LinkedIn Patches #127 Answer
Hint: Place the large numbered patches first — they have the fewest ways to fit.
Show Patches #127 answer as text
- Patch 1: R1C3–R1C6 (4 cells)
- Patch 2: R1C1–R2C2 (4 cells)
- Patch 3: R2C4–R3C6 (6 cells)
- Patch 4: R2C3–R7C3 (6 cells)
- Patch 5: R4C4–R5C6 (6 cells)
- Patch 6: R6C4–R7C6 (6 cells)
- Patch 7: R1C7–R7C7 (7 cells)
- Patch 8: R3C1–R7C2 (10 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.