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#503Mon, May 18, 2026

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hard20 x 20
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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 #503

Nonogram #503 appeared on Mon, May 18, 2026 as hard difficulty on a 20x20 grid. Its solution fills 147 of 400 cells — 37% density, a fairly open picture where empty cells do a lot of the work. The clues break down into 56 runs across all rows and columns. The longest single run is 13 cells, in column 10, and the busiest line is row 13 with 3 separate runs to place. Like every daily here, it has exactly one solution reachable by logic alone.

Clues for puzzle #503

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.

Row clues (20 rows)
LineClue
11
22 3
39
410
510
610
710
811
98 3
107 4
116 3
126 2
131 3 2
141 2 2
154 6
164 4
173 3
183
193
201
Column clues (20 columns)
LineClue
11
22
34
43
52
61
73
88
910
1013
1111
1210
1311
146 4
157 8
168 5
1710 5
188
196
201