Hence

About Hence

Hence gives you two boards every day, a 4x4 and a 6x6, and everyone in the world gets the same pair. Each row of the board holds one kind of picture, such as monsters, hats, sweets or vehicles, and every picture in a row belongs in exactly one column. Your job is to find which.

The clues are small groups of picture tiles. Tiles stacked on top of each other talk about columns: these two share a column, all three share one, or the top one goes with one of the other two but not both. Tiles side by side talk about positions: one is somewhere left of another, one sits between two others, or two are next to each other. A red cross turns any clue into its opposite.

Each square starts with all of its row's pictures in small. You tap a square, rule pictures out, and place the one that is left. Every board can be solved by logic alone, and an optional setting refuses a move that contradicts the solution, while turning it off leaves the check until the board is full. A Hint button shows a next step if you are stuck.

Puzzles start easy on Monday and build through the week. A finished board earns a medal: a gold crown for a flawless solve, a silver viking helmet if you made mistakes, a bronze cowboy hat if you used hints. Your streak, flawless solves and best times are kept in your browser, and you can share your time with a picture of your solve trail.

A tutorial runs the first time you play, and a one-minute video covers the same ground.

How to play Hence

1. Open hencegame.com and choose the 4x4 or the 6x6 for today.
2. Read the clues: stacked tiles are about columns, tiles side by side are about positions, and a red cross means the opposite.
3. Tap a square to open it, tap a picture to rule it out, and tap the tick under a picture to place it.
4. Keep ruling pictures out until every square holds one picture; use Hint if you are stuck.
5. Share your time and try the other board.

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Tips

• Start with a three-across clue: its middle tile cannot be in either edge column.
• An arrow clue means the left tile cannot be in the far right column and the right tile cannot be in the far left.
• Tap a clue you have used up to fade it so the rest stand out.
• When a square is down to two pictures, check both against every clue you have not faded.

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