In that sense, this game is similar to Mosaic[1] where the clues are all initially visible, except in Mosaic the count includes all 9 cells since black squares can be placed on the numbers themselves.
[1] https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/puzzles/js/mosa...
Another example is this Steam game which I play occasionally: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3083300/Proverbs/
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This reminds me a bit of one mode (squared) from Picture Enigmas (https://picture-enigmas.com/#features) which I like to play from time to time.