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Skyscrapers

Medium (5×5)

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Try this Medium Skyscrapers puzzle on ThePuzzleLabs.

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How to Play Skyscrapers

Rules

  • Fill every cell with a building height from 1 to 5.
  • Each row and column must contain each height exactly once.
  • Border clues tell you how many buildings are visible from that direction.
  • Taller buildings block the view of shorter ones behind them.

Key Deductions

  • A clue of 1 means the tallest building (5) is right at the edge.
  • A clue of 5 means the buildings go in ascending order (1, 2, 3…5).
  • No clue shown? That constraint is hidden — deduce it from other clues.

Controls

  • Click a cell, then tap a number to place it.
  • Use arrow keys to navigate between cells.
  • Press N for notes/pencil mode, B for buildings view.
  • Press H for a hint.

Solve This Puzzle?

This will fill in the complete solution. The puzzle will be marked as “solved with reveal” rather than self-solved.

About medium Skyscrapers (5×5)

Medium Skyscrapers uses a 5×5 grid with 14 to 20 border clues and 0 to 1 given cells. Twenty-five cells with five possible heights per cell is a noticeable step up from 4×4. Hidden clues appear for the first time, meaning some border positions are blank and you get no information from them.

Cross-referencing opposite clues becomes the main technique here. When you know both the left and right clue for a row (or the top and bottom for a column), you can figure out roughly where height 5 goes. If left=2 and right=1, the 5 must be last. If both clues are 2, the 5 is somewhere in the middle. Combined with Latin-square elimination, these pairs drive most of the solve.

Use pencil marks to track which heights are still possible in each cell. The 5×5 grid has enough cells that keeping everything in your head gets unreliable. When a cell drops to a single candidate, place it and watch for cascading placements in crossing rows or columns. Ready for a bigger grid? Try hard (6×6).