New Word Sudoku Puzzle for Friday, 7/31/2009

Today’s 9x9 Classic Word Sudoku puzzle is based on the word HYPNOTIZE.

HYPNOTIZE
9x9 Classic Word Sudoku Puzzle
Each row, column and 3x3 square contains the letters in the word or phrase exactly once

Solution first thing in the morning.

Thanks,
--Dave

Solution to Thursday's Word Sudoku Puzzle

Yesterday’s Hidden Word Sudoku puzzle was based on the letters in the anagram MATH REIGN.

A new puzzle in a bit.

Thanks,
--Dave

New Word Sudoku Puzzle for Thursday, 7/30/2009

Today’s 9x9 Hidden Word Sudoku puzzle is based on the letters in the anagram MATH REIGN.

MATH REIGN
9x9 Hidden Word Sudoku Puzzle
Each row, column and 3x3 square contains the letters in the word or phrase exactly once
The hidden word or phrase is spelled down the diagonal

Solution first thing in the morning.

Thanks,
--Dave

Solution to Wednesday's Word Sudoku Puzzle

Yesterday’s Classic Word Sudoku puzzle was based on the word SHAMBLING.

A new puzzle in a bit.

Thanks,
--Dave

New Word Sudoku Puzzle for Wednesday, 7/29/2009

Today’s 9x9 Classic Word Sudoku puzzle is based on the word SHAMBLING.

SHAMBLING
9x9 Classic Word Sudoku Puzzle
Each row, column and 3x3 square contains the letters in the word or phrase exactly once

Solution first thing in the morning.

Thanks,
--Dave

Solution to Tuesday's Word Sudoku Puzzle

Yesterday’s Classic Word Sudoku puzzle was based on the word RESHAPING.

A new puzzle in a bit.

Thanks,
--Dave

New Word Sudoku Puzzle for Tuesday, 7/28/2009

Today’s 9x9 Classic Word Sudoku puzzle is based on the word RESHAPING.

RESHAPING
9x9 Classic Word Sudoku Puzzle
Each row, column and 3x3 square contains the letters in the word or phrase exactly once

Solution first thing in the morning.

Thanks,
--Dave

Solution to Monday's Word Sudoku Puzzle

Yesterday’s Classic Word Sudoku puzzle was based on the word LIFEGUARD.

A new puzzle in a bit.

Thanks,
--Dave

New Word Sudoku Puzzle for Monday, 7/27/2009

Today’s 9x9 Classic Word Sudoku puzzle is based on the word LIFEGUARD.

LIFEGUARD
9x9 Classic Word Sudoku Puzzle
Each row, column and 3x3 square contains the letters in the word or phrase exactly once

Solution first thing in the morning.

Thanks,
--Dave

Solution to 7/26/2009 State Sudoku

Yesterday’s State Sudoku puzzle asked you to name the state and its nickname, given two 6x6 Word Sudoku puzzles and this clue:

This state entered the union on July 26, 1788, the 11th state.

The answers: New York: The Empire State

Thanks,
--Dave

Solutions to Sunday’s Word Sudoku Puzzles

Yesterday’s Qudoku puzzle sets remembered Parent’s Day, a not-very-well-known day in the U.S.




A new puzzle in a bit.

Thanks,
--Dave

New Word Sudoku Puzzle for Sunday, 7/26/2009

Today, the fourth Sunday in July, is Parent’s Day. Haven’t heard of it? President Bill Clinton named this one just 15 years ago, back in 1994. According to the unanimously-approved Congressional Resolution, Parents’ Day is established for "recognizing, uplifting, and supporting the role of parents in the rearing of children."

Instead of the usual Sunday Challenge 12x12 Hidden Word Sudoku puzzle, I’m challenging you with Qudoku puzzle sets: solve the Word Sudoku puzzles and copy the circled letters into their corresponding numbered positions in the quote grid to spell out the quotes.

Here are two Qudoku puzzle sets spelling out quotes about parents and their children.

RASHLY
6x6 Word Sudoku Puzzle
Each row, column, 2x3 rectangle and set of circled cells contains the letters in the word exactly once

TUCKED
6x6 Word Sudoku Puzzle
Each row, column, 2x3 rectangle and set of circled cells contains the letters in the word exactly once

MOVING
6x6 Word Sudoku Puzzle
Each row, column, 2x3 rectangle and set of circled cells contains the letters in the word exactly once
Copy circled letters to the corresponding numbered cells in the quote grid to spell out the quote




DROP IN
6x6 Word Sudoku Puzzle
Each row, column, 2x3 rectangle and set of circled cells contains the letters in the words exactly once

CAUGHT
6x6 Word Sudoku Puzzle
Each row, column, 2x3 rectangle and set of circled cells contains the letters in the word exactly once

MYSELF
6x6 Word Sudoku Puzzle
Each row, column, 2x3 rectangle and set of circled cells contains the letters in the word exactly once
Copy circled letters to the corresponding numbered cells in the quote grid to spell out the quote

Solutions first thing in the morning.

