New Word Sudoku Puzzles for Thursday, 9/18/2008

New Word Sudoku Puzzles for Thursday, 9/18/2008

Two puzzles for you today. The first, the normal 9x9 Classic Word Sudoku puzzle, is based on the word QUANTIZED.

QUANTIZED

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

The second puzzle is a Hidden Word Sudoku puzzle based on the letters in the anagram ALSO DEMUR; the hidden word or phrase is spelled down the diagonal.

ALSO DEMUR
Hidden Word Sudoku Puzzle

Each row, column and 3x3 square contain the letters in the word or phrase exactly once

The hidden word or phrase is spelled down the diagonal

Solutions in the morning.

Thanks,

--Dave

Solution to Wednesday's Word Sudoku Puzzle

Solution to Wednesday's Word Sudoku Puzzle

Yesterday's Word Sudoku puzzle was based on the words BLIND COPY:

Two new puzzles in a few hours, the second a Hidden Word Sudoku puzzle.

Thanks,

Dave

New Word Sudoku Puzzle for Wednesday, 9/17/2008

New Word Sudoku Puzzle for Wednesday, 9/17/2008

Today's Classic 9x9 Word Sudoku puzzle is based on the words BLIND COPY:

BLIND COPY

Classic 9x9 Word Sudoku Puzzle

Each row, column and 3x3 square contain the letters in the word or phrase exactly once

Solution tomorrow morning, bright and early!

Thanks,

--Dave

Solution to Tuesday's Word Sudoku Puzzle

Solution to Tuesday's Word Sudoku Puzzle

Yesterday's Word Sudoku puzzle was based on the word INFERABLY:

A new puzzle for your solving pleasure in a few hours.

Thanks,

--Dave

New Word Sudoku Puzzle for Tuesday, 9/16/2008

New Word Sudoku Puzzle for Tuesday, 9/16/2008

Today's Classic 9x9 Word Sudoku puzzle is based on the word INFERABLY:

INFERABLY

Classic Word Sudoku Puzzle

Each row, column and 3x3 square contain the letters in the word or phrase exactly once

Solution first thing in the morning.

Thanks,

--Dave

Solutions to Monday's Word Sudoku Puzzles

Solutions to Monday's Word Sudoku Puzzles



Yesterday's Classic Word Sudoku puzzle was based on the words KID GLOVES:

The second puzzle yesterday was the fifth of five I've presented in answer to a recent NPR Sunday Puzzle poser: Find a nine-distinct-letter word using all five vowels, where the vowels occupy the odd-numbered letter positions. The hidden word's anagram you had to work with was INSURE A OK:

A new puzzle coming your way in a bit.


Thanks,
--Dave

New Word Sudoku Puzzles for Monday, 9/15/2008

New Word Sudoku Puzzles for Monday, 9/15/2008

Today's 9x9 Classic Word Sudoku puzzle is based on the words KID GLOVES:

KID GLOVES
Each row, column and 3x3 square contain the letters in the word or phrase exactly once

And, finishing up our through-the-weekend AEIOU Sudoku puzzle theme, here's the final puzzle I'll present as a possible solution to NPR Puzzle Master and New York Times Crossword Editor Will Shortz' poser on a recent NPR Sunday Puzzle feature: Find a nine-distinct-letter word using all five vowels, where the vowels occupy the odd-numbered letter positions. The hidden word runs down the diagonal; the anagram you get to work with is INSURE A OK. It is no clue whatsoever to the hidden word! It's just an anagram.

INSURE A OK
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 positions of the hidden word or phrase are vowels

Solutions in the morning.

Thanks,
--Dave

Solutions to the Sunday Challenge Hidden Word Sudoku Puzzles

Solutions to the Sunday Challenge Hidden Word Sudoku Puzzles


Yesterday's 12x12 Hidden Word Sudoku puzzle was based on the letters in the anagram MATRIX BODE US:



And the bonus puzzle, an AEIOU Sudoku puzzle, was based on the letters in the anagram ORE UNTIL A:
A uranolite is a meteor, by the way.


