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Free printable Binairo with answers

Binairo, also called Takuzu or a binary puzzle, is a grid you fill with 0s and 1s. No three of the same digit may sit together in a line, each row and column holds as many 0s as 1s, and no two rows and no two columns match. Every puzzle here is proved to solve by logic alone, with no guessing.

By size

Size is what makes a Binairo harder: a bigger grid has more lines to keep balanced at once. Start on a 6 by 6 and work up to a 14 by 14.

By name and audience

The same puzzle goes by several names, and suits several solvers. Takuzu, a binary puzzle, or a gentle grid for a child or a beginner, they all solve the same way.

One answer, proved by logic

The thing that makes a Binairo book worth printing is the guarantee most sellers cannot make: that the givens have exactly one completion, reachable without guessing. Every puzzle is generated by building a legal grid, carving clues away, and running a solver that proves the deductions alone finish it. The completed grid prints as the answer key, so it can never disagree with the givens.

How to solve a binairo

A binairo, also called takuzu, is a grid of just two symbols, 0 and 1, filled by three simple rules.

The method

  1. 1Never three in a row. Two of the same number may sit together, but never three. Spot two, and the squares on either side must be the opposite.
  2. 2Balance every line. Each row and column ends with as many 0s as 1s. Once one symbol is used up in a line, the rest are the other.
  3. 3Keep every line unique. No two rows may match, and no two columns. Use that to settle a tie late in the solve.
  4. 4Work the forced squares first. Fill the squares the rules force, then look again. Each one you place opens the next.
The one rule
Fill the grid with 0s and 1s so no three alike touch, each line is balanced, and no two lines match.
What the answer page shows
The full solution is printed at the back.
How the grades differ
Larger grids give the rules more room to interact, so they ask for more steps.
Good for
Logic solvers who like sudoku but want something lighter on arithmetic.

Make one now

Pick a size from a gentle 6 by 6 up to a 14 by 14, then print the puzzle and its answer. No sign-up, no watermark.

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