Pentominous
Aad van de Wetering send us a link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YsDJO6MHSjU
We found a site with this kind of puzzle
https://www.gmpuzzles.com/blog/pentominous-rules-info/
Aad van de Wetering made the puzzles. Thanks.
The pentominoes and the letters
Divide the grid into pentominoes so that no two pentominoes of the same
shape (including rotations/reflections) share an edge. A cell with a letter
in it must be part of the pentomino shape normally associated with that
letter.
Correct solutions earn eternal fame.
Some borders between pentominoes are already drawn.
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Pentominou 1 |
Pentominou 2 |
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Pentominou 3 |
Pentominou 4 |
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Pentominou 5 |
INFINITY |
Eight pluses and one min
If you want a tip, put the the mouse on the puzzle.
Solvers:
Aad van de Wetering - The Netherlands
Odette De Meulemeester - Belgium
Nico Looije - The Netherlands
George Sicherman - USA "Surprising!"
Aad made this puzzle to celebrate the birth of "LEO"
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A few more names
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ELS |
ILSE |
LUC |
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FILIP (1) |
FILIP (2) |
CHRIS |
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EDO |
BERT |
JANA |
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THIJS on the MAT |
For Matthijs |
OMER |
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Voor Rudy Penne |
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Voor Paul Levrie |
For honoring Simon Anthony, Aad made the
following two pentominous.
The dot means an intersection of two roads, so the four squares belong to
four not the same pentominoes.
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Especially for Leo's Mutti
In the first, Aad put "no dot on the i".
The dot means an intersection of two roads, so the four squares belong to
four not the same pentominoes.
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Aad made a Dutch (same in German!) and an English pentominou especially for
"Helmut"
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Helm en ut |
Helmet en e=u |
And some great mathematicians
Aad put me in the spotlight. Thanks!
For the grandchild of George Sicherman. The dot means an intersection of two roads, so the four squares belong to
four not the same pentominoes.
"BEER" with additional conditions: Not a soft boiled egg ;-)
Additional
conditions: Who wants to make an omelet must first
break eggs.
Additional
conditions: We vroegen Aad om er twee te maken voor Bernard
(Weet je zijn familienaam?)
Solvers:
Aad made three puzzles for our other friend Aad (T hoen =
chicken)
In this exercise, a pentomino may only be used
once. For 'Kate Jones' of
Kadon Enterprises made Aad the next two pentominoes.
Aad made 2 puzzles for the turn of the year.
The year of the ox begins on February 21, 2021
Vereniging Nederlandse Verkeersvliegers
We received a nice puzzle from George:
here is a Belgian version! I thought the minimum was 2, but Aad refuted this with
the following example
Aad sent a nice example of a counting box
Neighbors 1
Neighbors 2
Neighbors
3
88731 (it is
a
prime number)
Neighbors
5
88321 (it is a
prime number)
Brenda
Additional
conditions: Our English-speaking participants will
also receive a flower.
Tulip
with
additional conditions: It is always party time with these puzzles. With 2 onions = UI in Dutch (joke)
To finish ( a Dutch puzzle to celebrate Pi Day oog = eye
=> EPILOOG)
The mathematicians are especially fond of the X Y and PI!
Solvers:
Aad van de Wetering - The Netherlands
Odette De Meulemeester - Belgium
Nico Looije - The Netherlands
George Sicherman -
USA
Solvers:
Aad van de Wetering - The Netherlands
Odette De Meulemeester - Belgium
Nico Looije - The Netherlands
Not easy, an O and a D. But pi is in it!
Nico: "These were quite difficult for the program"
Solvers:
Aad van de Wetering - The Netherlands
Odette De Meulemeester - Belgium
Nico Looije - The Netherlands
George Sicherman -
USA
I was slow like an ox!
