Stotting
Published Jan12 2026.
Update (Jan12 2026): fixed non-uniqueness in Brush spotted by Maildropfolder.
Update (Jan13 2026): completely revamped Brush, added puzzle Foghorn (thank you Seren for non-uniqueness help), and added a puzzle from Menderbug!
Update (Jan14 2026): Added a puzzle from Zimodo!
Summary
Shade regions with adjacent dead-ends.
Huge thanks to IHNN for help with the puzzle Persimmons, Seren for help with the puzzle Wary, and jovi_al for suggesting black/white circle clues.
Rules
Shade some cells, forming regions of orthogonally adjacent shaded and unshaded cells.
- Numbers and white circles are unshaded, while black circles are shaded.
- All unshaded regions contain exactly one number.
- A number indicates the amount of dead-ends adjacent to its region.
A dead-end is a shaded cell orthogonally adjacent to exactly one other shaded cell.