The second puzzle yesterday was the fifth of five I've presented in answer to a recent NPR Sunday Puzzle poser: Find a nine-distinct-letter word using all five vowels, where the vowels occupy the odd-numbered letter positions. The hidden word's anagram you had to work with was INSURE A OK:
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And, finishing up our through-the-weekend AEIOU Sudoku puzzle theme, here's the final puzzle I'll present as a possible solution to NPR Puzzle Master and New York Times Crossword Editor Will Shortz' poser on a recent NPR Sunday Puzzle feature: Find a nine-distinct-letter word using all five vowels, where the vowels occupy the odd-numbered letter positions. The hidden word runs down the diagonal; the anagram you get to work with is INSURE A OK. It is no clue whatsoever to the hidden word! It's just an anagram.
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INSURE A OK
AEIOU (Odd) Sudoku: 9x9 Hidden Word Sudoku Puzzle
Each row, column and 3x3 square contain the letters in the anagram exactly once
The hidden word or phrase is spelled down the diagonal and contains all 5 vowels (a, e, i, o and u, in some order)
In addition, the odd-numbered positions of the hidden word or phrase are vowels
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A uranolite is a meteor, by the way.
MATRIX BODE US
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ORE UNTIL A
AEIOU (Odd) Sudoku: 9x9 Hidden Word Sudoku Puzzle
Each row, column and 3x3 square contain the letters in the anagram exactly once
The hidden word or phrase is spelled down the diagonal and contains all 5 vowels (a, e, i, o and u, in some order)
In addition, the odd-numbered letter positions of the hidden word or phrase are vowels
Solution first thing in the morning. Good luck!
Thanks,
--Dave
The second AEIOU (odd) Sudoku puzzle was based on the letters in the anagram IN AUTOS BE:
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The Sunday Challenge coming your way soon!
Thanks,
--Dave
NEPHROTIC
Each diagonal, row, column and 3x3 square contain the letters in the word or phrase exactly once
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The second AEIOU Sudoku puzzle was based on the letters in the anagram I CLEAN OUT--this was one of the two most common words fans of NPR's Sunday Puzzle turned in recently, in response to NPR Puzzle Master Will Shortz' poser: find a nine-distinct-letter word using all five vowels, with the vowels occupying the odd-numbered letter positions.+ve.jpg)
YARMULKES
9x9 Classic Word Sudoku Puzzle
Each row, column and 3x3 square contain the letters in the word or phrase exactly once
Your second puzzle today continues the AEIOU theme I began yesterday, where I'm presenting puzzles that answer a puzzler posed by NPR Puzzle Master and New York Times Crossword Editor Will Shortz: find a nine-distinct-letter word using all five vowels, where the vowels are in the odd-numbered letter positions (so the word is in the form VCVCVCVCV, where V=vowel and C=consonant).
Yesterday I presented you the first of the 10 possible solutions I found. I will probably present you the five or so most common words as puzzles; the remainder are, if not downright arcane, at least unusual or quite specific to a scientific domain. Here's the next one.
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I CLEAN OUT
AEIOU (Odd) Sudoku: 9x9 Hidden Word Sudoku Puzzle
Each row, column and 3x3 square contain the letters in the anagram exactly once
The hidden word or phrase is spelled down the diagonal and contains all 5 vowels (a, e, i, o and u, in some order)
In addition, the odd-numbered letter positions of the hidden word or phrase are vowels
Solutions first thing in the morning. Later Saturday, I'll present a Diagonal Word Sudoku puzzle. And of course, on Sunday, I'll present you with a tougher Sunday Challenge, a 12x12 Hidden Word Sudoku puzzle.
Thanks,
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