Today’s extra puzzles are based on a puzzle posed last Monday by Karen Richards at her blog, http://puzzlebits.wordpress.com/. She asked: How many two-word combinations can you think of that begin with p and s: p__ s__?
I thought of a decent handful! Today and tomorrow, I’ll quiz you with Word Sudoku and Qudoku puzzles based on the longest and the shortest p-s word pairs I found, and I’ll explore how different Qudoku puzzles can look, even when the number of distinct letters is the same.
I’ll begin with the longest p-s word pair I found, a total of 23 letters, but only 12 distinct letters.
TONGUE
6x6 Word Sudoku Puzzle
PHYSIC
6x6 Word Sudoku Puzzle
In each puzzle, each row, column, 2x3 rectangle and set of circled cells contains the letters in the respective word exactly once
Copy the circled letters into their corresponding numbered cells in the answer grid to spell out the p-s word pair
Now let’s go for the shortest, which could be written as either one word or two, according to the dictionary. Naturally I chose two, to comply with Karen’s rules. This time it’s a 6x6 Hidden Word Sudoku puzzle.
WISP AT
6x6 Hidden Word Sudoku Puzzle
Each row, column, 2x3 rectangle and the top-left to bottom-right diagonal contains the letters in the anagram exactly once
The hidden p-s word pair is spelled down the diagonal
If you like hidden word Sudoku puzzles, then you should enjoy this 8x8-sized grid spelling out yet another p-s word pair.
A SPLURGE
8x8 Hidden Word Sudoku Puzzle
Each row, column, 2x4 rectangle and the top-left to bottom-right diagonal contains the letters in the anagram exactly once
The hidden p-s word pair is spelled down the diagonal
And finally today, a pretty simple Qudoku puzzle based on one 6x6 Word Sudoku puzzle, spelling out a 12-letter p-s word pair.
RISE UP
6x6 Word Sudoku Puzzle
Each row, column, 2x3 rectangle and set of circled cells contains the letters in the respective word exactly once
Copy the circled letters into their corresponding numbered cells in the answer grid to spell out the p-s word pair
Solutions tomorrow, along with a couple more puzzles on this theme that show how varied Qudoku puzzles can seem, even when they’re based on the same number of distinct letters. Please pay a visit to Karen Richards’ blog where I found the p-s word pair poser that generated these puzzles, http://puzzlebits.wordpress.com/. You’ll find a slew of fun puzzles there!
Thanks,
--Dave
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