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.

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.

Puzzles

1. Reminders
2. Workshop
3. Brush
4. Persimmons
5. Scenic
6. Wary
7. Foghorn

From other authors

Menderbug [info]

• Stotting 1

Zimodo [info]

• 10 (Stotting x Yin-Yang)