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Place the nine colored tokens on
the 3x3 game grid in a pattern that matches the clues
given in each GridWorks challenge. |
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Clues |
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The clues allow you to place the 9
tokens on the game grid. Each clue is presented as a
symbol, or several symbols, located on a grid segment.
There are two types of clues: Positive Clues and
Negative Clues. |
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1. Positive clues illustrate a
pattern of symbols that WILL appear somewhere in
the solution. Positive clues are placed on a
light background color and are clearly titled on
each challenge. |
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2. Negative clues illustrate a
pattern of symbols that WILL NOT appear anywhere
in the solution. Negative clues are placed on a
blue background color and are clearly titled on
each challenge. |
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Clue Symbology |
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Token Symbols: These symbols
indicate a specific token shape and color. |
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Shape Symbols: These symbols
indicate a specific token shape, but not a specific
color. |
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Color Symbols: These symbols (any
grid cell filled with a color) indicate a specific
color, but not a specific shape. |
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Game Grid |
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GAME GRID
3x3 grid with 9 cells
CLUE
A clue illustrates relationships between tokens and
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The game grid is fixed: nine cells,
three rows by three columns.
The clues are presented as full or partial grid
sections which show where the tokens are placed. For
each clue, imagine that someone took a finished
solution, cut away some of the squares, removed some
of the tokens, and replaced some of them with the
corresponding shape or color symbols. You’re left
with an accurate but incomplete picture of how the
tokens relate to each other (and in the case of
negative clues, how they don’t relate to each
other).
The GridWorks challenge is to combine the partial
information found in each clue to solve the
challenge completely.
The next two pages provide examples of clues and how
to interpret them. |
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Solving GridWorks - In a
Nutshell |
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1. Each challenge has only one
solution.
2. The solution must satisfy all the clues.
• Positive Clues - Each positive clue pattern can be
discovered somewhere on the grid at least once.
• Negative Clues - Each negative clue pattern cannot be
discovered anywhere on the grid even once. |
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