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Featured Puzzle: Candy Box

ByJacob Valdez
  • Retrograde Battleships as a box of Candy

Everyone loves candy, so you picked up a box as a gift. The problem is, they only want a specific set of pieces, and none of them can touch each other, even diagonally. Can you figure out what you need to remove, leaving only the candy that fits their preference? Here’s what they want:

  • 1 x Length 5, 1 x Length 4, 3 x Length 3, 4 x Length 2, 6 x Single Cell

This is a themed Retrograde Battleships puzzle. Learn to solve them with our Solving Guide.

Want to try it online? Click here!

  • Candy Box Solution

Yummy! At least you got to eat the candy they didn’t want.The locations were:

  • Candy Length 5 (Fruttinuts): Row 3, Columns 1-5
  • Candy Length 4 (Cocominty Ecstasy): Row 6, Columns 2-5
  • Candy Length 3 (Cranberry Yums): Row 8, Columns 2-4; Column 6, Rows 8-10; and Column 9, Rows 2-4
  • Candy Length 2 (Tangy Toffee): Row 1, Columns 2-3; Row 10, Columns 3-4; Column 7, Rows 3-4; and Column 10, Rows 6-7
  • Singles (Plain ol’ Peppermint): Row 1, Columns 5 and 7; Row 6, Column 8; Row 9, Columns 8 and 10; and Row 10, Column 1

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