solve Patches
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게임 방법: Patches
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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
- LinkMyPzzl에서 Patches은 무료·무제한인가요?
- 네. 모든 Patches 보드는 브라우저에서 즉시 생성됩니다. 계정 없이 무료로 원하는 만큼 플레이하세요.
- 매일 나오는 Patches 퍼즐과 무엇이 다른가요?
- LinkedIn으로 유명해진 데일리 버전은 하루에 한 문제뿐입니다. LinkMyPzzl은 보드를 무제한 생성하고 난이도도 고를 수 있습니다.
- 모든 Patches 보드에 유일한 정답이 있나요?
- 네. 솔버가 생성된 모든 보드를 검증합니다. 정답은 언제나 정확히 하나입니다.
- 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.