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Beautiful variations: ChooChooLoops

Here are some special solutions found by Yonah Borns-Weil, whose homeschool library includes a large supply of our gamepuzzles. Check these out, from left to right: a) the quads form a single snake, with 4 O's in the corners; b) a diagonal row of 5 O's; c) maximum color separation; d) 5 loops and full symmetry.

Yonah's connected quads, 4 corner O's Yonah's 5 O's in a row

Yonah's maximum color separation Yonah's 5-loop symmetry

Our favorite 12 shapes of five units joined can all be modeled as loops that enclose 5 islands in different ways. Here are the loops. Solutions we leave for the puzzlers to find, using all the pieces.

'5 islands enclosed, ILUZTV
'5 islands enclosed, NFWXPY

A most extreme challenge was to have all colors symmetrical and no open path ends. If you find a solution like this, email it to us to add to this gallery: ChooChooLoops solution

All colors symmetrical and no open ends (solved by Kate Jones)

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