Follow the numbers, stitch the picture

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About Nonogram

What is a nonogram?

A nonogram is a grid with numbers along its top and left side. Each number is a run of squares to fill in that row or column, in order, with at least one empty square between runs. Fill every line as its numbers say, and the filled squares make a picture. Nonograms are also known as picture logic, griddlers or paint by numbers.

What this nonogram offers

  • 648 puzzles328 pictures in 18 chapters - animals, birds, food, town, vehicles, fantasy, bugs, dinosaurs, sweets and more - 100 embroidery patterns and 220 colour nonograms, 188 of them free. From easy 5×5 pictures to big 20×20 ones, in five levels.
  • Free, no appPlay right in the browser on a phone, iPad or PC. No sign-up.
  • Today's puzzle and a rankingThe same 20×20 picture for everyone, new every day at midnight Japan time. Race for the best time.
  • Finished like embroideryEach square you fill is a stitch on cloth. Solve it, and the thread turns the picture's colours.

The stage chapters

  • First Steps 12 puzzles
  • Animals 18 puzzles
  • Birds 14 puzzles
  • Food 18 puzzles
  • Things 18 puzzles
  • Town 14 puzzles
  • Vehicles 18 puzzles
  • Nature & Sky 18 puzzles
  • Sea Life 18 puzzles
  • Seasons 18 puzzles
  • Play & Sports 14 puzzles
  • Fantasy 18 puzzles
  • Patterns 100 puzzles
How to play, with tips (reading the numbers, rules, solving)

Questions

Is it free?

Yes. No sign-up: it plays right away in your browser. 188 of the 648 stages are free; the rest take the Lounge Pass or a ticket. The daily puzzle and its ranking are free too. Tickets are free: sign in with Google and you get them as a daily present, for clearing the day's puzzle and more.

Can I play on a phone?

Yes. It plays in the browser on a phone, a tablet or a computer. Nothing to install.

Can I play with friends?

There is no painting one board together, but you can send a solved picture as a challenge with "Send a challenge" and race your friends on the same puzzle, or compete on the daily puzzle's ranking.

What is the Lounge Pass?

A subscription for every game on Puzzle Lounge: no ads anywhere, and everything that takes the Pass or a ticket opens without one. Here all 648 puzzles open. Without it, one ticket opens the next ones on a road (3 on a 10×10 road, 2 on a 15×15, 1 on a 20×20). ¥500 a month or ¥5,000 a year (tax included), free for the first 7 days. The first 100 members keep ¥300 a month or ¥3,000 a year for as long as they stay.

Is it the same as griddlers or picture logic?

Yes, the same rules. Nonogram is the name used around the world; you may also know them as picture logic, griddlers or paint by numbers.

Can I see the answers?

While playing, "Hint" puts one square right at a time: a square filled by mistake first, otherwise one still to fill.

What happens if I fill a wrong square?

Nothing is said at the time. As in a newspaper's puzzle page, it is solved when every row and column matches its numbers. Dotting squares you know are empty with "Mark" keeps mistakes down.