Printable Masyu puzzles
At PuzzleAndBrains.com we have 120 printable Masyu Cirles logic puzzles for you. We offer Masyu printables in many formats that will boost your IQ skills. The rules of Masyu are at the bottom of this page.
These are our printable 12 by 15 Hard Masyu puzzles, to train your basic IQ and logic skills.
Like our logic puzzles for kids? Here are our other printable Masyu Circles puzzles categories.
The Basic Rules of Masyu Circles
1. All circles must be connected by a continuous loop
As you can see in the example on the left all circles are connected by a loop, path or line. The loop is continuous and has no branches. The loop has no apparent start or finish point and connects all white and dark circle once. This makes Masyu a very challenging logic puzzles that will tease your brains.
2. The loop passes through the circles horizontaly or vertically
The continuous loop that connects all circles may only pass through circles and cells horizontally or vertically. Diagonal connections are not allowed unfortunately. An occasional shortcut, how much we would like to, is not allowed by the inventors of the Masyu logic puzzle.
3. The loop may not cross itself
In this Masyu puzzle we have deliberately made an error. The loop crossed itself and also this is not allowed. The loop that connects all white and dark circles needs to be both continuous and single! Use your problem solving skills to prevent the loop to become a maze of intertwining lines
4. White circles must be straight passed through, but turn in the previous or next cell
White circles must be passed through in a straight line (in contrast to the dark circles), but you must take a 90 degree turn in the cell right before it or just after it. The example on the left shows you how that could be done. The solution to these logic puzzles may seem hard and difficult, but after completing a couple of them, you'll get hooked on them!
5. The loop turns 90° in dark circles, but go straight through the next or previous cell
When the loop goes through a dark circle you must make a 90 degree turn in the circle itself. After the turn you must go
straight through at least one empty cell or through a white circle. In the example on the left you can see that the loop
turns the right in the dark cell and that the dark cell is the turning point for the white cell under it (rule 4).
A couple of good reasons to solve Masyu puzzles
Masyu is not just a puzzle, a way to kill time, or kill boredom, no they are a way of life for some puzzle addicts. The puzzles are of course great for your mind and soul. Here a couple of good reasons to print and solve our puzzles:
1. Abstract Thinking Skills
By solving problems people enhance deductive reasoning skills necessary to find different ways to complete a puzzle. This adaptive thinking, adapting to different situations is a useful skill that doesn't only benefit you while solving Killer puzzles, but also come in handy in your work or study situation.
2. Train your brain
Keep your brain active is a statement more and more physicians will make. Not only do we need to take care of our bodies by eating healthy or going for a spin, but we also have to take care of our operating systems 'the brain'. Keeping your brain active will benefit you later in life and one of the best ways to keep your brain active is printing and solving our puzzles. Or other puzzles.
3. Visual intelligence
Masyu is a visual or spatial logic puzzle that will enhance your visual intelligence. Just as with numbers, it boosts your pattern recognizing skills. Problem solving starts with pattern recognition and
As you can see in the example on the left all circles are connected by a loop, path or line. The loop is continuous and has no branches. The loop has no apparent start or finish point and connects all white and dark circle once. This makes Masyu a very challenging logic puzzles that will tease your brains.
The grids are divided in cells, either 9 by 9 or 12 by 15.
2. The loop passes through the circles horizontaly or vertically
The continuous loop that connects all circles may only pass through circles and cells horizontally or vertically. Diagonal connections are not allowed unfortunately. An occasional shortcut, how much we would like to, is not allowed by the inventors of the Masyu logic puzzle.
3. The loop may not cross itself
In this Masyu puzzle we have deliberately made an error. The loop crossed itself and also this is not allowed. The loop that connects all white and dark circles needs to be both continuous and single! Use your problem solving skills to prevent the loop to become a maze of intertwining lines
4. White circles must be straight passed through, but turn in the previous or next cell
White circles must be passed through in a straight line (in contrast to the dark circles), but you must take a 90 degree turn in the cell right before it or just after it. The example on the left shows you how that could be done. The solution to these logic puzzles may seem hard and difficult, but after completing a couple of them, you'll get hooked on them!
5. The loop turns 90° in dark circles, but go straight through the next or previous cell
When the loop goes through a dark circle you must make a 90 degree turn in the circle itself. After the turn you must go
straight through at least one empty cell or through a white circle. In the example on the left you can see that the loop
turns the right in the dark cell and that the dark cell is the turning point for the white cell under it (rule 4).
A couple of good reasons to solve Masyu puzzles
Masyu is not just a puzzle, a way to kill time, or kill boredom, no they are a way of life for some puzzle addicts. The puzzles are of course great for your mind and soul. Here a couple of good reasons to print and solve our puzzles:
1. Abstract Thinking Skills
By solving problems people enhance deductive reasoning skills necessary to find different ways to complete a puzzle. This adaptive thinking, adapting to different situations is a useful skill that doesn't only benefit you while solving Killer puzzles, but also come in handy in your work or study situation.
2. Train your brain
Keep your brain active is a statement more and more physicians will make. Not only do we need to take care of our bodies by eating healthy or going for a spin, but we also have to take care of our operating systems 'the brain'. Keeping your brain active will benefit you later in life and one of the best ways to keep your brain active is printing and solving our puzzles. Or other puzzles.
3. Visual intelligence
Masyu is a visual or spatial logic puzzle that will enhance your visual intelligence. Just as with numbers, it boosts your pattern recognizing skills. Problem solving starts with pattern recognition and
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