New Word Sudoku Puzzles for Friday, 7/11/2008

New Word Sudoku Puzzles for Friday, 7/11/2008

OK, here's the expected/easy puzzle, based on the word BUCHAREST:

And here's the toughie: a 14x14 Hidden Word Sudoku Puzzle based on the letters in the anagram VAINLY OBSCURED:

14x14 Hidden Word Sudoku Puzzle: VAINLY OBSCURED
Each row, column and 2x7 rectangle contain the letters in the word or phrase exactly once
The hidden word or phrase is spelled down the diagonal

Solutions tomorrow morning. Good luck! Please let me know what you think of the large puzzle--too hard? Or did you get it with just a bit of work? Please tell me!

Thanks,
--Dave

Solution to Thursday's Word Sudoku Puzzle

Solution to Thursday's Word Sudoku Puzzle


The classic 9x9 puzzle was based on the word UNETHICAL:


Two new puzzles in a little bit, including the toughie I've been teasing you about: the 14x14 Hidden Word Sudoku puzzle. Better sharpen that pencil!

Thanks,
--Dave

New Word Sudoku Puzzle for Thursday, 7/10/2008

New Word Sudoku Puzzle for Thursday, 7/10/2008

Today's classic 9x9 Word Sudoku puzzle is based on the word UNETHICAL:

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

Solution first thing tomorrow morning. And tomorrow, a test for you! A 14x14 (2x7 internal rectangles) Hidden Word Sudoku puzzle!

Thanks,

--Dave

Solutions to Wednesday's Word Sudoku Puzzles

Solutions to Wednesday's Word Sudoku Puzzles

The first puzzle was the expected classic form, based on the word RUDIMENTS. Easy, eh?

The second puzzle was a 9x9 Hidden Word Sudoku puzzle based on the anagram SWAB NIGH Z, which rearranges into WHIZ BANGS.

A new puzzle in just a few hours.

Thanks,

--Dave

New Word Sudoku Puzzles for Wednesday, 7/9/2008

New Word Sudoku Puzzles for Wednesday, 7/9/2008


Today's first puzzle is the expected classic 9x9 Word Sudoku, based on the word RUDIMENTS:

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

The second puzzle is a 9x9 Hidden Word Sudoku based on the letter in the anagram SWAB NIGH Z:

Hidden Word Sudoku Puzzle: SWAB NIGH Z
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

Good luck! Solutions tomorrow morning. And please be sure to visit Friday, when I'll provide you a real test of your puzzling ability: a 14x14 Hidden Word Sudoku puzzle, using 2x7 internal rectangles.


Thanks,
--Dave

Solution to Tuesday's Word Sudoku Puzzle

Solution to Tuesday's Word Sudoku Puzzle


Yesterday's puzzle was based on the words X-RAY MOVIE, without the hyphen.


Two new puzzles for you in a couple of hours; one is easy, but the other...


Thanks,
--Dave

New Word Sudoku Puzzle for Tuesday, 7/8/2008

New Word Sudoku Puzzle for Tuesday, 7/8/2008


Sometimes a couple of words provide more fun than just one. Today's classic Word Sudoku puzzle is a good example: It's based on the words X-RAY MOVIE. Note that the hyphen isn't one of the puzzle symbols!

Puzzle: X-RAY MOVIE
Each row, column and 3x3 square contain the letters in the word or phrase exactly once

Solution tomorrow morning, and then later tomorrow, two new puzzles, an easy classic and a tougher 9x9 Hidden Word Sudoku puzzle.


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 EMPLOYING:

Another new puzzle coming your way in a few hours.

Thanks,

--Dave

New Word Sudoku Puzzle for Monday, 7/7/2008

New Word Sudoku Puzzle for Monday, 7/7/2008

Today's classic 9x9 Word Sudoku puzzle is based on the word EMPLOYING:

Puzzle: EMPLOYING

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 toss a couple extra Hidden Word Sudoku puzzles your way--one of them a 14x14 (with 2x7 internal rectangles)!

All puzzles appearing on this blog are copyrighted; feel free to solve the puzzles and comment on them; but please don't distribute them. Instead, please share this blog, www.MagicWordSquare.blogspot.com, with all your friends into word puzzles!

Thanks,
--Dave

Solution to the 7/6/2008 Sunday Challenge Word Sudoku Puzzle

Solution to the 7/6/2008 Sunday Challenge Word Sudoku Puzzle

The 12x12 Hidden Word Sudoku Sunday Challenge was based on the anagram EQUIP CALMS OX:
A new classic 9x9 Word Sudoku puzzle for your solving pleasure, in just a few hours.

Thanks,
--Dave

Sunday Challenge: New Word Sudoku Puzzle for Sunday, 7/6/2008

Sunday Challenge: New Word Sudoku Puzzle for Sunday, 7/6/2008


The 12x12 Hidden Word Sunday Challenge puzzle is based on the letters in the anagram EQUIP CALMS OX:

Sunday Challenge: 12x12 Hidden Word Puzzle: EQUIP CALMS OX
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.


Good luck!
--Dave

Solution to Saturday's Word Sudoku Puzzle

Solution to Saturday's Word Sudoku Puzzle

The Diagonal Word Sudoku puzzle was based on the word DISHWATER:

The Sunday Challenge coming right up!

