New Word Sudoku Puzzle for Thursday, 1/12/2017

JAN + BOSH RIG
10x10 Hidden Word Sudoku Puzzle
Each row, column and 2x5 rectangle contains these letters exactly once
The hidden word spells down the diagonal

Solution first thing in the morning.

Thanks,
--Dave

Solution to Wednesday's Word Sudoku Puzzle

Yesterday's 8x8 Hidden Word Sudoku puzzle was based on the letters JAN + I GRUB (ABJURING).

A new puzzle in a bit.

Thanks,
--Dave

New Word Sudoku Puzzle for Wednesday, 1/11/2017

JAN + I GRUB
8x8 Hidden Word Sudoku Puzzle
Each row, column and 2x4 rectangle contains these letters exactly once
The hidden word spells down the diagonal

Solution first thing in the morning.

Thanks,
--Dave

Solution to Tuesday's Word Sudoku Puzzle

Yesterday's 9x9 Hidden Word Sudoku puzzle was based on the letters JAN + CUE LIB (JUBILANCE).

A new puzzle in a few hours.

Thanks,
--Dave

New Word Sudoku Puzzle for Tuesday, 1/10/2017

JAN + CUE LIB
9x9 Hidden Word Sudoku Puzzle
Each row, column and 3x3 square contains these letters exactly once
The hidden word spells down the diagonal

Solution first thing in the morning.

Thanks,
--Dave

Solutions to Monday's Word Sudoku Puzzles

Yesterday's 4x4 Hidden Word Sudoku puzzle was based on the letters JAN + E (JANE) and the 6x6 Hidden Word Sudoku puzzle was based on the letters JAN + LEG (JANGLE).

More puzzles in a bit.

Thanks,
--Dave

New Word Sudoku Puzzles for Monday, 1/9/2017

JAN + E
4x4 Hidden Word Sudoku Puzzle
Each row, column and 2x2 square contains these letters exactly once
The hidden word spells across the shaded row

JAN + LEG
6x6 Hidden Word Sudoku Puzzle
Each row, column and 2x3 rectangle contains these letters exactly once
The hidden word spells down the diagonal

Solutions first thing in the morning.

Thanks,
--Dave

Solutions to the Sunday Punnish Word Sudoku Puzzles

Yesterday’s Qudoku puzzle set spelled out a never die pun.

New puzzles shortly.

Thanks,
--Dave

New Word Sudoku (Punnish Sudoku) Puzzles for Sunday, 1/8/2017

Old musicians never die, they just go from bar to bar.

Like Saturday Swifties, Sunday puns want you to groan out loud. They…never die.

SIGHTREAD
9x9 Word Sudoku Puzzle
Each row, column, 3x3 square and set of circled cells contains these letters exactly once
Copy circled letters to the corresponding numbered cells in the quote grid to spell out the pun

Solutions first thing in the morning.

Thanks,
--Dave

(All puzzles and text contained in this blog are copyright © 2008-2017, David H. Thompson. All rights reserved. Please tell your puzzle-loving friends to follow this blog. Thank you!)

Solutions to the Saturday Swifty Word Sudoku Puzzles

Yesterday’s Qudoku puzzle set spelled out an adverbial pun known as a Tom Swifty.

The Sunday Punnish Word Sudoku in a few hours.

Thanks,
--Dave

New Word Sudoku (Swifty Sudoku!) Puzzles for Saturday, 1/7/2017

Let's get married," said Tom engagingly.

A Tom Swifty is an adverbial pun simultaneously describing the speaker and 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 rarely said anything without a qualifying adverb. (The fact that they did this on purpose, to make the books laugh-out-loud funny to read, didn't blunt the criticism.) A Tom Swifty pun is a parody of this style—no longer related to Tom at all—that will make you groan out loud.

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

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

PROWLS
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 Tom Swifty

Solutions first thing in the morning.

Thanks,
--Dave

Solutions to Friday's Word Sudoku Puzzles

Yesterday's 5x5 Diagonal/Hidden Word Sudoku puzzle was based on the letters JAN + BO (BANJO) and the 7x7 Diagonal/Hidden Word Sudoku puzzle was based on the letters JAN + DUCT (ADJUNCT).

The Saturday Swifty in a few hours.