Solvers:
Aad van de Wetering - The Netherlands
Odette De Meulemeester - Belgium
Nico Looije - The Netherlands
NOLAN
Solvers:
Aad van de Wetering - The Netherlands
Odette De Meulemeester - Belgium
George Sicherman - USA
Nico Looije - The Netherlands
Solvers:
Aad van de Wetering - The Netherlands
Odette De Meulemeester - Belgium
Nico Looije - The Netherlands
"ku=koe" Dutch for cow.
The dot means an intersection of two roads, so the
four squares belong to four not the same pentominoes.
Solvers:
Aad van de Wetering - The Netherlands
Odette De Meulemeester - Belgium
George Sicherman - USA
Nico Looije - The Netherlands
Solvers:
Aad van de Wetering - The Netherlands
Odette De Meulemeester - Belgium
Nico Looije - The Netherlands
George Sicherman - USA
For the weekend we got nice beers.
"Pint" is Dutch for "beer"
Solvers:
Aad van de Wetering - The Netherlands
Odette De Meulemeester - Belgium
Nico Looije - The Netherlands
Solvers:
Aad van de Wetering - The Netherlands
Odette De Meulemeester - Belgium
Nico Looije - The Netherlands
The same pentominoes may not touch each other diagonally.
Every pentomino must be used.
Solvers:
Aad van de Wetering - The Netherlands
Odette De Meulemeester - Belgium
Nico Looije - The Netherlands
Solvers:
Aad van de Wetering - The Netherlands
Odette De Meulemeester - Belgium
Nico Looije - The Netherlands
The same pentominoes may not touch each other diagonally.
Every pentomino must be used.
Solvers:
Aad van de Wetering - The Netherlands
Odette De Meulemeester - Belgium
Nico Looije - The Netherlands
Solvers:
Aad van de Wetering - The Netherlands
Odette De Meulemeester - Belgium
Nico Looije - The Netherlands
The same pentominoes may not touch each other diagonally.
Every pentomino must be used.
Solvers:
Aad van de Wetering - The Netherlands
Odette De Meulemeester - Belgium
Nico Looije - The Netherlands
Aad van de Wetering - The Netherlands
Odette De Meulemeester - Belgium
Nico Looije - The Netherlands
Ilse De Boeck -
Belgium
Matthijs Coster -
The Netherlands
Aad Thoen -
The Netherlands
Els Coussement -
Belgium
Solvers:
Aad van de Wetering - The Netherlands
Odette De Meulemeester - Belgium
Nico Looije - The Netherlands
Solvers:
Aad van de Wetering - The Netherlands
Odette De Meulemeester - Belgium
George Sicherman - USA
Nico Looije - The Netherlands
Aad Thoen - The Netherlands
Solvers:
Aad van de Wetering - The Netherlands
Odette De Meulemeester - Belgium
Nico Looije - The Netherlands
Aad Thoen -
The Netherlands
Solvers:
Aad van de Wetering - The Netherlands
Odette De Meulemeester - Belgium
Nico Looije - The Netherlands
Aad Thoen -
The Netherlands
A cat is in Dutch: 'Kat'
Solvers:
Aad van de Wetering - The Netherlands
Odette De Meulemeester - Belgium
George Sicherman -
- USA
Aad Thoen - The
Netherlands
Nico Looije - The Netherlands
Solvers:
Aad van de Wetering - The Netherlands
Odette De Meulemeester - Belgium
George Sicherman - USA
"It was nice of Aad to put all 12 pentominoes in
this one."
Aad Thoen - The
Netherlands
Nico Looije - The Netherlands
Solvers:
Aad van de Wetering - The Netherlands
Odette De Meulemeester - Belgium
Aad Thoen - The Netherlands
Nico Looije - The Netherlands
Els Coussement - Belgium
George Sicherman - USA
"2021 is much easier than 2020."
In the first, Aad placed "no dot" for multiplication.
The dot means an intersection of two roads, so the four squares belong to
four not the same pentominoes.
The special thing about 2021 is that it is formed by two following integers.
It becomes even more amazing when you consider that 2021 is the product of
two following primes.