--Dave

New Word Sudoku Puzzle for Saturday, 7/5/2008

New Word Sudoku Puzzle for Saturday, 7/5/2008

Have you noticed that every other Saturday, the Word Sudoku puzzle is a diagonal? I just noticed! It's the way I methodically create these puzzles--but only now has it become intentional...

Today's puzzle is based on the word DISHWATER:

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

Solution tomorrow morning. And don't forget that tomorrow is Sunday--that means my usual (and from day one, always intentional) Sunday Challenge--a 12x12 Hidden Word Sudoku puzzle!

Thanks,

--Dave

Solutions to Friday's Word Sudoku Puzzles

Solutions to Friday's Word Sudoku Puzzles

Well, they weren't very hard, were they? I admit, an 8x8 or 9x9 grid with another quote grid beneath may appear a bit intimidating. But these puzzles were obvious... weren't they? If you don't think so, please let me know.

The first, a Hidden Word Sudoku puzzle, was based on the anagram NOR EDICTS:

The second special Independence Day Word Sudoku puzzle asked you to solve an 8x8 puzzle, with 2x4 internal rectangles, and then use the circled/numbered letters you filled in to complete a quote; the anagram of the 8 letters was CANDY PIE:

And finally (completing the trifecta?), the 9x9 Word Sudoku puzzle based on the anagram HOLY J TURF supplied the letters for another quote:

If you came across a book of this kind of puzzle in your favorite bookstore, would you buy it? I mean various sizes of Word Sudoku puzzles, supplying the letters in circled/numbered cells to complete quips and quotes, some famous, some not-so-much. I'm completing a book I call "AEIOU Sudoku" (because each quip/quote contains all five vowels, oftentimes plus 'y'), and I'm wondering if there's an audience... Please let me know what you think!

A new (diagonal) Word Sudoku puzzle for you in a few hours.

Thanks,
--Dave

New Word Sudoku Puzzles for Independence Day, Friday, 7/4/2008

New Word Sudoku Puzzles for Independence Day, Friday, 7/4/2008

It's the Fourth of July! Independence Day! In honor of this important American holiday, I present you three puzzles, one a 9x9 Hidden Word Sudoku puzzle, the other two Word Sudoku puzzles where the letters are used to complete quotes. I think you'll find they are rather obvious...

Hidden Word Puzzle: NOR EDICTS

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

The next puzzle uses 2x4 internal rectangles instead of 3x3 squares. It's based on the letters in the anagram CANDY PIE:

8x8 Word Sudoku Puzzle: CANDY PIE
Each row, column and 2x4 rectangle contain the letters in the word or phrase exactly once
Letters in the hidden word or phrase are circled and correspond to numbers in the answer rows

The third puzzle is the same type as the second, except it's 9x9, with 3x3 internal squares, and it's based on the anagram HOLY J TURF:

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

Letters in the hidden word or phrase are circled and correspond to numbers in the answer rows

Solutions tomorrow morning.

Happy Fourth of July!
--Dave

Solution to Thursday's Word Sudoku Puzzle

Solution to Thursday's Word Sudoku Puzzle


The Diagonal Word Sudoku puzzle was based on the word EQUATIONS:


Three puzzles in honor of this American holiday, in just a few hours.


Thanks,
--Dave

New Word Sudoku Puzzle for Thursday, 7/3/2008

New Word Sudoku Puzzle for Thursday, 7/3/2008

Today's puzzle is for all the mathematicians/math lovers out there... it's based on the word EQUATIONS, and is a Diagonal Word Sudoku puzzle:

Puzzle: EQUATIONS

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

Solutions tomorrow morning, plus three new puzzles in honor of the Fourth of July.

Thanks,

--Dave

Solutions to Wednesday's Word Sudoku Puzzles

Solutions to Wednesday's Word Sudoku Puzzles

The classic Word Sudoku puzzle was based on the word NOSTALGIC:

And the Hidden Word Sudoku puzzle was based on the letters in the anagram HAS BRIEF Z:

Is the solution one word or two?

A new puzzle in a few hours...and THREE puzzles tomorrow, July 4!

Thanks,

Dave

New Word Sudoku Puzzles for Wednesday, 7/2/2008

New Word Sudoku Puzzles for Wednesday, 7/2/2008


Two puzzles for your solving enjoyment this morning! Here's the usual 9x9 classic, based on the word NOSTALGIC:

Puzzle: NOSTALGIC

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

And the slightly more difficult puzzle, a 9x9 Hidden Word puzzle using the anagram HAS BRIEF Z:

Hidden Word Puzzle: HAS BRIEF Z
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. A new Word Sudoku puzzle a few hours after that. And please don't forget to visit on July 4: in honor of Independence Day, I'll provide you THREE puzzles that will test your abilities to unscramble anagrams or resolve quotes!


Thanks,
--Dave

Solution to Tuesday's Word Sudoku Puzzle

Solution to Tuesday's Word Sudoku Puzzle


Tuesday's puzzle was based on the word KURDISTAN:



Two new Word Sudoku puzzles, one a hidden word 9x9, coming your way in a few hours.


Thanks,
--Dave