Thanks,
--Dave

New Word Sudoku Puzzles for Friday, 1/6/2017

JAN + BO
5x5 Diagonal/Hidden Word Sudoku Puzzle
Each row, column, diagonal and enclosed shape contains these letters exactly once
The hidden word spells down the diagonal

JAN + DUCT
7x7 Diagonal/Hidden Word Sudoku Puzzle
Each row, column, diagonal and enclosed shape contains these letters exactly once
The hidden word spells down the diagonal

Solutions first thing in the morning.

Thanks,
--Dave

Solution to Thursday's Word Sudoku Puzzle

Yesterday's 10x10 Hidden Word Sudoku puzzle was based on the letters JAN + Z IS OGRE (JARGONIZES).

New puzzles in a bit.

Thanks,
--Dave

New Word Sudoku Puzzle for Thursday, 1/5/2017

JAN + Z IS OGRE
10x10 Hidden Word Sudoku Puzzle
Each row, column and 2x5 rectangle contains these letters exactly once
The hidden word spells down the diagonal

Solution first thing in the morning.

Thanks,
--Dave

Solution to Wednesday's Word Sudoku Puzzle

Yesterday's 8x8 Hidden Word Sudoku puzzle was based on the letters JAN + US ROD (ADJOURNS).

A new puzzle in a bit.

Thanks,
--Dave

New Word Sudoku Puzzle for Wednesday, 1/4/2017

JAN + US ROD
8x8 Hidden Word Sudoku Puzzle
Each row, column and 2x4 rectangle contains these letters exactly once
The hidden word spells down the diagonal

Solution tomorrow morning.

Thanks,
--Dave

Solution to Tuesday's Word Sudoku Puzzle

Yesterday's 9x9 Hidden Word Sudoku puzzle was based on the letters JAN + VY DOES (DAVY JONES).

A new puzzle in a few hours.

Thanks,
--Dave

New Word Sudoku Puzzle for Tuesday, 1/3/2017

JAN + VY DOES
9x9 Hidden Word Sudoku Puzzle
Each row, column and 3x3 square contains these letters exactly once
The hidden word spells down the diagonal

Solution first thing in the morning.

Thanks,
--Dave

Solutions to Monday's Word Sudoku Puzzles

Yesterday's 4x4 Diagonal/Hidden Word Sudoku puzzle was based on the letters JAN + I (JAIN) and the 6x6 Hidden Word Sudoku puzzle was based on the letters JAN + EFT (FAN JET).

A new puzzle in a few hours.

Thanks,
--Dave

New Word Sudoku Puzzles for Monday, 1/2/2017

JAN + I
4x4 Diagonal/Hidden Word Sudoku Puzzle
Each row, column, diagonal and 2x2 square contains these letters exactly once
The hidden word spells down the diagonal

JAN + EFT
6x6 Hidden Word Sudoku Puzzle
Each row, column and 2x3 rectangle contains these letters exactly once
The hidden word spells down the diagonal

Solutions first thing in the morning.

Thanks,
--Dave

Solution to the Sunday Challenge Word Sudoku Puzzle

Yesterday’s Sunday Challenge AEIOU 12x12 Hidden Word Sudoku Puzzle was based on the letters JAN + DOUR CIVET (ADJOINT CURVE).

New puzzles in a bit.

Thanks,
--Dave

Solutions to the Sunday Punnish Word Sudoku Puzzles

Yesterday’s Qudoku puzzle set spelled out a never die pun.

New puzzles in a few hours.

Thanks,
--Dave

Sunday Challenge: New Word Sudoku Puzzle for Sunday, 1/1/2017

JAN + DOUR CIVET
Sunday Challenge: AEIOU Sudoku: 12x12 Hidden Word Sudoku Puzzle
Each row, column and 3x4 rectangle contains these letters exactly once
The hidden word or words spell down the diagonal

Solution first thing in the morning.

Thanks,
--Dave

(All puzzles and text contained in this blog are copyright © 2008-2017, David H. Thompson. All rights reserved. Please tell your puzzle-loving friends to follow this blog. Thank you!)

New Word Sudoku (Punnish Sudoku) Puzzles for Sunday, 1/1/2017

Old funeral directors never die, they just go underground.

Like Saturday Swifties, Sunday puns want you to groan out loud. They…never die.

