Wednesday, June 11, 2008

New Word Sudoku Puzzles for Wednesday, 6/11/2008

New Word Sudoku Puzzles for Wednesday, 6/11/2008

Today's first puzzle is a simple, classic Word Sudoku puzzle based on the word WAVEFORMS.
Puzzle: WAVEFORMS
Each row, column and 3x3 square contain the letters in the word or phrase exactly once

Your second puzzle is actually also simple, but it's not usual: It's an 8x8 grid, with internal 2x4 rectangles instead of the usual 3x3 squares. And it uses an 8-letter word or phrase; the letters form the anagram I USE MOAN. As you solve the puzzle, the actual hidden word or phrase is spelled down the diagonal.

Puzzle: I USE MOAN
Each row, column and 2x4 rectangle contains the letters in the word or phrase exactly once
The hidden word or phrase is spelled down the diagonal

Take a close look at the puzzle and consider the relationship between each pair of stacked rectangles and the pair of columns that cover the two rectangles in the grid. The rule says that each rectangle and each column contains each letter exactly once. That means, in 2xX puzzles,
  1. the set of letters used in the left column of the upper rectangle must be the same set used in the right column of the lower rectangle, and

  2. the set of letters used in the right column of the upper rectangle must be the same set used in the left column of the lower rectangle

That's a huge help! Try it... Solutions first thing tomorrow morning.

Thanks,
--Dave

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