Parcels

A new Parcels puzzle every day

Everyone gets the same Parcels puzzle each day, and a new one arrives at midnight your time. Monday and Tuesday are easy, Wednesday, Thursday and Sunday are medium, and Friday and Saturday are the hardest of the week, on grids from 5×5 up to 8×8.

Solve it on consecutive days to build a streak, then share your time. A shared result shows your time and how many hints you used, never the solution. It has exactly one solution, and you can reach it by logic alone, with no guessing.

How to play Parcels

1. Split the whole grid into rectangles, called parcels. A square counts as a rectangle too.
2. Every parcel holds exactly one number and covers exactly that many cells.
3. A shape next to a number sets its parcel's shape: a square, a tall rectangle (taller than it is wide) or a wide one (wider than it is tall).

Drag from one corner of a parcel to the opposite corner to draw it. Drawing over other parcels replaces them, and tapping a parcel removes it. On a keyboard, use the arrow keys to move, Enter on one corner and again on the opposite corner to draw, Delete to remove a parcel and Ctrl+Z to undo.

Solving tips

• Start where it's tight. A number in a corner, or squeezed between other numbers, often fits only one way.
• Squares are the most rigid. A square 4 is always 2×2 and a square 9 is always 3×3, so there are only a few places they can go.
• Find cells only one number can reach. Every cell belongs to some parcel. If only one number can stretch that far, its parcel has to cover the cell.
• Mind the leftovers. A parcel that leaves a pocket no number can fill is wrong, even if it fits its own number.