#490 — Tue, May 5, 2026
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A free nonogram (picross) puzzle, fresh every day. Use the row and column number clues to fill in the correct cells.
About puzzle #490
Nonogram #490 appeared on Tue, May 5, 2026 as easy difficulty on a 10x10 grid. Its solution fills 37 of 100 cells — 37% density, a fairly open picture where empty cells do a lot of the work. The clues break down into 24 runs across all rows and columns. The longest single run is 8 cells, in row 4, and the busiest line is row 3 with 2 separate runs to place. Like every daily here, it has exactly one solution reachable by logic alone.
Clues for puzzle #490
Each clue lists the lengths of the filled runs in that line, in order, with at least one empty cell between runs. A clue of 0 means the line is empty.
| Line | Clue |
|---|---|
| 1 | 1 |
| 2 | 1 |
| 3 | 1 5 |
| 4 | 8 |
| 5 | 5 |
| 6 | 3 |
| 7 | 3 |
| 8 | 5 |
| 9 | 4 |
| 10 | 1 |
| Line | Clue |
|---|---|
| 1 | 1 |
| 2 | 1 |
| 3 | 4 |
| 4 | 2 1 |
| 5 | 6 |
| 6 | 1 7 |
| 7 | 8 |
| 8 | 2 2 |
| 9 | 1 |
| 10 | 1 |