Os and Xs ·

Q: Where are the other puzzles from this date?

The day page lists all 0 puzzles published that day.

Q: How do I find a different date?

The Os and Xs archive lists every date we hold, grouped by year.

Puzzle ID 430 · 5×5 grid

These are the answers to the Puzzle Page Os and Xs for , puzzle ID 430. The board below is the completed 5×5 grid exactly as it looks in the app once every square is filled .

Os and Xs is one of 20 puzzle types published in Puzzle Page, and this date carried 0 puzzles in total — you can see all of them on the page. To work through this game date by date, use the full Os and Xs archive.

Because Os and Xs is solved with digits rather than letters, the board above is the finished arrangement — every cell filled exactly as the app accepts it. Compare a single row or block against your own grid rather than copying the whole thing, and the rest usually falls into place from the constraints you already have.

Puzzle Page numbers each game separately, so the ID on this page belongs to Os and Xs alone — a Sudoku published the same day carries a different one. If the grid here stops matching your screen the app has been updated; say so in the comments and it gets re-checked. Every grid on this site is captured from the finished puzzle rather than copied from another answers site.

All Os and Xs

OXXOOXOOXXXXOOXOOXXXXOX

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Frequently Asked Questions

What are the Puzzle Page Os and Xs answers for ?

They are shown in the completed 5×5 grid above.

What is the puzzle ID for this one?

Puzzle ID 430. Each puzzle type numbers its issues separately, so the same date carries a different ID for every game.

Where are the other puzzles from this date?

On the page, which lists all 0 puzzles published that day.

How do I find a different date?

Open the full Os and Xs archive, which lists every date we hold grouped by year.

Can three of the same symbol ever touch?

No, that is the core rule — no three in a row in any direction.

Are rows always balanced?

Yes, each row and column holds the same number of Os as Xs.

How many Os and Xs answers are in this archive?

2,317 solved Os and Xs puzzles across 1,196 dates, each stored as the completed number grid exactly as the app shows it once the puzzle is finished.

How is this different from noughts and crosses?

It is not a two-player game. It is a logic grid: fill every square with an O or an X so that no three identical symbols sit together and each line stays balanced.

What is the main rule to remember?

Never three in a row of the same symbol, and equal counts of each symbol in every row and column.

Why does one date show more than one puzzle of this type?

Puzzle Page sometimes runs several issues of the same type on a single date. Each carries its own issue number, and each has its own page here.

How to play

How Puzzle Page Os and Xs Works

Fill the grid with Os and Xs so that neither symbol appears three times in a row, and each row and column has an equal count of both.

Solve smarter

Tips for Puzzle Page Os and Xs

1
Any pair of identical symbols forces the opposite symbol at both ends.
2
A gap between two identical symbols must take the opposite one.
3
Once a row has all of one symbol placed, the rest of the row is decided.
4
Work rows and columns alternately — a completed row usually settles two or three columns.
5
No three of the same symbol may sit in a row, so any pair with a gap beside it forces the opposite symbol into that gap.
6
Each row and column holds equal numbers of both symbols. Once one symbol reaches its quota in a line, every remaining cell in that line is the other.

At a glance

Puzzle Page Os and Xs Facts

Puzzle type	Os and Xs
Date
Puzzle ID	430
Grid size	5 x 5
Theme	—
Answer words	—

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