Monday, March 18, 2024

New Word Sudoku Puzzles for Monday, 3/18/2024

K + FOR
4x4 Hidden Word Sudoku Puzzle
Each row, column and 2x2 square contains these letters exactly once
The hidden word spells out in the shaded cells

DEC + FOR
6x6 Hidden Word Sudoku Puzzle
Each row, column and 2x3 rectangle contains these letters exactly once
The hidden word spells down the diagonal

Solutions first thing in the morning.

Thanks,
--Dave

 

Solution to the Sunday Challenge Word Sudoku Puzzle

Yesterday’s Sunday Challenge 12x12 Hidden Word Sudoku Puzzle was based on the letters in TWANGY CH + FOUR (FANCYWROUGHT).
New puzzles in a few hours.

Thanks,
--Dave

 

Sunday, March 17, 2024

Sunday Challenge: New Word Sudoku Puzzle for Sunday, 3/17/2024

TWANGY CH + FOUR
Sunday Challenge: 12x12 Hidden Word Sudoku Puzzle
Each row, column and 3x4 rectangle contains these letters exactly once
The hidden word or words spell down the diagonal

Solution first thing in the morning.

Thanks,
--Dave

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Solutions to the Saturday Paraprosdokian Sudoku Puzzles

Yesterday’s Qudoku puzzle sets spelled out wordplay known as a paraprosdokian.
The Sunday Challenge in a few hours.

Thanks,
--Dave

 

Saturday, March 16, 2024

New Word Sudoku (Paraprosdokian Sudoku!) Puzzles for Saturday, 3/16/2024

Practice safe eating … always use condiments.
A paraprosdokian is wordplay where the latter part of a statement forces you to reinterpret the first part. The phrase intentionally leads you in one direction—misleads you into thinking one way—and then abruptly changes direction, ending with the unexpected twist. The origin of the word is Greek, meaning "against expectation."

Most of the statements in these weekly blog posts are actual paraprosdokians; you might possibly dispute a few. But since they’re still fun plays on words, I’m sharing them anyway.

Because paraprosdokians come in two parts, I present each part as a separate quote, each revealed by solving its own set of word Sudoku puzzles.

NIMBUS
6x6 Word Sudoku Puzzle
Each row, column, 2x3 rectangle and set of circled cells contains the letters in the word exactly once

GROWTH
6x6 Word Sudoku Puzzle
Each row, column, 2x3 rectangle and set of circled cells contains the letters in the word exactly once

FAKE
4x4 Word Sudoku Puzzle
Each row, column, 2x2 square and set of circled cells contains the letters in the word exactly once
Copy circled letters to the corresponding numbered cells in the quote grid to spell out the quote



BIGOTS
6x6 Word Sudoku Puzzle
Each row, column, 2x3 rectangle and set of circled cells contains the letters in the word exactly once

WRENCH
6x6 Word Sudoku Puzzle
Each row, column, 2x3 rectangle and set of circled cells contains the letters in the word exactly once

FLAP
4x4 Word Sudoku Puzzle
Each row, column, 2x2 square and set of circled cells contains the letters in the word exactly once
Copy circled letters to the corresponding numbered cells in the quote grid to spell out the quote


Solutions first thing in the morning.

Thanks,
--Dave

 

Solutions to Friday's Word Sudoku Puzzles

Yesterday's 5x5 Hidden Word Sudoku puzzle was based on the letters in ST + OUR (ROUST) and the 7x7 Hidden Word Sudoku puzzle was based on the letters in DEN + FOUR (FOUNDER).
The Saturday paraprosdokian in a few hours.

Thanks,
--Dave

 

Friday, March 15, 2024

New Word Sudoku Puzzles for Friday, 3/15/2024

ST + OUR
5x5 Hidden Word Sudoku Puzzle
Each row, column and enclosed shape contains these letters exactly once
The hidden word spells out in the shaded cells


DEN + FOUR
7x7 Hidden Word Sudoku Puzzle
Each row, column and enclosed shape contains these letters exactly once
The hidden word spells out in the shaded cells

Solutions first thing in the morning.

