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What do I do with the "something missing" tiles? 7 hints left

Hint 1

If you look at the wall across from the actual bath, you'll see an interesting pattern of tiles, and Nancy says there's something missing. Come back when you find a piece of tile that might fit here.

Hint 2

You'll find the missing piece when you open the puzzle box on the front desk.

Hint 3

When you use the missing piece on the tiles, you move to a new screen. The object here is to use the loose tiles to fill in the box at the top. Read to the end of this hint for a screenshot of one way to do this.

Hint 4

The pieces can be rotated by right-clicking on them. In addition, one piece, the rhomboid you just found, will flip every couple of moves

Hint 5

There are a lot of ways to do this, and any way that gets all the pieces in the square is the right one. But if you're stuck, here's how I did it:

Hint 6

Hint 7

Once all the tiles are in place, look through the peephole to see some interpersonal interaction (i.e., a flaming row between two characters). This is the only time you'll see anything here, by the way; you don't need to keep coming back to re-solve the puzzle and look through the peephole again.

Guide help

This is the low-spoiler guide for "What do I do with the "something missing" tiles?" puzzle in Nancy Drew: Shadow at the Water's Edge. Unlike in normal walkthrough, you get gradual hints on how to solve the puzzle. Click the big button below to see your first hint. If the hint contains a spoiler, you will be warned about it before clicking.

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