Authors: Brandy Buckingham, Jason Juang, Dan Katz, and Erin Rhode
Original concept: Brandy Buckingham
Solve each logic puzzle. For each given number that is on a mushroom, you must either add 1 to or subtract 1 from the clue, as instructed.
There is also a tiny, tiny letter hidden on each mushroom. "Grow" the mushrooms by zooming in. The mushroom letters in each puzzle spell a member of a group that can be ordered by size. For each +1 mushroom, move one position up (larger) in the size ordering, and for each -1 mushroom, move one position down (smaller).
Read the first letters of the resulting items to find the answer, SLUGGISH.
Puzzle | Category | Mushroom letters spell | +1's | -1's | New member of category |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Skyscrapers | Skyscrapers, by height | JIN MAO | +0 | -6 | SHUN HING SQUARE |
Nurikabe | Elements, by atomic mass | NITROGEN | +2 | -6 | LITHIUM |
Hashi | Planets, by volume | VENUS | +4 | -1 | URANUS |
Heyawake | SI prefixes, by bigness | GIGA | +2 | -2 | GIGA |
Corral | Countries, by total area | MALAYSIA | +6 | -2 | GERMANY |
Fillomino | U.S. States, by total area | FLORIDA | +2 | -5 | ILLINOIS |
Hitori | Starbucks drink sizes, by volume | VENTI | +1 | -4 | SHORT |
Slitherlink | Boxing weight classes, by weight | WELTER | +6 | -0 | HEAVY |
Solutions to each puzzle:
Skyscrapers
Author: Dan Katz
Nurikabe
Author: Brandy Buckingham
Hashi
Author: Jason Juang
Heyawake
Author: Brandy Buckingham
Corral
Author: Jason Juang
Fillomino
Author: Dan Katz
Hitori
Author: Dan Katz
Slitherlink
Author: Erin Rhode