Picross – Free Daily Picross / Nonogram Puzzle

About Daily Picross

Picross is a picture logic puzzle: number clues beside each row and above each column tell you which cells to fill, and the filled cells form an image. This site focuses on free picross you can play in the browser—one shared daily picross puzzle, plus unlimited practice grids in multiple sizes. You may also know the same genre as nonogram, griddler or hanjie; the rules match even when the name on the box differs.

Every day we publish a fresh 10×10 picross board generated from the date. Anyone who opens the daily picross on that calendar day gets the same picture and can compare clear times. If you want more, Mini 5×5 picross grids are ideal while you learn the clue notation, standard 10×10 picross is the everyday workout, and 15×15 picross stretches a longer evening session.

Before a puzzle appears, an automated line solver works through it the way a careful human would—one row or column at a time. A picross grid is only kept if that logic finishes the whole picture without guessing. That means every puzzle here has a unique solution and never requires a coin-flip mark.

Clues list contiguous blocks of filled cells. For example, "3 1" means a block of three, then at least one empty cell, then a single filled cell, in that order. Empty cells are just as important as filled ones; marking confirmed empties is how you force the next line to resolve. Cross-checking a row against its column partners is the heart of picross strategy.

Pictures on this site lean abstract and often symmetrical. Part of the fun of picross is watching a shape emerge only after enough lines lock in. There are no timers forcing mistakes on the daily picross unless you treat your own clock as a challenge, and you can pause anytime.

Play on phone or desktop: tap or drag to fill, switch to mark empty cells, and use undo when a line goes wrong. Progress for the daily picross and your practice stats stay in local storage. When you finish, try another picross size or explore related logic games linked from the sidebar.

How to Play Daily Picross

Read a clue such as "3 1": a block of three filled cells, a gap of at least one empty cell, then a single filled cell, in order.
Choose Fill and tap or drag across cells you are sure belong to a block.
Choose Mark (empty) for cells you know must stay blank—these marks are essential to finishing a picross grid.
Alternate between rows and columns; each solved line reveals information for its crossing lines.
Clear the whole board to finish. On the daily picross you can copy a spoiler-free time summary to share.

Picross Basics

Picross teaches patience more than speed. Start with lines whose clues nearly fill the entire width or height—those often place themselves.

When a clue has several blocks, remember the mandatory gaps between them. Those forced blanks are as useful as filled cells.

If two placements seem possible, look at the crossing clue before guessing. True picross never needs a fifty-fifty guess on our boards.

Daily Picross and Practice Sizes

The daily picross is always 10×10 and identical for every player that day. It is the best mode for friendly competition.

Mini picross (5×5) builds confidence with short clue lists. Step up to 10×10 picross when scanning multiple blocks feels natural.

Large 15×15 picross puzzles take longer and reward neat empty-marking habits. Zoom or fullscreen helps on smaller phones.

Logic Rules We Enforce

Filled blocks in a line appear in the order listed by the clue.
At least one empty cell separates neighboring blocks in the same line.
Every puzzle published here is solvable by successive line logic without branching guesses.
You may mark empties explicitly; clearing a mistake with undo does not penalize you.

Strategy Checklist

Shade the simple lines first, then revisit stubborn rows after columns change.

Count remaining free cells frequently; edge logic often completes a nearly finished picross line.

Keep empty marks tidy—visual noise is the usual cause of a wrong fill late in a puzzle.

If you stall, pick a line with the largest clue numbers; big blocks constrain more cells.

Why Play Picross Here

No download, no account wall, and a new daily picross waiting each morning.

Practice modes let you warm up on mini picross before tackling a tougher nonogram-style grid.

Because solutions are unique, you can trust that careful logic—not luck—finishes the picture.

Daily Picross Tips & Tricks

Begin with clues that equal the full line length—those rows or columns fill completely.
Mark empties early; future you will thank present you when scanning a busy picross grid.
After filling a block, immediately mark the cells that must stay empty beside it.
Use the daily picross as a short ritual, then stretch with a 15×15 when you have more time.
If two blocks could shift, look for a column that only works with one of the placements.
Fullscreen mode reduces accidental taps on mobile browsers.
Take a breath before late-game fills; most picross errors happen in the last twenty percent of cells.