LinkedIn Patches #126 Answer
Hint: Place the large numbered patches first — they have the fewest ways to fit.
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- Patch 1: R1C1–R2C2 (4 cells)
- Patch 2: R3C1–R3C2 (2 cells)
- Patch 3: R1C3–R3C4 (6 cells)
- Patch 4: R1C5–R3C6 (6 cells)
- Patch 5: R4C1–R7C1 (4 cells)
- Patch 6: R4C3–R4C4 (2 cells)
- Patch 7: R4C5–R4C6 (2 cells)
- Patch 8: R1C7–R4C7 (4 cells)
- Patch 9: R4C2–R7C2 (4 cells)
- Patch 10: R5C3–R7C5 (9 cells)
- Patch 11: R5C6–R5C7 (2 cells)
- Patch 12: R6C6–R7C7 (4 cells)
How to play LinkedIn Patches
Patches is a grid-dividing puzzle. The grid must be split into rectangular patches so that every square belongs to exactly one patch and every patch contains exactly one clue.
A number on a clue tells you how many squares that patch covers. The clue's shape tells you what kind of rectangle it must be: a square, a wide rectangle, a tall rectangle, or any rectangle when no shape is shown.
Begin with clues that have a large number or a strict shape near the edge of the grid; they usually fit in only one or two positions. Each patch you lock in removes options for its neighbors.