What is LinkedIn Patches?
Patches is one of LinkedIn's newer daily puzzles, and it is all about fitting shapes together. The grid has to be completely covered with coloured shapes, like patches on a quilt, so that there are no gaps and no overlaps. Clues on the board tell you about the shapes that belong there, and your job is to work out how the pieces divide up the space. It feels a little like a jigsaw puzzle combined with a logic puzzle: you start with the clear-cut areas and the rest of the board gradually falls into place. Like the other LinkedIn games, it is designed to be finished in a few minutes and can be played without signing in. It suits visual thinkers and anyone who enjoys tangram-style puzzles, packing problems or simply making things fit neatly together.
How to play
- Use the clues on the board to work out which shapes go where.
- Cover every square of the grid with a shape.
- Shapes may not overlap, and no square can be left empty.
