What is the Nonogram answer for September 21, 2026?

The answer to Nonogram puzzle #49 is Pencil.

Can I still play the Nonogram puzzle from September 21, 2026?

Yes. Every puzzle stays playable in the archive, so you can open puzzle #49 and solve it yourself at any time.

What do the numbers on a nonogram actually mean?

Each number is the length of one unbroken run of shaded squares in that row or column, listed in order from left to right or top to bottom. Consecutive runs must be separated by at least one blank square, but the puzzle never tells you how big the gaps are.

Does every nonogram here have a single solution?

Yes. Each picture in the library was fed back through a counting solver that stops at the second solution. Anything ambiguous was redrawn until it was unique, so no guessing is ever required.

What size is the daily grid?

Ten squares by ten, one hundred cells in total. That is large enough for a real picture and small enough to finish in about ten minutes once you know the techniques.

Monday, September 21, 2026 · Puzzle #49

Nonogram hints and answer for September 21, 2026

The hints run vaguest to plainest — take the smallest one that unsticks you. Not played it yet? Start puzzle #49, about 10 minutes.

Play puzzle #49 How Nonogram works

At a glance

Nonogram #49 in brief

A 10x10 grid: 33 of its 100 squares end up shaded, so a little under 33% of the picture is ink.
Row clues, top to bottom: 4 / 4 / 1 1 / 4 / 4 / 4 / 4 / 4 / 2 / 1.
Column clues, left to right: 0 / 0 / 0 / 8 / 2 6 / 2 7 / 8 / 0 / 0 / 0.
11 of the twenty clue strips carry a single unbroken run, and the busiest line breaks into 2. Start with the single-run lines — they settle without any cross-referencing.

Step by step

Nonogram hints

Each hint reveals a little more than the last. Open only as many as you need.

Hint 1
Hint 2
Hint 3
Hint 4 — the big one

Spoiler

Nonogram answer

Last chance to go back and try a hint instead.

Full solution

The other nine answers

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