Polyomino Rectification with Holes

  • Introduction
  • Pentominoes
  • Hexominoes
  • Heptominoes
  • Octominoes
  • Enneominoes
  • Introduction

    A polyomino is a figure made by joining equal squares edge to edge. Some polyominoes can tile rectangles. Most cannot.

    Here I show minimal tilings of rectangles, allowing single-cell holes in the interior of the rectangle. The holes may not touch, even at corners.

    I omit polyominoes with fewer than 5 cells. When minimal rectangles for such polyominoes exist, they have no holes.

    Thanks to Jenard Cabilao for suggesting allowing holes when tiling rectangles.

    For rectification without holes, see Mike Reid's Rectifiable Polyomino Page.

    Pentominoes

    1 Tile

    2 Tiles

    8 Tiles

    10 Tiles

    Hexominoes

    1 Tile

    2 Tiles

    4 Tiles

    10 Tiles

    16 Tiles

    49 Tiles

    Heptominoes

    1 Tile

    2 Tiles

    6 Tiles

    8 Tiles

    10 Tiles

    12 Tiles

    16 Tiles

    20 Tiles

    22 Tiles

    24 Tiles

    26 Tiles

    36 Tiles

    Octominoes

    1 Tile

    2 Tiles

    4 Tiles

    6 Tiles

    10 Tiles

    11 Tiles

    12 Tiles

    23 Tiles

    24 Tiles

    26 Tiles

    30 Tiles

    Enneominoes

    1 Tile

    2 Tiles

    4 Tiles

    8 Tiles

    12 Tiles

    20 Tiles

    24 Tiles

    25 Tiles

    28 Tiles

    Last revised 2023-09-17.


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