Extract words with clue numbers in a Crossword puzzle code-golf crossword Related: Read a crossword Task Given a completed Crossword puzzle, extract the words in it with their respective clue numbers, with "across" (horizontal) and "down" (vertical) words grouped and ordered like a real crossw...

Validate Blokus Board code-golfgriddecision-problem Blokus is a board game in which players take turns placing pieces on a \$ 20 \times 20 \$ square grid. More specifically, each player is given \$ 21 \$ unique polyominoes, ranging from \$ 1 \$ to \$ 5 \$ tiles each. The game progresses with the...

Introduction A double-castle number™ is a positive integer number that has a pattern of $$\underbrace{a\cdots a}_{m\text{ }a\text{s}}b\underbrace{a\cdots a}_{m\text{ }a\text{s}}b\underbrace{a\cdots a}_{m\text{ }a\text{s}}\underbrace{a\cdots a}_{n\text{ }a\text{s}}b\underbrace{a\cdots a}_{n\text{...

Background This challenge is in honor of apsillers, who won the Not as simple as it looks category in Best of PPCG 2016 with their challenge Can my 4-note music box play that song? Congratulations! On their "About Me" page, this user has a really neat simulator for the Game of Life cellular aut...

Overview The sharpness of a word is the sum of the sharpness of each of its letters, using the following rules: Sharp letters A, and V each have a sharpness of 1 N and Z each have a sharpness of 2 M and W each have a sharpness of 3 Dull letters C and U each have a sharpness of -1 S has a ...