Pentomino

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A pentomino is a polyomino of five squares.

The ancient pentomino puzzle uses free pentominoes.


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[edit] The shapes

There are 12 free pentominoes. Six of them are chiral, making a total of 18 one-sided pentominoes.

[edit] Symmetric

IIIII

I

TTT
T
T

T

GG
GGG

U

L
L
LLL

V

Z
ZZ
ZZ

W

T
TTT
T

X

[edit] Chiral

These come in mirrored pairs:

JL
JJJLLL
JL

R and F

SSZZ
SZ
SSZZ

S and Z

JL
JJJJLLLL

J and L

II
IIIIIIII

Y' and Y

SSZZ
SSSZZZ

H and N

OOOO
OOOOOO

P and Q

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