Nonocross
Nonocross Answers — All 60 Solved Puzzles
Find the answer to every Nonocross puzzle from 1 to 60. Each solution page includes the completed grid, row and column clues, filled-cell positions, puzzle-specific deductions and a solver-backed check of whether the clues determine one unique grid or allow multiple valid solutions.
Search by puzzle number or browse the full directory below. If you want to solve the board yourself first, the guide beneath the directory explains how Nonocross clues work, where to start, how to cross-check rows and columns, and how to recognize a grid that can have more than one valid answer.
What Is Nonocross?
Nonocross is a nonogram-style picture logic puzzle. Each board is a grid with number clues for every row and column. Those numbers describe groups of consecutive filled cells. By combining the row clues with the column clues, you can determine which cells must be filled and reveal the hidden picture.
Nonograms are also commonly called Picross or picture-logic puzzles. The solving rule is the same: every completed row and column must match its clue groups exactly.
How to Read Nonocross Clues
Each clue describes the filled groups that must appear in one row or column. Groups appear in the same order as the clue numbers and different groups must have at least one empty cell between them.
Single Number
A clue of 4 means the line contains one continuous block of four filled cells. If the line is wider than four cells, the block can begin in more than one position until crossing clues narrow it down.
Multiple Numbers
A clue of 2 1 means one group of two filled cells followed later by one single filled cell. The two groups must be separated by at least one empty cell.
A Clue That Fills the Whole Line
When the clue lengths plus the required gaps use every cell in the line, the entire line can be placed immediately. For example, 1 1 on a 3-cell row must be filled, empty, filled.
Rows and Columns Work Together
A cell belongs to both one row and one column. Once one direction confirms a filled or empty cell, that information can force new placements in the crossing direction.
How to Solve Nonocross Puzzles
You do not need to guess at the start of a well-structured nonogram. Begin with the lines that give the most information, mark cells that are forced, then repeat the process across the crossing rows and columns.
1. Start With Full or Nearly Full Lines
Look for clues whose blocks use all or almost all available cells. A clue of 5 on a 5-cell line fills the entire line immediately. Large blocks on slightly wider lines also create overlapping cells that must be filled.
2. Mark Confirmed Empty Cells
When a completed block cannot extend farther, mark the neighboring cells as empty. Empty cells are just as useful as filled cells because they stop blocks from joining or extending into impossible positions.
3. Cross-Check Rows and Columns
Every confirmed cell affects two clue lines. After solving part of a row, inspect the columns that cross those cells. Then return to the rows with the new information.
4. Repeat Until No New Cell Is Forced
Nonogram solving is iterative. One pass rarely finishes a larger board. Continue alternating between rows and columns until every clue is satisfied or no additional cell follows from the clues alone.
5. Verify the Finished Grid
Read the groups of filled cells in every completed row and column. Each sequence must exactly match the corresponding clue, including the required empty separation between groups.
Can a Nonocross Puzzle Have More Than One Solution?
Yes. A clue set can sometimes describe more than one valid grid. That does not mean the puzzle data is wrong: it means the row and column clues do not force every cell uniquely.
SolvedWise checks this with a solver. When exactly one grid satisfies every clue, the puzzle page labels the solution unique. When several grids are valid, the page shows the stored game board, reports the number of valid grids and distinguishes cells that are forced from cells that can change.
Nonocross Solving Tips
Work from the most restrictive clue
A large block on a short line usually gives more information than several small blocks on a long line. Solve the strongest clue first.
Do not merge separate clue groups
If a row says 2 1, the block of two and the block of one cannot touch. At least one empty cell must separate them.
Use empty cells deliberately
Marking cells that cannot be filled reduces the possible positions of the remaining blocks and often creates the next deduction.
Do not assume the displayed picture is the only valid grid
If a puzzle page reports multiple valid solutions, compare your board with the clues first. A different arrangement can still be correct if every row and column clue is satisfied.
How SolvedWise Verifies Nonocross Answers
Every stored solution is checked against its row and column clues. The filled-cell groups in each line must match the clue sequence exactly, including the required gaps between separate groups.
SolvedWise also uses a solver to count how many grids satisfy the complete clue set. This lets us distinguish a genuinely unique answer from a puzzle whose clues permit several valid arrangements.
Where source graphics are available, the stored board is also compared cell by cell with the puzzle grid recovered from the game data. We do not label a board as uniquely determined unless the clues themselves prove it.
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