Home › Words › M › masyumasyumasyu · noun — A logic puzzle in which the player must link circles on a rectangular grid so as to form a continuous loop that passes once through every circle.Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).EtymologyJapanese, from a misreading of 真珠 (shinju, “pearl”) (the game was originally called 真珠の首飾り (shinju no kubikazari, “Pearl Necklace”)).nounA logic puzzle in which the player must link circles on a rectangular grid so as to form a continuous loop that passes once through every circle.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.nurikabe 58% match — A Japanese logic puzzle with a rectangular grid of squares, some of them numbered; the solver is challenged to fill in a subset of squares (under certain constraints) such that each numbered square finally indicates the number of unfilled squares contiguous to it. vs masyu →maze 56% match — A labyrinth; a puzzle consisting of a complicated network of paths or passages, the aim of which is to find one's way through. vs masyu →diagramless 51% match — Having a blank grid, so that the solver must determine the positions of the black (non-lettered) squares as well as the answers to the clues. vs masyu →kakuro 50% match — A type of number puzzle, similar to a crossword but with numbers. Each "clue" is the sum of the digits to be placed in its group of squares, and no digit can be repeated within a group. vs masyu →hanjie 49% match — A puzzle in which cells of a grid must be filled or left blank, according to sets of numbers given at the side of the grid, to reveal a hidden picture. vs masyu →picross 48% match — A puzzle in which cells of a grid must be filled or left blank, according to sets of numbers given at the side of the grid, to reveal a hidden picture. vs masyu →hidoku 48% match — a puzzle where a diagram is filled with numbers between 1 and the number of cells of the diagram, each number is used exactly once, and consecutive numbers must be orthogonally or diagonally adjacent. vs masyu →sudoku 47% match — A type of pencil puzzle played on a square grid, requiring each of the columns, each of the rows, and each of the subregions (called "boxes" or "regions") to contain the lowest whole numbers up to the dimension of the puzzle, usually 1 to 9, once each. The subregions are rectangular or square except in variants. vs masyu →