nurikabe

As nouns the difference between terms and nurikabe

is that terms is while nurikabe is (games|puzzles) a japanese logic puzzle with a rectangular grid of squares, some of them numbered; the solver is challenged to fill in a subset of squares (under certain constraints) such that each numbered square finally indicates the number of unfilled squares contiguous to it.

As nouns the difference between number and nurikabe

is that number is (countable) an abstract entity used to describe quantity while nurikabe is (games|puzzles) a japanese logic puzzle with a rectangular grid of squares, some of them numbered; the solver is challenged to fill in a subset of squares (under certain constraints) such that each numbered square finally indicates the number of unfilled squares contiguous to it.

As a verb number

is to label (items) with numbers; to assign numbers to (items).

As an adjective number

is (numb).

As nouns the difference between grid and nurikabe

is that grid is a rectangular array of squares or rectangles of equal size, such as in a crossword puzzle while nurikabe is a Japanese logic puzzle with a rectangular grid of squares, some of them numbered; the solver is challenged to fill in a subset of squares (under certain constraints) such that each numbered square finally indicates the number of unfilled squares contiguous to it.

As a verb grid

is to mark with a grid.

As an adjective rectangular

is having a shape like a rectangle.

As a noun nurikabe is

(games|puzzles) a japanese logic puzzle with a rectangular grid of squares, some of them numbered; the solver is challenged to fill in a subset of squares (under certain constraints) such that each numbered square finally indicates the number of unfilled squares contiguous to it.

As nouns the difference between puzzle and nurikabe

is that puzzle is anything that is difficult to understand or make sense of while nurikabe is a Japanese logic puzzle with a rectangular grid of squares, some of them numbered; the solver is challenged to fill in a subset of squares (under certain constraints) such that each numbered square finally indicates the number of unfilled squares contiguous to it.

As a verb puzzle

is to perplex (someone).

As an adjective logic

is logical.

As a noun nurikabe is

(games|puzzles) a japanese logic puzzle with a rectangular grid of squares, some of them numbered; the solver is challenged to fill in a subset of squares (under certain constraints) such that each numbered square finally indicates the number of unfilled squares contiguous to it.

As nouns the difference between japanese and nurikabe

is that japanese is a person living in or coming from japan, or of japanese ancestry while nurikabe is (games|puzzles) a japanese logic puzzle with a rectangular grid of squares, some of them numbered; the solver is challenged to fill in a subset of squares (under certain constraints) such that each numbered square finally indicates the number of unfilled squares contiguous to it.

As an adjective japanese

is of, relating to, or derived from japan, its language, or culture.

As a proper noun japanese

is the main language spoken in japan.