Sunday Challenge: New Word Sudoku Puzzles for Sunday, 9/14/2008

Sunday Challenge: New Word Sudoku Puzzles for Sunday, 9/14/2008

Today's Sunday Challenge is based on the letters in the anagram MATRIX BODE US. Solve the 12x12 Word Sudoku puzzle and spell out the hidden word or phrase down the diagonal.

MATRIX BODE US

Sunday Challenge: 12x12 Hidden Word Sudoku Puzzle
Each row, column and 3x4 rectangle contain the letters in the word or phrase exactly once
The hidden word or phrase is spelled down the diagonal

PLUS another Word puzzle for you today, a type I call an AEIOU Sudoku. A few Sundays ago, NPR's Sunday Puzzle feature posed a fun one: Find a nine-distinct-letter word using all five vowels, where the vowels occupy the odd-numbered letter positions. The past few days I've presented you Hidden Word Sudoku puzzles demonstrating some of the 10 possible answers I found. Today's extra puzzle is the fourth of the five I'll present you. It's based on the letters in the anagram ORE UNTIL A. (Look back in the previous days' blogs for the other AEIOU Sudoku puzzles!)

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