CHAMP
5x5 Word Sudoku Puzzle
Each row, column, enclosed shape and set of circled cells contains these letters exactly once

DEBTS
5x5 Word Sudoku Puzzle
Each row, column, enclosed shape and set of circled cells contains these letters exactly once

GROWN
5x5 Word Sudoku Puzzle
Each row, column, enclosed shape and set of circled cells contains these letters exactly once
Copy circled letters to the corresponding numbered cells in the quote grid to spell out the pun

Solutions first thing in the morning.

Thanks,
--Dave

(All puzzles and text contained in this blog are copyright © 2008-2017, David H. Thompson. All rights reserved. Please tell your puzzle-loving friends to follow this blog. Thank you!)

2017 posting schedule

Happy New Year!

2016 was the year of the vowel in this blog—almost all weekly puzzles above size 6 used all of AEIOU. 2017 generalizes the idea of including one combination of letters in a bunch of words, using the 3-letter abbreviations for each month (JAN, FEB, MAR, etc.). Almost every weekday Hidden Word Sudoku puzzle this year contains the three letters of the name of the month when the puzzle posts. (4x4 puzzles in February and July contain only two of those letters—best I could do!)

I’ve revamped the posting schedule this year to reflect the difficulty of the puzzles, rather than their size. 4x4 and 6x6 are easiest; 9x9 is expected and most familiar. 8x8 is a little harder, only because it’s less familiar; 10x10 is harder still because there are a lot of symbols to manipulate. 5x5 and 7x7 are intermediate in size, but much harder than any of the others, because they contain nonrectangular boxes inside and because they’re least familiar.

Here’s the 2017 posting schedule.

• Monday: 4x4 and 6x6 Word Sudoku puzzles
• Tuesday: 9x9 Word Sudoku puzzle
• Wednesday: 8x8 Word Sudoku puzzle
• Thursday: 10x10 Word Sudoku puzzle
• Friday: 5x5 and 7x7 Word Sudoku puzzles
  As you know, Sudoku puzzle sizes are normally not based on primes; the internal box (rectangle or square) have width and length, and the outside dimension of a puzzle is the product of these two integers. Relaxing the requirement that the internal shapes be rectangular boxes removes the restriction.
• Saturday: Swifty Sudoku
  
• Sunday: (The Challenge) ‘Punnish’ Word Sudoku puzzle and, every other week, also a 12x12 Hidden Word Sudoku puzzle

A Swifty Sudoku puzzle spells out a hopefully very bad adverbial pun named after (and loosely based on) the wonderful children’s books about fictional character Tom Swift. The series authors hardly ever used the verb “said” by itself. A Swifty pun takes Tom’s speaking style to the max on the absurd scale, as in:

Parsley, sage, rosemary," said Tom timelessly.”

or

Let's go for another gallop," Tom recanted.

Solve the individual Word Sudoku puzzles and place the circled letters in the corresponding numbered quote grid to spell out the pun. Then groan aloud! A Punnish Word Sudoku puzzle set spells out a more general pun; our theme this year continues the last two year’s “Never die” puns—as in:

Old lumberjacks never die, they just split.”

So in 2017, I’m posting about 500 Word Sudoku puzzles. I started Magic Word Square in mid 2008—not quite 8,000 posts ago—to explore the fun of mixing words, letters and logic. I’ve also created four books of Word Sudoku puzzles—not used in this blog—that will test your Word Sudoku skills, while hopefully also providing you hours of fun. Search www.amazon.com for “Dave Thompson Sudoku” or click on https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_2?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=dave+thompson+sudoku&rh=n%3A283155%2Ck%3Adave+thompson+sudoku.

I hope you enjoy solving these puzzles at least as much as I do creating them. As always, I invite your comments—please let me know what you think!

Thanks,
--Dave

All puzzles and text contained in this blog are copyright © 2008-2017, David H. Thompson. All rights reserved. Please tell your puzzle-loving friends to follow this blog. Thank you!

Solutions to the Saturday Swifty Word Sudoku Puzzles

Happy New Year! Yesterday’s Qudoku puzzle set spelled out an adverbial pun known as a Tom Swifty.

The Sunday Punnish Word Sudoku in a few hours.

Thanks,
--Dave