LS-012

Find the next letter: H – I – N – O – T – ?

Rule: Alternate shifts: +1, +5, +1, +5, ... so next continues the pattern.

So the next letter is U.

• Picking the first pattern you see without checking it against all rows/columns.
• Ignoring the simplest rule (counts, rotations, alternations) and jumping to a complex story.
• Not testing your rule on the middle row/column (where many puzzles “break” bad rules).