Nonograms

Play Nonograms online

Play Nonograms online free. Solve 90 picture logic puzzles with row and column clues, empty marks, Undo, Redo, logical hints and three grid sizes. The collection has 30 puzzles per grid size. Pick a small picture for a short session or use a larger grid when you want more row and column deductions.

This is a single-player picture logic game. Clues describe the picture; the numbers are not values to enter into Sudoku cells. Take your time: the clock records your solve, while Pause stops it when you need a break.

How to read nonogram clues

Read each line’s clues in order. A single 3 means one uninterrupted group of three filled squares. Two clues such as 2, 1 mean a two-square group, at least one empty square, then a one-square group. The rest of the line can contain additional empty spaces.

For a five-square row with clues 2, 2, the groups and their required gap use every square: fill the first two, mark the middle empty, then fill the final two. For clue 3 in a five-square row, every possible placement covers the middle square, so that square is a safe first deduction.

Use rows, columns and empty marks together

A filled square contributes to both its row and column. Compare the two sets of clues before expanding a group. After locating every filled group on one line, mark the remaining spaces with × to keep track of what you have ruled out.

Fill and × Mark are separate tools, and Erase returns a square to unknown. Dragging paints one stroke using the selected tool; Undo reverses that whole stroke, while Redo puts it back. Keyboard players on desktop can move with the arrow keys and use Space, X, E, Z and Y. On touch screens, choose a tool and tap or drag across the grid.

Logical hints and checking mistakes

Hint examines legal placements using your current marks. When every valid arrangement agrees about a square, it explains that forced filled or empty step. You can apply it or close the explanation and continue yourself. If marks conflict, the hint can tell you which line needs another look.

Check highlights filled squares that should be empty and × marks on solution squares. It does not erase your work. Each use is counted in the completion summary, and you can undo or erase the relevant marks. The game does not replace its clue system with a guessing or lives mode.

Choose a 5x5, 10x10 or 15x15 picture puzzle

Nonograms contains 90 saved picture puzzles, with 30 at each of 5x5, 10x10 and 15x15. The current published puzzle IDs and solutions are retained in this maintained version, so an existing puzzle checkpoint still points to the same picture.

Use the grid-size buttons and numbered puzzle picker to choose where to start. Larger boards offer Fit and zoom controls, with Move available once zoomed in. To finish a picture, fill all and only its solution squares; you do not have to cross every empty square.

Continue your puzzle and keep your collection

Picture complete shows the picture name, elapsed time and counts of hints and checks. Next puzzle opens the next entry in that size’s 30-puzzle collection. Completed entries are tracked across the collection, and Continue saved puzzle returns to the one current checkpoint.

Guest progress is stored in this browser. Signed-in supported FoolFish sessions can keep an account save across devices; if a different device has changed that save, choose whether to keep this game or load cloud progress. Restart confirms before replacing the current board and its undo history.

When to choose Fish Nonogram

Compare Fish Nonogram with this edition: Nonograms offers its larger picture bank and regular solving tools. Fish Nonogram emphasizes compact rounds with a three-mistake budget and no ink refund for erasing or Undo.