"nurikabe" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: From Japanese ぬりかべ (nurikabe, “an invisible wall in Japanese folklore that blocks roads and delays travel on foot”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|ja|ぬりかべ||an invisible wall in Japanese folklore that blocks roads and delays travel on foot|tr=nurikabe}} Japanese ぬりかべ (nurikabe, “an invisible wall in Japanese folklore that blocks roads and delays travel on foot”) Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} nurikabe (uncountable)
  1. (games, puzzles) A Japanese logic puzzle with a rectangular grid of squares, some of them numbered; the solver is challenged to fill in a subset of squares (under certain constraints) such that each numbered square finally indicates the number of unfilled squares contiguous to it. Wikipedia link: nurikabe Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Games
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