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Place light bulbs to illuminate every white cell without any two shining on each other.

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How to play

  • Place light bulbs in white cells to illuminate the entire grid.
  • Each bulb shines light horizontally and vertically until blocked by a black cell or the grid edge.
  • No two bulbs may shine on each other (they cannot share a row or column without a black cell between them).
  • A number on a black cell shows how many bulbs must be placed in orthogonally adjacent white cells.
  • Unnumbered black cells can have any number of adjacent bulbs.

Illumination & Light Rays

Each light bulb shines light horizontally and vertically until blocked by a black cell or the grid edge. Every white cell must be illuminated.

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✓ Correct Every white cell is illuminated by at least one bulb. Light rays pass through empty cells and stop at black walls.
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✗ Wrong Unlit cell: the white cell at (2, 0) is not reached by any light bulb. All white cells must be lit.
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✗ Wrong Bulb on a black wall: light bulbs may only be placed in white cells, never on black cells.

No Mutual Illumination (Bulb Conflicts)

No two light bulbs may shine on each other. Two bulbs cannot share a row or column unless there is a black wall between them.

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✓ Correct Allowed: two bulbs share column 2, but the black wall between them blocks their light so they do not shine on each other.
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✗ Wrong Row clash: two bulbs in the top row shine directly on each other with no black wall between them. This is not allowed.
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✗ Wrong Column clash: two bulbs in the first column shine directly on each other without an intervening wall.

Numbered Black Cells

A number on a black cell indicates the exact count of light bulbs in its orthogonally adjacent white cells. Unnumbered black cells have no count restriction.

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✓ Correct The black cell marked 2 has exactly two orthogonally adjacent bulbs placed beside it.
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✗ Wrong Too many bulbs: the cell marked 2 has 3 adjacent bulbs. The count must match the clue exactly.
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✗ Wrong Not enough bulbs: the cell marked 2 has only 1 adjacent bulb.
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