Thanks,
--Dave

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Celebrating United States History: State Sudoku

This state entered the union on July 26, 1788, the 11th state.

STROKE
6X6 Word Sudoku Puzzle

WHY AIM
6x6 Word Sudoku Puzzle
Each row, column, 2x3 rectangle and the set of circled cells contain the letters in the word or phrase exactly once; copy the numbered letters into the corresponding cells of the quote grid to unveil the state nickname (on the first line) and the state name (on the last).

Solutions tomorrow morning.

Thanks,
--Dave

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Solutions to the Saturday Swifty Word Sudoku Puzzles

Yesterday’s Qudoku puzzle set spelled out an adverbial pun known as a Tom Swifty. This one shows Tom can be quite rude!

Another Qudoku set, commemorating Parent’s Day, in just a few hours.

Thanks,
--Dave

New Word Sudoku (Swifty Sudoku!) Puzzles for Saturday, 7/25/2009

I’d like to make a toast," Tom said warmly.

A Tom Swifty is an adverbial pun that simultaneously describes a speaker and refers to the speaker's statement. The name comes from the Tom Swift book series for young readers. The authors were roundly criticized for overusing adverbs and descriptive phrases, so that Tom hardly ever said "said" and rarely said anything without a qualifying adverb. A Tom Swifty pun is a parody of this style.

FROZEN
Swifty Sudoku: 6x6 Word Sudoku Puzzle
Each row, column, 2x3 rectangle and set of circled cells contains the letters in the word exactly once

UPSIDE
6x6 Word Sudoku Puzzle
Each row, column, 2x3 rectangle and set of circled cells contains the letters in the word exactly once

PLY JAW
6x6 Word Sudoku Puzzle
Each row, column, 2x3 rectangle and set of circled cells contains the letters in the words exactly once
Copy circled letters to the corresponding numbered cells in the quote grid to spell out the Tom Swifty

Solutions first thing in the morning.

Thanks,
--Dave

Solution to Friday's Word Sudoku Puzzle

Yesterday’s Classic Word Sudoku puzzle was based on the word ANGUISHED.

A new puzzle in a bit.

Thanks,
--Dave

New Word Sudoku Puzzle for Friday, 7/24/2009

Today’s 9x9 Classic Word Sudoku puzzle is based on the word ANGUISHED.

ANGUISHED
9x9 Classic Word Sudoku Puzzle
Each row, column and 3x3 square contains the letters in the word or phrase exactly once

Solution first thing in the morning.

Thanks,
--Dave

Solutions to Thursday’s Extra Word Sudoku Puzzles

Yesterday's two extra Qudoku puzzle sets supplied a total of 15 answers to the latest Constant Consonants puzzle from Karen Richards at http://puzzlebits.wordpress.com/.

How many words can you think of that contain P, R, T and N, in order, and include no other consonants?

Please visit Karen Richards’ puzzle blog for complete Constant Consonants rules, many other brainteasers…and her growing collection of smiles!

Thanks,
--Dave

Solution to Thursday's Word Sudoku Puzzle

Yesterday’s Hidden Word Sudoku puzzle was based on the letters in the anagram FIRM DAWNS.

A new puzzle in a bit.

Thanks,
--Dave

Extra Word Sudoku (Qudoku!) Puzzles for Thursday, 7/23/2009

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

Karen Richards poses this question, which she calls a Constant Consonants puzzle, a couple Mondays each month in her puzzle blog http://puzzlebits.wordpress.com/. Karen is a former puzzle magazine editor. Please visit her blog for full rules for her Constant Consonants puzzles, as well as other fun and intriguing (i.e., challenging) puzzles.

On Monday 7/20/2009 Karen posed her puzzle using the four consonants P, R, T and N. Here's a Qudoku puzzle set supplying letters to spell out 7 of the longest answers I found for these Constant Consonants.

TRUE PIANO
9x9 Constant Consonant Word Sudoku: PRTN
Each row, column, 3x3 square 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 "Constant Consonants" PRTN words

And here’s a different Word Sudoku puzzle, using the same letters but with different numbering assignments, spelling out the 8 shortest answers I found for the Constant Consonants PRTN.

OUTER PAIN
9x9 Constant Consonant Word Sudoku: PRTN
Each row, column, 3x3 square 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 "Constant Consonants" PRTN words

Solutions in the morning.

Thanks,
--Dave