Loop the Loop (Times of India)

About Loop the Loop (Times of India)

Loop the Loop is one of the puzzles in TOI Games, the games section of The Times of India website. It is a slitherlink, a classic Japanese pencil puzzle: a grid of dots with numbers in some of the squares between them.

You draw lines between neighbouring dots to make a single closed loop with no branches, loose ends or second loops. A number in a square tells you how many of its four sides belong to the loop, so a 0 has none and a 3 has three. Empty squares can have any number of sides used. You can mark edges you know are empty with a cross.

There is one puzzle a day, labelled Today's Loop-the-Loop Puzzle. A timer runs while you play and can be paused, and an Auto Check switch colours correct lines green and wrong ones red as you go. When the loop is finished you press Submit.

The grids are small, which makes it a good first slitherlink for people who have not tried the genre. The page explains every rule with pictures next to the board.

How to play Loop the Loop (Times of India)

1. Open today's Loop the Loop on TOI Games.
2. Click between two neighbouring dots to draw a line.
3. Mark edges that cannot be part of the loop with a cross.
4. Make each numbered square touch the loop on exactly that many sides.
5. Close everything into one loop and press Submit.

Tips

• Start with the zeros: cross out all four of their sides.
• A 3 next to a 0 fixes several lines at once, so look for that pair early.
• Every dot on the loop has exactly two lines; a dot with one line must continue.

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