Yin-Yang

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How to play

  1. Black cells form one connected area, and so do white cells.
  2. No 2×2 square may be one colour.
  3. Dotted cells keep their colour and never change.

Controls

Pick Black, White or Clear, then tap a cell. Keyboard: arrows move, 1 black, 0 or 2 white, Delete or Backspace clears, H hint, U undo.

About this game

A 30-level campaign on 5×5 to 9×9 boards, plus a daily puzzle. Each colour forms one connected area, no 2×2 square is one colour, and each level has one solution.

  • 5–9 min
  • Single player
Levels
30, 5×5 to 9×9
Solution
Unique, solver-checked
Help
Hint, undo

Strategy and tips

Four steps from your first game of Yin-Yang to expert play.

  1. First game

    Three cells of one colour in a 2×2 square force the fourth to be the other colour, because four of one colour is forbidden.

  2. Getting better

    An open cell that is the only link between two pieces of one colour must take that colour, or the pieces split apart.

  3. Confident

    Before you paint a cell, check that the other colour still forms one piece, and that no 2×2 square turns solid.

  4. Expert

    Work outward from the dotted cells. Each placed colour narrows the choices for the cells around it.

Common mistake Painting a cell only because it looks like a gap. A wrong move is not applied and counts as a mistake; five end the attempt.