A new puzzle in just a bit. Please be sure to come back: Later this week, I'll give you a bonus 9x9 Hidden Word Sudoku puzzle. They're easier than the 12x12's!


Thanks,
--Dave

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

Solutions to Saturday's Word Sudoku Puzzles

Solutions to Saturday's Word Sudoku Puzzles

The 9x9 Diagonal Word Sudoku puzzle was based on the word NEPHROTIC:

The second AEIOU (odd) Sudoku puzzle was based on the letters in the anagram IN AUTOS BE:

The Sunday Challenge coming your way soon!

Thanks,
--Dave

New Word Sudoku Puzzles for Saturday, 9/13/2008

New Word Sudoku Puzzles for Saturday, 9/13/2008

Today's 9x9 Diagonal Word Sudoku puzzle is based on the word NEPHROTIC, which, anywhere else, might be a bit creepy...but not here!

NEPHROTIC
Each diagonal, row, column and 3x3 square contain the letters in the word or phrase exactly once

And, continuing our theme this week of AEIOU Sudoku puzzles, here's another puzzle with one of the two most common words fans of NPR's Sunday Puzzle turned in as answers to NPR Puzzle Master and New York Times Crossword Editor Will Shortz' wonderful poser: Find a nine-distinct-letter word using all five vowels, where the vowels occupy the odd-numbered letter positions.

IN AUTOS BE

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

Solutions first thing in the morning.

Thanks,
--Dave

Solutions to Friday's Word Sudoku Puzzles

Solutions to Friday's Word Sudoku Puzzles


The first puzzle was based on the word YARMULKES:



The second AEIOU Sudoku puzzle was based on the letters in the anagram I CLEAN OUT--this was one of the two most common words fans of NPR's Sunday Puzzle turned in recently, in response to NPR Puzzle Master Will Shortz' poser: find a nine-distinct-letter word using all five vowels, with the vowels occupying the odd-numbered letter positions.


A Diagonal Word Sudoku puzzle and another AEIOU (odd) Sudoku puzzle coming your way in a bit!


Thanks,
--Dave

New Word Sudoku Puzzles for Friday, 9/12/2008

New Word Sudoku Puzzles for Friday, 9/12/2008

Today's 9x9 Classic Word Sudoku puzzle is based on the word YARMULKES:

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

Your second puzzle today continues the AEIOU theme I began yesterday, where I'm presenting puzzles that answer a puzzler posed by NPR Puzzle Master and New York Times Crossword Editor Will Shortz: find a nine-distinct-letter word using all five vowels, where the vowels are in the odd-numbered letter positions (so the word is in the form VCVCVCVCV, where V=vowel and C=consonant).

Yesterday I presented you the first of the 10 possible solutions I found. I will probably present you the five or so most common words as puzzles; the remainder are, if not downright arcane, at least unusual or quite specific to a scientific domain. Here's the next one.

I CLEAN OUT
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

Solutions first thing in the morning. Later Saturday, I'll present a Diagonal Word Sudoku puzzle. And of course, on Sunday, I'll present you with a tougher Sunday Challenge, a 12x12 Hidden Word Sudoku puzzle.

Thanks,
--Dave

Solutions to Thursday's Word Sudoku Puzzles

Solutions to Thursday's Word Sudoku Puzzles


Yesterday's first puzzle, the normal 9x9 Classic, was based on the words RIOT SQUAD:




The second Word Sudoku puzzle I presented you yesterday was one of my AEIOU Sudoku puzzles, where the hidden word uses all five vowels; I also added the caveat that the vowels were in the odd-numbered letter positions. The anagram of the hidden word was SO MAIN CUE.


Two new puzzles for you in a few hours.


