Slow Squares

Printable hashiwokakero

Hashiwokakero — bridges, or simply hashi — is a map of islands, each numbered with the bridges it needs. Join them with straight lines, at most two between any pair, never crossing, until every island has its number and all of them connect.

Every day there is a new map in each of three sizes, dealt to everybody alike and solvable without a single guess. Pick a size, print the sheet, and take it wherever a screen would not go.

Today’s sheets

A4, black and white, one puzzle a sheet, with how to play on the last page. No sign-up, nothing to fill in.

A new set every day at midnight UTC.

Stuck on a sheet? How to solve hashiwokakero →

More than one at a time

Bridges: 200 Puzzles to Print, Easy to Hard

200 puzzles that start gentle and end hard · four to a page for printing, or one to a page for a tablet · A4 and US Letter in one purchase · answers in a separate file · every board also playable online

Etsy

Enter the code SLOWSQUARES at checkout for 25% off in our Etsy shop.

Stars, Tents, Bridges and Suguru: 200 Puzzles to Print, Easy to Medium

200 puzzles from four games · 160 gentle boards to start, then 40 of medium difficulty · four to a page (one of each game) for printing, or one to a page for a tablet · A4 and US Letter in one purchase · answers in a separate file · every board also playable online

Etsy

Enter the code SLOWSQUARES at checkout for 25% off in our Etsy shop.

The sheet above stays free, and so does the new one dealt every day.

How to play

Join the islands with bridges until each island has exactly as many as its number says.

Bridges run straight — across or down — never cross, and at most two can join the same pair of islands.

In the end all the islands must hang together in one connected group.

Tap between two islands to bridge them, or drag out from an island. Repeat for a double, once more to clear.

This 3 wants three bridges: a double to the 2, a single to the 1.

Solving techniques →

Questions people ask

Is it free?
Yes. The sheets, the boards on the site and the archive are free, without an account and without advertising. The PDFs are made once a day and anyone may download them.
How many puzzles are there a day?
One new board a day at each level — 7 × 7, 10 × 10, and 15 × 15 — the same for everybody, dealt at midnight UTC. Earlier days stay downloadable in the archive below.
Do I need to sign up?
No. Every sheet downloads without an account. An account only keeps your online plays and your streak in one place across your devices.
Does every puzzle have exactly one solution?
Yes. Every board is checked to have a single solution and to be solvable by reasoning alone — no guessing is ever needed. The solution is not printed; the sheet holds the puzzle and the rules.
May I hand the sheets out or use them in a classroom?
Yes — print, photocopy and hand them out as you like, for a class, a club or a waiting room. Only leave the credit line at the foot of the sheet where it is.

Earlier days

No timer. Leave and come back — it’s saved.

Play today’s hashiwokakero online