The Patches Game puzzle for November 8, 2026 is a 8 × 8 hard board split into 14 patches, from 2 to 10 cells; the largest is 2 × 5.
Its clues: 2 Wide, 2 Tall and 10 Freeform. 10 show a number (Freeform 2, Wide 3, Freeform 3, Freeform 9, Freeform 3, Freeform 6, Freeform 7, Freeform 6, Wide 2 and Freeform 3); the other 4 show only a shape (2 Tall and 2 Freeform), so you work out those sizes from the grid.
Area budget: the numbered patches cover 44 of the 64 cells, which leaves 20 for the 4 shape-only clues.
Starting hint: no clue is forced at the start, so first look for cells only one clue can reach; after that, the numbered Freeform clue toward the bottom-left corner is the first forced placement, a 3 × 2 patch.
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Puzzle details
- Grid: 8 × 8
- Difficulty: Hard
- Patches: 14 (2 wide, 2 tall, 10 freeform)
- Numbered clues: 10 of 14
- Patch sizes: 2, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 5, 6, 6, 7, 9, 10 cells
- Board ID:
8H-d2-0049(this site's own daily, the same for everyone who opens this date)