2021 = 2000 + 21 = 40.50 + 3.7 = (45 - 5)(45 + 5) + (5 - 2)(5 + 2) = 45² -
2² = (45 - 2)(42 + 2) = 43.47
Solvers:
Aad van de Wetering - The Netherlands
Odette De Meulemeester - Belgium
Nico Looije - The Netherlands
Solvers:
Aad van de Wetering - The Netherlands
Odette De Meulemeester - Belgium
Aad Thoen -
The Netherlands
Nico Looije - The Netherlands
.
Solvers:
Aad van de Wetering - The Netherlands
Odette De Meulemeester - Belgium
Nico Looije - The Netherlands
Aad Thoen - The Netherlands
George Sicherman - USA
"The best Ox is LinOX!"
Solvers:
Aad van de Wetering - The Netherlands
Odette De Meulemeester - Belgium
George Sicherman - USA
Aad Thoen - The Netherlands
Solvers:
Aad van de Wetering - The Netherlands
Odette De Meulemeester - Belgium
Matthijs Coster -
The Netherlands
Aad Thoen - The Netherlands
Solvers:
Aad van de Wetering - The Netherlands
Odette De Meulemeester - Belgium
Matthijs Coster -
The Netherlands
Aad Thoen - The Netherlands
Solvers:
Aad van de Wetering - The Netherlands
Odette De Meulemeester - Belgium
Aad Thoen -
The Netherlands
Why does an American choose a beer of the Netherlands?
Solvers:
George Sicherman - USA
Aad van de Wetering - The Netherlands
Odette De Meulemeester - Belgium
Nico Looije - The Netherlands
In the following puzzles there will be an
option: number of different neighboring squares.
A neighbor is both orthogonal and diagonal. Maximum 8, minimum 1.
This is an 11x11 with a central counting box with a value of 8, using two
sets of pentominoes.
Solvers:
Aad van de Wetering - The Netherlands
Odette De Meulemeester - Belgium
Nico Looije - The Netherlands
Matthijs Coster -
The Netherlands
Solvers:
Aad van de Wetering - The Netherlands
Odette De Meulemeester - Belgium
Nico Looije - The Netherlands
Do you want some hints? Move the
mouse pointer over the problem.
Solvers:
Aad van de Wetering - The Netherlands
Odette De Meulemeester - Belgium
Nico Looije - The Netherlands
Solvers:
Aad van de Wetering - The Netherlands
Odette De Meulemeester - Belgium
Aad Thoen - The Netherlands
Nico Looije - The Netherlands
.Fill the grid with just one
pentomino set
Solvers:
Aad van de Wetering - The Netherlands
Odette De Meulemeester - Belgium ( Thanks to
FlatPoly)
Nico Looije - The Netherlands
Each pentomino is used at most twice.
Solvers:
Aad van de Wetering - The Netherlands
Nico Looije - The Netherlands
Solvers:
Aad van de Wetering - The Netherlands
Odette De Meulemeester - Belgium
All solvers deserve a flower.
"Tulips from Amsterdam"
TULP = Dutch for TULIP
Solvers:
Aad van de Wetering - The Netherlands
Odette De Meulemeester - Belgium
Nico Looije - The Netherlands
The same pentominoes may not touch each other diagonally.
Every pentomino must be used.
Solvers:
Aad van de Wetering - The Netherlands
Odette De Meulemeester - Belgium
Matthijs Coster - The Netherlands
Nico Looije - The Netherlands
Solvers:
Aad van de Wetering - The Netherlands
Odette De Meulemeester - Belgium
Nico Looije - The Netherlands
The same pentominoes may not touch each other diagonally.
Every pentomino must be used.
Solvers:
Aad van de Wetering - The Netherlands
Odette De Meulemeester - Belgium
Nico Looije - The Netherlands
Solvers:
Aad van de Wetering - The Netherlands
Odette De Meulemeester - Belgium
Nico Looije - The Netherlands
Solvers:
Aad van de Wetering - The Netherlands
Odette De Meulemeester - Belgium
Nico Looije - The Netherlands
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