How Full share works

Full share fills a line's empty tiles with the other animal once one animal has its half of the line. It follows from Fair share, one of Pawmoku's two rules. In the first 45 library puzzles it decides 474 tiles, in 41 of the boards. Its earliest use there is step 2 of 6x6 puzzle 6.

Why it works

Before: cat, cat, dog, cat, empty, empty.

After: cat, cat, dog, cat, dog, dog.

A six-tile line needs three cats and three dogs. These three cats fill their share, so both empty tiles must be dogs.

When to look for it

Count the animals in lines with several filled tiles. Remember that the share grows with the line length.

Three line examples

Example 1

Before: cat, cat, dog, empty, cat, empty.

After: cat, cat, dog, dog, cat, dog.

Example 2

Before: cat, empty, empty, cat, dog, cat.

After: cat, dog, dog, cat, dog, cat.

Example 3

Before: cat, dog, cat, cat, dog, cat, empty, empty.

After: cat, dog, cat, cat, dog, cat, dog, dog.

Find it in practice

6x6 Puzzle 1: Full share first decides a tile at step 6.
6x6 Puzzle 2: Full share first decides a tile at step 15.
8x8 Puzzle 1: Full share first decides a tile at step 19.