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Square Kolam Tile Challenge

Use all sixteen globally oriented tiles to build one connected nonzero kolam on a 4 × 4 board.

Technology
React · TypeScript · SVG
Maturity
Beta
Last tested
2026-07-29

Objective Build a valid connected square kolam from all sixteen binary tiles.

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Square Kolam Tile Challenge

Build a square kolam by placing each of the sixteen tiles exactly once. How to play: drag a tile from the tile grid to the construction board. You can also select a tile, then select a cell. Drag a board tile back to the tile grid to return it.

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Construction board

0/16 placed
0boundary issues0matching issues0nonzero components
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Kolam tiles

0000
0001
0010
0011
0100
0101
0110
0111
1000
1001
1010
1011
1100
1101
1110
1111

The board is empty. Choose a tile to begin.

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