Old Maid's Puzzle
Two large triangles meet at the centre along one diagonal, each with a small triangle tucked into its corner; the other two quarters hold pairs of small triangles facing each other across the other diagonal.
Block Details
- Category
- Classic
- Difficulty
- intermediate
- Grid Type
- four-patch
- Piece Count
- 22
- Tags
- four-patchhstintermediatetraditional
- Also appears in
- Four Patch
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