Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Extra Word Sudoku Puzzles for Tuesday: Constant Consonants (DRS)

Extra Word Sudoku Puzzles for Tuesday: Constant Consonants (DRS)

How many words can you think of that contain the listed consonants, in order, and include no other consonants?

Karen Richards poses this question a few Mondays each month in her puzzle blog http://puzzlebits.wordpress.com/. She used to edit a well-known games magazine, and now shares ‘make-you-think’ puzzles a few times a week.

Ever since I came across Karen’s thoughtful blog, I’ve tried to come up with answers to her puzzles that also can be made into Word Sudoku puzzles. Here are four for DRS, the puzzle she posted Monday, 3/23/2009. The first two are 6x6 Word Sudoku puzzles, and are in the list of answers Karen posted Wednesday 3/25 (I came up with my own list before looking. Really!).

SIR ODE
6x6 Constant Consonants Word Sudoku: DRS
Each row, column, 2x3 rectangle and the gray diagonal contains the letters in the anagram exactly once
The hidden word meeting the Constant Consonants rules is spelled down the gray diagonal

SOARED
6x6 Constant Consonants Word Sudoku: DRS
Each row, column, 2x3 rectangle and the gray diagonal contains the letters in the anagram exactly once
The hidden word meeting the Constant Consonants rules is spelled down the gray diagonal

The next two were not listed in Karen’s answers. (*author's correction: it turns out that I didn't follow all the rules in the last one!*) The first one is another 6x6 Word Sudoku Puzzle spelling out a hidden 6-letter word; the final one is a Qudoku puzzle that uses a 6x6 Word Sudoku puzzle to supply the letters for an 8-letter word.

RAISED
6x6 Constant Consonants Word Sudoku: DRS
Each row, column, 2x3 rectangle and the gray diagonal contains the letters in the anagram exactly once
The hidden word meeting the Constant Consonants rules is spelled down the gray diagonal

RID USE
6x6 Constant Consonants Word Sudoku: DRS
Each row, column, 2x3 rectangle and the set of circled letters contains the letters in the anagram exactly once
Copy circled letters to the corresponding numbered cell in the quote grid to spell out the word

Solutions in the morning. Please visit Karen Richards’ puzzle blog http://puzzlebits.wordpress.com/ and let her know how good it is!

Thanks,
--Dave

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