Well now you know how a Word Snakes puzzle looks. Anyways, this puzzle isn't part of the "Hunt 4" project, but rather a different one called "Hunt 3." Here is an example puzzle that used 6-letter words. The solution to the example puzzle is here . Creator's time: 1:22.3 Rules: Word Snakes (9) Rules \ Each darkened letter is the start of a word that in this puzzle is 9 letters long. The words snake outward from that starting letter, connecting only orthogonally. Once a letter is used, it may not be used again in another word. Diagonal connections are not allowed. In this puzzle, the unused letters spell out a 9-letter word in reading order. Difficulty : 5.5/14 Online interface (Penpa+)
"Akari" is actually pretty close to "Akash" because you only have to change the last two letters by one index each. Creator's time: 2:06 Rules: Standard Akari Rules \ Place lights into some empty cells so that every cell is illuminated. Lights illuminate the cell they’re in as well as all cells seen in a straight line horizontally or vertically, not obstructed by a black cell. Lights may not illuminate each other. Clues represent the number of lights in the (up to) four cells surrounding the clue. Difficulty : 7.0/14 Online interface (puzz.link)