Masyu
Sign in to savethumb|right|Sample puzzle thumb|right|Solution to above puzzle is a type of logic puzzle designed and published by Nikoli. The purpose of its creation was to present a puzzle that uses no numbers or letters and yet retains depth and aesthetics.
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It is catalogued under topics including Japanese board games, Logic puzzles and NP-complete problems.
Its subject is documented across 9 Wikipedia language editions.
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thumb|right|Sample puzzle thumb|right|Solution to above puzzle is a type of logic puzzle designed and published by Nikoli. The purpose of its creation was to present a puzzle that uses no numbers or letters and yet retains depth and aesthetics.
==Rules== Masyu is played on a rectangular grid of squares, some of which contain circles; each circle is either "white" (empty) or "black" (filled). The goal is to draw a single continuous non-intersecting loop that properly passes through all circled cells. The loop must "enter" each cell it passes through from the center of one of its four sides and "exit" from a different side; all turns are therefore 90 degrees.
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