Thanks,
--Dave

(A reminder that weekday puzzles in 2024 are based on words or phrases containing at least three of the letters in FOUR, a puzzle form I call Missing Letter, Hidden Word Sudoku. Please see my amazon puzzle page www.bit.ly/WordSudokuBooks for puzzle collections of this form that span the entire alphabet.)

 

Solutions to yesterday’s extra Word Sudoku Puzzles

Yesterday’s extra Qudoku puzzle set spelled out three stanzas in an ode to pi… on pi day.




Thanks,
--Dave

 

Solution to Thursday's Word Sudoku Puzzle

Yesterday's 10x10 Hidden Word Sudoku puzzle was based on the letters in LEADINS + FOR (FLORIDEANS).

Another set of puzzles in a few hours.

Thanks,
--Dave

 

Thursday, March 14, 2024

Extra Word Sudoku (Qudoku!) Puzzles for Thursday, 3/14/2024: PI Day

It should be simple, this little Greek ‘p’: …
Happy pi day. Today is 3/14. And of course pi to two places is 3.14. I’m posting this at 1:59:26 in the afternoon—the next five places of pi.

Below is a repeat of a set of pi-related word Sudoku puzzles I posted back in 2015, providing you an ode to pi. I wrote it in the 1990s. Yes: I was a nerd even before the term was coined.

The ode runs four stanzas. I've spread the lines of the first one throughout the post as introductions to the other three stanzas, each in the form of word Sudoku puzzles you must solve to read the poem. (Of course, you should read it aloud!)

The ratio of diameter and periphery. …
ABJECT
6x6 Word Sudoku Puzzle
Each row, column, 2x3 rectangle and set of circled cells contains the letters in the word exactly once

FOWLED
6x6 Word Sudoku Puzzle
Each row, column, 2x3 rectangle and set of circled cells contains the letters in the word exactly once

TRUING
6x6 Word Sudoku Puzzle
Each row, column, 2x3 rectangle and set of circled cells contains the letters in the word exactly once

NYMPHS
6x6 Word Sudoku Puzzle
Each row, column, 2x3 rectangle and set of circled cells contains the letters in the word exactly once
Copy circled letters to the corresponding numbered cells in the quote grid to spell out the second stanza in an ode to pi

But TANSTAAFL*! Even in math! …

CABLED
6x6 Word Sudoku Puzzle
Each row, column, 2x3 rectangle and set of circled cells contains the letters in the word exactly once

TWOFER
6x6 Word Sudoku Puzzle
Each row, column, 2x3 rectangle and set of circled cells contains the letters in the word exactly once

MUTING
6x6 Word Sudoku Puzzle
Each row, column, 2x3 rectangle and set of circled cells contains the letters in the word exactly once

SYPHON
6x6 Word Sudoku Puzzle
Each row, column, 2x3 rectangle and set of circled cells contains the letters in the word exactly once
Copy circled letters to the corresponding numbered cells in the quote grid to spell out the third stanza in an ode to pi

Pi’s digits wander a random path. …

WOMBAT
6x6 Word Sudoku Puzzle
Each row, column, 2x3 rectangle and set of circled cells contains the letters in the word exactly once

CHINTZ
6x6 Word Sudoku Puzzle
Each row, column, 2x3 rectangle and set of circled cells contains the letters in the word exactly once

FERVID
6x6 Word Sudoku Puzzle
Each row, column, 2x3 rectangle and set of circled cells contains the letters in the word exactly once

SNUGLY
6x6 Word Sudoku Puzzle
Each row, column, 2x3 rectangle and set of circled cells contains the letters in the word exactly once
Copy circled letters to the corresponding numbered cells in the quote grid to spell out the final stanza in an ode to pi

As we compute more, we deepen the mystery.”


Solutions in the morning.
And: pi to 1,000 places:



Thanks,
--Dave


* TANSTAAFL = "There ain't no such thing as a free lunch"