Loop the Loop (Times of India)
Rate itDraw one closed loop around a small grid so each number shows how many of its sides the loop uses.
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Loop the Loop is the Times of India's daily slitherlink puzzle. You join neighbouring dots into one continuous loop, and every numbered square must have exactly that many of its edges on the loop. Today's grid is small, with a timer, an optional auto check and a streak for daily play.
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 TOI Games page for the puzzle also keeps a streak, a list of earlier puzzles to practise on and a leaderboard ranked by solving time.
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.
The board fits a phone screen as well as a desktop one: on a phone the rules move behind a How to Play link under the grid. The game sits inside the Times of India website, which carries advertising around its pages.
How to play Loop the Loop (Times of India)
- Open today's Loop the Loop on TOI Games.
- Click between two neighbouring dots to draw a line.
- Mark edges that cannot be part of the loop with a cross.
- Make each numbered square touch the loop on exactly that many sides.
- Close everything into one loop and press Submit.
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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.
Questions
Is Loop the Loop a daily puzzle?
Yes. TOI Games posts one grid each day as Today's Loop-the-Loop Puzzle.
What is the auto check?
A switch that colours correct lines green and wrong lines red while you play.
Is it free?
Yes, it is free on the Times of India website, which carries ads.
What kind of puzzle is it?
A slitherlink: draw one loop through the dots so each number matches the count of its sides on the loop.
Can I play earlier puzzles?
The TOI Games page for Loop the Loop says you can go back to puzzles from previous days, and it offers more puzzles to practise on.
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