Thanks,
--Dave

New Word Sudoku Puzzles for Thursday, 9/11/2008

New Word Sudoku Puzzles for Thursday, 9/11/2008

Today's first Word Sudoku puzzle, a 9x9 Classic, is based on the words RIOT SQUAD:

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

The next puzzle is one in a series of 10 that I sat down and created after listening to NPR's Sunday Puzzle with NPR Puzzle Master and New York Times Crossword Editor Will Shortz. If you like word puzzles of all sorts, the feature is a must. It's easily available in podcast format from iTunes, etc. In a recent puzzle, Will asked listeners to find a nine-distinct-letter word using all five vowels, where the vowels were only in the odd-numbered letter positions--so the word would be in the form VCVCVCVCV, where V=vowel and C=consonant.

Talk about up my alley! I've already put together a bookful of AEIOU Sudoku puzzles, employing nine-letter words, eight-letter words, 10-letter words, 12-letter words, and 14-, 15- and 16-letter words, phrases and even famous quotes (no matter how long they are, they just need to have about that many distinct letters).

So I looked at my list of words, and came across 10 words fitting the pattern Will requested--maybe 3 or 4 would be in our normal vocabularies; the rest are scientific terms, or just plain arcane. His announced solution the next week listed two of the ten--the two most regular of the 10, to be sure.

So for the fun of it (and that is why I do this, after all!), I have constructed 10 Hidden Word Sudoku puzzles, all the normal-sized 9x9, where each nine-distinct-letter word uses all five vowels (a, e, i, o and u) in some order, and they're all in the odd-numbered letter positions. I supply an anagram that usually has a distant connection to the hidden word--although that won't help you--and you solve the puzzle following the regular Sudoku rule, spelling out the hidden word down the diagonal.

Here's the first of the 10. I'd be surprised if you consider it a word in the average person's vocabulary! It's certainly not in mine...

SO MAIN CUE

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

Solutions first thing Friday morning. And be sure to visit both days this weekend--Saturday's puzzle will be a Diagonal Word Sudoku puzzle, and then of course Sunday I'll present you with the latest Sunday Challenge--a 12x12 Hidden Word Sudoku puzzle, with 3x4 internal rectangles.

Thanks,
--Dave

Solutions to Wednesday's Word Sudoku Puzzles

Solutions to Wednesday's Word Sudoku Puzzles


Yesterday's puzzles were pretty easy, weren't they? Please let me know what you think.


The first puzzle, a 9x9 Classic Word Sudoku puzzle, was based on the word WORSHIPED:



And the second puzzle, an 8x8 Hidden Word Sudoku puzzle, was based on the letters in the anagram I.E., PAN OUT. Did you have trouble with this, or was it easy?



A new puzzle coming your way in a few hours.


Thanks,
--Dave

New Word Sudoku Puzzles for Wednesday, 9/10/2008

New Word Sudoku Puzzles for Wednesday, 9/10/2008

Two Puzzles for your solving pleasure today! The first, as always, is the standard 9x9 Classic Word Sudoku puzzle, this particular one based on the word WORSHIPED.

WORSHIPED
9x9 Classic Word Sudoku Puzzle

Each row, column and 3x3 square contain the letters in the word or phrase exactly once

The second puzzle is an 8x8 Hidden Word Sudoku puzzle with internal 2x4 rectangles, based on the letters in the anagram I.E., PAN OUT; solve the puzzle and spell the hidden word or phrase down the diagonal.

I.E., PAN OUT

8x8 Hidden Word Sudoku Puzzle

Each row, column and 2x4 rectangle contain the letters in the word or phrase exactly once
The hidden word or phrase is spelled down the diagonal

Solutions in the morning. Good luck!

Thanks,

--Dave

Solution to Tuesday's Word Sudoku Puzzle

Solution to Tuesday's Word Sudoku Puzzle


Yesterday's 9x9 Classic Word Sudoku puzzle was based on the word RANDOMIZE:



Two new puzzles coming your way in a bit; one is an 8x8 Hidden Word Sudoku!


