What does 'Tricky' actually mean? It sounds something like 'very difficult' to me, but most puzzles with that rating are not difficult at all.
Posted 26th Jul 2022 at 22:56
gareth Administrator Daily subscriber Has not played this puzzle yet
Tricky is tougher than moderate, but easier than hard.
All the ratings are derived from a weighted average of user difficulty ratings. The weightings are universal and come from my own assessment of how average user scores compare with puzzle difficulties.
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A yellow/light blue highlight in the time distribution charts highlights your time, where relevant.
Rating scores out of 10.0 show the average difficulty rating chosen by users, where 1.0 is "Easy" and 10.0 is "Hard".
If a puzzle is opened more than once, including by loading from a saved position, then this is potentially a significant aid so it is listed as being completed with 'multiple sessions' for the purpose of the best time/average rating displays above.
Minor aid is defined as no more than one use of 'Check solution' when incomplete and/or no more than one use of 'Check solution' when wrong; and/or using highlighting aids (show repeated digits, show broken inequalities and show valid/invalid placements [slitherlink] only). Major aid is any and all other use of the solving aids except for 'show wrong'.
All the ratings are derived from a weighted average of user difficulty ratings. The weightings are universal and come from my own assessment of how average user scores compare with puzzle difficulties.
You can however view other players' statistics and comments in the tables above.