#498 — Wed, May 13, 2026
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About puzzle #498
Nonogram #498 appeared on Wed, May 13, 2026 as hard difficulty on a 20x20 grid. Its solution fills 157 of 400 cells — 39% density, a fairly open picture where empty cells do a lot of the work. The clues break down into 68 runs across all rows and columns. The longest single run is 13 cells, in row 3, and the busiest line is row 16 with 3 separate runs to place. Like every daily here, it has exactly one solution reachable by logic alone.
Clues for puzzle #498
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 | 2 |
| 2 | 6 3 |
| 3 | 13 |
| 4 | 12 |
| 5 | 11 |
| 6 | 7 2 |
| 7 | 6 1 |
| 8 | 5 3 |
| 9 | 4 5 |
| 10 | 4 5 |
| 11 | 4 3 |
| 12 | 5 |
| 13 | 5 |
| 14 | 6 2 |
| 15 | 3 3 |
| 16 | 1 2 3 |
| 17 | 4 4 |
| 18 | 12 |
| 19 | 9 |
| 20 | 2 |
| Line | Clue |
|---|---|
| 1 | 1 |
| 2 | 1 |
| 3 | 7 3 |
| 4 | 8 4 |
| 5 | 9 4 |
| 6 | 13 |
| 7 | 12 |
| 8 | 6 3 |
| 9 | 4 2 2 |
| 10 | 3 4 |
| 11 | 3 2 4 |
| 12 | 4 4 3 |
| 13 | 10 2 |
| 14 | 4 4 2 |
| 15 | 3 2 4 |
| 16 | 6 |
| 17 | 6 |
| 18 | 6 |
| 19 | 1 |
| 20 | 1 |