Solution to Yesterday's Extra Word Sudoku Puzzles

Yesterday’s extra Word Sudoku puzzles were based on the distinct letters in COLUMBUS DAY, plus, one at a time, E, G, H, I, N, Q and R!

ALUMS+E: SAMUEL; ULEMAS

ALUMS+G: ALGUMS; ALMUGS; MULGAS

ALUMS+H: HAULMS

ALUMS+I: AUMILS; MIAULS

ALUMS+N: MANULS

ALUMS+P: AMPULS

ALUMS+Q: QUALMS

ALUMS+R: LARUMS; MURALS; RUMALS

Thanks,
--Dave

Extra Word Sudoku Puzzle for Columbus Day, Monday, 10/12/2015

Today’s extra puzzles use a similar theme to the daily puzzles this year. The daily puzzles use only the distinct letters in the names of the year, TWO THOUSAND FIFTEEN and TWENTY FIFTEEN. The extra puzzles that show up on some of this year’s holidays use only the distinct letters in the name of that particular holiday. So today’s puzzles only use the distinct letters in COLUMBUS DAY.

Well, not this time! COLUMBUS DAY has so few distinct letters that there just aren’t that many different words using the same letters. So I cheated—or as I would prefer to put it: I got creative. I chose five letters from COLUMBUS DAY, and then ran through the alphabet, one extra letter at a time, to see how many words I could come up with.

Turned out it was 14...although some of them are pretty darn obscure…

ALUMS+E
6x6 Hidden Word Sudoku Puzzle
Each row, column and 2x3 rectangle contains all the remaining letters exactly once
The hidden word or words spell down the diagonal

ALUMS+E
6x6 Hidden Word Sudoku Puzzle
Each row, column and 2x3 rectangle contains all the remaining letters exactly once
The hidden word or words spell down the diagonal

ALUMS+G
6x6 Hidden Word Sudoku Puzzle
Each row, column and 2x3 rectangle contains all the remaining letters exactly once
The hidden word or words spell down the diagonal

ALUMS+G
6x6 Hidden Word Sudoku Puzzle
Each row, column and 2x3 rectangle contains all the remaining letters exactly once
The hidden word or words spell down the diagonal

ALUMS+G
6x6 Hidden Word Sudoku Puzzle
Each row, column and 2x3 rectangle contains all the remaining letters exactly once
The hidden word or words spell down the diagonal

ALUMS+H
6x6 Hidden Word Sudoku Puzzle
Each row, column and 2x3 rectangle contains all the remaining letters exactly once
The hidden word or words spell down the diagonal

ALUMS+I
6x6 Hidden Word Sudoku Puzzle
Each row, column and 2x3 rectangle contains all the remaining letters exactly once
The hidden word or words spell down the diagonal

ALUMS+I
6x6 Hidden Word Sudoku Puzzle
Each row, column and 2x3 rectangle contains all the remaining letters exactly once
The hidden word or words spell down the diagonal

ALUMS+N
6x6 Hidden Word Sudoku Puzzle
Each row, column and 2x3 rectangle contains all the remaining letters exactly once
The hidden word or words spell down the diagonal

ALUMS+P
6x6 Hidden Word Sudoku Puzzle
Each row, column and 2x3 rectangle contains all the remaining letters exactly once
The hidden word or words spell down the diagonal

ALUMS+Q
6x6 Hidden Word Sudoku Puzzle
Each row, column and 2x3 rectangle contains all the remaining letters exactly once
The hidden word or words spell down the diagonal

ALUMS+R
6x6 Hidden Word Sudoku Puzzle
Each row, column and 2x3 rectangle contains all the remaining letters exactly once
The hidden word or words spell down the diagonal

ALUMS+R
6x6 Hidden Word Sudoku Puzzle
Each row, column and 2x3 rectangle contains all the remaining letters exactly once
The hidden word or words spell down the diagonal

ALUMS+R
6x6 Hidden Word Sudoku Puzzle
Each row, column and 2x3 rectangle contains all the remaining letters exactly once
The hidden word or words spell down the diagonal

Solution first thing in the morning.

Thanks,
--Dave

Extra Word Sudoku Puzzle for Labor Day, Monday, 9/7/2015

Today’s extra puzzles use a similar theme to the daily puzzles this year. The daily puzzles use only the distinct letters in the names of the year, TWO THOUSAND FIFTEEN and TWENTY FIFTEEN. The extra puzzles that show up on some of this year’s holidays use only the distinct letters in the name of that particular holiday. So today’s puzzles only use the distinct letters in LABOR DAY...plus, for some added variety, a letter or two...

LABORDY-L
6x6 Hidden Word Sudoku Puzzle
Each row, column and 2x3 rectangle contains all the remaining letters exactly once
The hidden word or words spell down the diagonal

LABORDY-L
6x6 Hidden Word Sudoku Puzzle
Each row, column and 2x3 rectangle contains all the remaining letters exactly once
The hidden word or words spell down the diagonal

LABORDY-L
6x6 Hidden Word Sudoku Puzzle
Each row, column and 2x3 rectangle contains all the remaining letters exactly once
The hidden word or words spell down the diagonal

LABORDY-D
6x6 Hidden Word Sudoku Puzzle
Each row, column and 2x3 rectangle contains all the letters exactly once
The hidden word or words spell down the diagonal

LABORDY-O
6x6 Hidden Word Sudoku Puzzle
Each row, column and 2x3 rectangle contains all the letters exactly once
The hidden word or words spell down the diagonal

LABORDY-O
6x6 Hidden Word Sudoku Puzzle
Each row, column and 2x3 rectangle contains all the letters exactly once
The hidden word or words spell down the diagonal

LABORDY +M
8x8 Hidden Word Sudoku Puzzle
Each row, column and 2x4 rectangle contains all the letters exactly once
The hidden word or words spell down the diagonal

LABORDY +P
8x8 Hidden Word Sudoku Puzzle
Each row, column and 2x4 rectangle contains all the letters exactly once
The hidden word or words spell down the diagonal

LABORDY +EH
9x9 Hidden Word Sudoku Puzzle
Each row, column and 3x3 square contains all the letters exactly once
The hidden word or words spell down the diagonal

Solution first thing in the morning.

Thanks,
--Dave

Solution to Yesterday's Extra Word Sudoku Puzzles

Yesterday’s extra Word Sudoku puzzles were based on the distinct letters in NEW YEAR’S DAY, plus one more.

DARES+B: BREADS
DARES+C: SACRED
DARES+F: FADERS
DARES+G: GRADES
DARES+H: SHARED
DARES+I: RAISED
DARES+K: DRAKES
DARES+L: ALDERS
DARES+M: DREAMS
DARES+N: SNARED
DARES+O: ADORES
DARES+P: DRAPES
DARES+T: STARED
DARES+W: WADERS
DARES+Y: YEARDS
DARES+Z: ZERDAS

WANDERS+H: SWAN HERD
WANDERS+T: ST. ANDREW
RE YAWNS+T: STERNWAY
RE SANDY+T: DAY'S RENT

Thanks,
--Dave