Fill a 6×6 grid with suns and moons: three of each in every row and column, never three alike in a line, and the = and × signs say which neighbours match.
Rules
- Fill every square of the 6×6 grid with a sun or a moon.
- Every row and every column holds exactly three suns and three moons.
- No more than two of the same may sit next to each other in a row or column: never three in a line.
- An = sign between two squares means they are the same; a × means they are different.
- Tap a square once for a sun, twice for a moon, a third time to clear it. Squares that start filled are fixed.
A worked example
This example starts with twelve squares filled (shaded), two = signs and four × signs.
First, row 2, column 6 is a moon: row 2 already has three suns.
Next, row 6, column 3 is a sun: no three in a row.
Then, row 1, column 5 is a sun: no three in a row.
Each new square opens the next move. Keep going the same way and the grid fills without a single guess; the finished board is on the right.
Strategy tips
- Two alike side by side? The squares at both ends of the pair must be the other kind.
- A gap between two alike (sun, empty, sun) must be the other kind too.
- Once a row has three suns, every empty square left in it is a moon, and the other way round.
- Follow the signs from any filled square: an = copies it, a × flips it. Chains of signs can fill half a row at once.
- Stuck? Count what a row still needs. If it needs one more sun and has a × pair still empty, that pair takes the sun, so every other empty square in the row is a moon.
FAQ
Is this the LinkedIn Tango game?
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Does every puzzle have exactly one solution?
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Where are the LinkedIn Tango answers?
On the LinkedIn Tango answer page, updated every day, with hints first.