Thanks,
--Dave

New Word Sudoku Puzzle for Tuesday, 9/9/2008

New Word Sudoku Puzzle for Tuesday, 9/9/2008

Today's 9x9 Classic Word Sudoku puzzle is based on the word RANDOMIZE:

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

Solution first thing in the morning. And tomorrow, I'll share an 8x8 Hidden Word Sudoku puzzle I think you'll enjoy.

Thanks,
--Dave

Solution to Monday's Word Sudoku Puzzle

Solution to Monday's Word Sudoku Puzzle

Yesterday's Word Sudoku puzzle was based on the word ANHYDROUS.

A new puzzle in just a bit.

Thanks,

--Dave

New Word Sudoku Puzzle for Monday, 9/8/2008

New Word Sudoku Puzzle for Monday, 9/8/2008

Today's 9x9 Classic Word Sudoku puzzle is based on the word ANHYDROUS:

Puzzle: ANHYDROUS
Each row, column and 3x3 square contain the letters in the word or phrase exactly once

Solution first thing tomorrow morning. And later this week, I'll give you an 8x8 Word Sudoku challenge, with internal 2x4 rectangles instead of the classic 3x3 squares.

Thanks,

--Dave

Solution to the Sunday Challenge Hidden Word Sudoku Puzzle

Solution to the Sunday Challenge Hidden Word Sudoku Puzzle

Your Sunday Challenge 12x12 Hidden Word Sudoku puzzle was based on the letters in the anagram IN DARK CLOTHE.

A new puzzle coming your way in a bit.

Thanks,

--Dave

Sunday Challenge: New Word Sudoku Puzzle for Sunday, 9/7/2008

Sunday Challenge: New Word Sudoku Puzzle for Sunday, 9/7/2008


Today's Sunday Challenge is based on the letters in the anagram IN DARK CLOTHE. Your job is to solve the 12x12 Hidden Word Sudoku puzzle following the normal rules, but applied to internal 3x4 rectangles instead of 3x3 squares; as you solve the puzzle, you'll end up spelling the hidden word or phrase down the diagonal.

IN DARK CLOTHE

Sunday Challenge: 12x12 Hidden Word 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

Solution tomorrow.


Thanks,
--Dave

Solution to Saturday's Word Sudoku Puzzle

Solution to Saturday's Word Sudoku Puzzle


Yesterday's puzzle was based on the word XEROPHAGY.



Your Sunday Challenge coming your way in just a bit. Good luck!

Thanks,
--Dave

New Word Sudoku Puzzle for Saturday, 9/6/2008

New Word Sudoku Puzzle for Saturday, 9/6/2008


Today's 9x9 Classic Word Sudoku puzzle is based on a word not in many people's vocabulary: XEROPHAGY, fasting on a strict diet of dry food.

Puzzle: XEROPHAGY

Each row, column and 3x3 square contain the letters in the word or phrase exactly once

Solution tomorrow morning, along with the usual Sunday Challenge, a 12x12 Hidden Word Sudoku puzzle, with 3x4 internal rectangles.


Thanks,
--Dave

Solution to Friday's Word Sudoku Puzzle

Solution to Friday's Word Sudoku Puzzle

Yesterday's 9x9 Classic Word Sudoku puzzle was based on the words LOG CABINS:

A new puzzle for you in just a bit.

Thanks,

--Dave

New Word Sudoku Puzzle for Friday, 9/5/2008

New Word Sudoku Puzzle for Friday, 9/5/2008



Today's 9x9 Classic Word Sudoku puzzle is based on the words LOG CABINS:

Puzzle: LOG CABINS
Each row, column and 3x3 square contain the letters in the word or phrase exactly once

Solution tomorrow morning.

Thanks,
--Dave

Solution to Thursday's Word Sudoku Puzzle

Solution to Thursday's Word Sudoku Puzzle

The 9x9 Classic Word Sudoku puzzle was based on the (one or two) word(s) OVERHANGS.

A new puzzle in a bit. It definitely consists of two words.

