Puzzle Variants

Ghosted puzzles come in several families and structural variants. If you’re not sure where to start, scroll to Quick Picks at the bottom.

Main Families

Ghosted Rooms

The classic experience. Divide the grid into rooms that match the allowed shapes. Rotations and mirrors are allowed. Numbers inside a room must all be different (or the room is empty).

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Ghosted Worms

A rooms variant where every room is a snake-like shape (“worm”). These puzzles often feel more constrained and pattern-driven.

• Worms – Max 1 Turn
  The most beginner-friendly Worms style. Browse Max 1 Turn
• Worms – Multi Turn
  More flexible worms, usually harder. Browse Multi Turn
• All Worms
  Browse all Worm puzzles

Ghosted Snakes

A longer version of Worm puzzles. The idea is the same — snake-like rooms — but the shapes are longer, which makes planning and spatial reasoning more important.

Snakes – Max 1 Turn
Each snake has length 10 and may bend at most once. These puzzles create long sweeping shapes across the grid.

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All Snakes
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Miniatures

Smaller puzzles (area under 36). Great for quick solving sessions. Small does not always mean easy.

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Structure Variants

These labels describe how the puzzle was generated or optimized. They influence difficulty and solving style.

Maximized

Every cell contains a number. More clues often make deductions easier and faster.

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Minimized

The puzzle has been reduced as much as possible while keeping a unique solution. If any more numbers were removed, uniqueness would be lost. These often feel cleaner and sometimes more challenging.

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Quick Picks

• New here? Start with Worms – Max 1 Turn.
• Want the classic experience? Try Ghosted Rooms.
• Want something short? Play Miniatures.
• Prefer dense clues? Choose Maximized.
• Prefer minimal clues? Choose Minimized.

You can always find the newest puzzles on the Daily Puzzles page.