Is this nonogram solveable?

July 8, 2023 6:24 AM

I got a book of "nonograms for little kids" and one of the first ones is this, which I"m pretty sure is not solveable and if it is, seems like it would be hard for a little kid. Am I missing some easy way to solve this.
posted by If only I had a penguin... to Grab Bag (4 answers total)

I certainly found a selection that fit the criteria. Didn’t make a nice picture, but I only tried the one option. From the title, I assume it’s supposed to look like the Big Dipper constellation, with (counting from the clues) seven stars? The difficulty seems to be that it’s not uniquely solvable.
posted by eviemath at 6:48 AM on July 8, 2023 [1 favorite]

Best answer: There are nonogram solvers available and I used this one. It says multiple solutions.
posted by soelo at 7:21 AM on July 8, 2023

Response by poster: So no, it's not solveable. A nonogram should have only one possible configuration that can be deduced from the clues given. Well that's super annoying.
posted by If only I had a penguin... at 8:09 AM on July 8, 2023 [4 favorites]

Solvable means that at least one solution exists, not that the solution is unique. A no -unique solution for something like this is annoying though, yes.
posted by eviemath at 11:03 PM on July 8, 2023 [1 favorite]