Free nonogram puzzle of the day
Today's nonogramTuesday, October 13, 202610×10 · Level 1 ●○○Tap or drag to fill; “Cross out” (or right-click) marks a cell you know is empty.
Check and reveal are hints: the puzzle no longer counts for the leaderboard.
Learn nonograms in three grids
First time? Three tiny puzzles to learn the rules, playable right here.
The numbers count the cells to fill. A row marked 5 is filled all the way; a row marked 0 stays empty. Fill the two full rows.
Several numbers mean several runs, in order, with at least one empty cell between them. Here no row leaves a choice: three one-cell runs in five cells means every other cell.
Harder: no row is enough on its own. Fill the “5” rows first, then read the columns — each one tells you what is missing. Right-click, or the “Cross out” tool, marks a cell you know stays empty.
How to solve a nonogram
The numbers next to a row give the lengths of its runs of filled cells, in order; the numbers above a column do the same from top to bottom. Two runs in the same line are separated by at least one empty cell, so “3 1” means three filled cells in a row, then a single one further along.
Start with the big numbers: a run of 8 in a line of 10 always fills the six middle cells. Cross out the cells you know stay empty, then switch between rows and columns — every cell you settle unlocks others. Every puzzle here can be solved that way, without a single guess: we check each picture before it goes live.
Nonograms, griddlers, hanjie: one game, many names
The puzzle was born in Japan in the late 1980s and takes its name from Non Ishida, one of its inventors. British newspapers ran it as hanjie, puzzle magazines as griddlers or paint-by-numbers, and Nintendo turned it into its Picross video games. The rules are the same everywhere.
Some grids come in color: each number then takes the color of its run, and two runs of different colors can touch without an empty cell between them.
A new nonogram every day, in three sizes
Kioskadia publishes a free nonogram every morning: 10×10 at level 1, 15×15 at level 2, 20×20 at level 3, with the big grid coming round once a week. Past puzzles stay playable in the nonogram archive, and your nickname follows you to the word search too.
“Check” flags wrong cells and “Reveal a cell” gets you unstuck: both are hints, and only a puzzle finished without hints counts on the leaderboard. Your grid and timer are saved in your browser.
Frequently asked questions
Are the nonograms on Kioskadia free?
Yes, completely: every puzzle plays online with no sign-up, no account and no payment, on desktop and mobile alike.
Are nonograms the same as Picross or griddlers?
Yes. Nonogram, griddler, hanjie and paint-by-numbers are names for the same logic puzzle; Picross is the name of Nintendo's video games based on it.
How do I read the numbers?
Each number is a run of consecutive filled cells, in order along the row (left to right) or the column (top to bottom). There is at least one empty cell between two runs. A 0 means the whole line stays empty.
What does the level of a nonogram mean?
Its size: level 1 is a 10×10 grid, level 2 is 15×15, level 3 is 20×20. The bigger the grid, the more you have to cross rows and columns before the picture shows.
Do I ever have to guess?
Never. Every picture we publish has exactly one solution, and we check that it can be reached by logic alone, line after line. If you are stuck, a deduction is hiding somewhere.