Thanks,

--Dave

New Word Sudoku Puzzle for Thursday, 9/4/2008

New Word Sudoku Puzzle for Thursday, 9/4/2008


Today's Word Sudoku puzzle is based on the (one or two?) word(s) OVERHANGS:

Puzzle: OVERHANGS
Each row, column and 3x3 square contain the letters in the word or phrase exactly once

Solution first thing tomorrow!


Thanks,
Dave

Solution to Wednesday's Word Sudoku Puzzle

Solution to Wednesday's Word Sudoku Puzzle

Yesterday's Word Sudoku puzzle was based on the word IDOLATERS:

A new puzzle for you in a bit.

Thanks,

--Dave

New Word Sudoku Puzzle for Wednesday, 9/3/2008

New Word Sudoku Puzzle for Wednesday, 9/3/2008

Today's Word Sudoku puzzle for you is based on the word IDOLATERS:

Puzzle: IDOLATERS
Each row, column and 3x3 square contain the letters in the word or phrase exactly once

Solution first thing in the morning.
Thanks,
--Dave

Solutions to Tuesday's Word Sudoku Puzzles

Solutions to Tuesday's Word Sudoku Puzzles


The first puzzle, the normal 9x9 Classic Word Sudoku puzzle, was based on the word VULGARITY:



The second puzzle, a Hidden Word Sudoku puzzle, was based on the letters in the anagram A C-NOTE MIX:



Please let me know how each of these two puzzles went for you--was one significantly harder, for example? Were both ridiculously easy? Make a comment and let me know what you think.


A new puzzle in a few hours.


Thanks,
--Dave

New Word Sudoku Puzzles for Tuesday, 9/2/2008

New Word Sudoku Puzzles for Tuesday, 9/2/2008

Two puzzles for you today, the first the expected 9x9 Classic Word Sudoku puzzle, based on the word VULGARITY:

Puzzle: VULGARITY
Each row, column and 3x3 square contain the letters in the word or phrase exactly once

The second puzzle is a Hidden Word Sudoku puzzle based on the letters in the anagram A C-NOTE MIX (without the dash, of course):

9x9 Hidden Word Puzzle: A C-NOTE MIX
Each row, column and 3x3 square contain the letters in the word or phrase exactly once
The hidden word or phrase is spelled down the diagonal

Solutions first thing tomorrow morning.

Thanks,
--Dave

Solution to the Labor Day Challenge Hidden Word Sudoku Puzzle

Solution to the Labor Day Challenge Hidden Word Sudoku Puzzle

In honor of America's Labor Day holiday, I gave you a Challenge puzzle--a 12x12 Hidden Word Sudoku puzzle--for the second day in a row. (They're normally only on Sundays.) The puzzle was based on the letters in the anagram CRAVED MY TOIL, and spelled out the words VICTORY MEDAL.

A new puzzle coming your way in a few hours.

Thanks,

--Dave

Labor Day Challenge: New Word Sudoku Puzzle for Monday, 9/1/2008

Labor Day Challenge: New Word Sudoku Puzzle for Monday, 9/1/2008

Happy Labor Day! Celebrated on the first Monday in September, Labor Day remembers the social and economic achievements of American workers. So today's Word Sudoku puzzle is not the normal 9x9...it's another (Monday) Challenge--a 12x12 Hidden Word Sudoku puzzle that has a tie to this day, in both the hidden phrase and its anagram...sort of...

CRAVED MY TOIL

Labor Day Challenge: 12x12 Hidden Word 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

Solution first thing tomorrow morning--a regular work day!

Thanks,
--Dave

Solution to the Sunday Challenge Word Sudoku Puzzle

Solution to the Sunday Challenge Word Sudoku Puzzle

Yesterday's 12x12 Hidden Word Sudoku puzzle was based on the letters in the anagram LOG HIS OX PREY:

A new puzzle in a few hours. Welcome to September!

Thanks,

Dave