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Wolves & Sheep

A Slitherlink loop that fences the sheep in and the wolves out.

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How to play

  • Draw a single closed loop along the dotted lines.
  • A number says how many sides of its cell the loop runs along.
  • Every sheep ends up inside the loop and every wolf outside it.

The Animals (Sheep and Wolves)

Every sheep (🐑) must end up inside the closed fence, and every wolf (🐺) must remain outside.

330🐑🐺
✓ Correct The sheep is fenced safely inside the loop, and the wolf remains outside.
330🐑
✗ Wrong A sheep is left outside the fence. Every sheep must be inside the loop.
330🐺
✗ Wrong A wolf is trapped inside the fence. Every wolf must remain outside the loop.

The Loop and Numbers

Draw one continuous closed loop. A number tells how many of its four sides the loop runs along.

330🐑🐺
✓ Correct A single closed loop with no branches, passing along the exact number of sides shown by each clue.
330🐑🐺
✗ Wrong This number has the wrong count: the cell marked 3 only has 2 sides drawn around it.
330🐑🐺
✗ Wrong Branching lines: three lines meet at a dot. Lines cannot branch, cross, or leave dead ends.
A small Wolves & Sheep, solved.