Slow Squares

Binario Signs

Filled and hollow squares in equal measure — and = and × signs between them.

Binario Signs is a board of filled and hollow squares: every row and every column holds as many of one as of the other, and nowhere three alike stand side by side. Between some cells stands a sign — an = says both hold the same, an × that they differ. A few marks are given; the rest is the puzzle. Here a tap walks a cell from empty to a hollow square to a filled one and back, and the board tells you only what your own marks already say: three alike in a row, a mark its line has too many of and a sign its two cells quarrel with take a reddish wash. No hints, and nothing that checks you against the answer.

A new board every day — 6 × 6, 8 × 8, 10 × 10, and 12 × 12 — the same for everybody, each with a single solution that reasoning alone reaches. No timer and no account needed: a board left half-done waits for you until the day turns, at midnight UTC.

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How to play

Put a filled or a hollow square in every empty cell so that each row and each column holds as many of one as of the other.

Never three alike side by side — not in a row, not in a column.

An = between two cells says they hold the same; an × says they do not.

Tap a cell for a hollow square, tap again for a filled one, once more to clear it.

Shown in red: three of the same kind side by side, squares a row or column has too many of, and two cells that disagree with the sign between them.

Example: a solved 6 × 6 board.

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